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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown bolder
and more violent—most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
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Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this...or the Royal Navy of
the UK -- nothing would have been done...............
Reminds me of something I heard a while back that a third world insurgency
can only be defeated by a third world force.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:38 am Post subject: Re: AP describes the cojones of the Indian Navy........."Ind |
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On 19 Nov, 20:45, "Osric" <os...@nospambtinternet.com> wrote:
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catn...
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of
their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between
the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown bolder
and more violent-most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this
No, they'd have probably shot down another civilian airliner.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:38 am Post subject: Re: AP describes the cojones of the Indian Navy........."Ind |
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On Nov 19, 2:31 pm, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bru...@gmail.com>
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| Quote: | FACE wrote:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catn...
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown bolder
and more violent—most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this...or the Royal Navy of
the UK -- nothing would have been done...............
Reminds me of something I heard a while back that a third world insurgency
can only be defeated by a third world force.
FACE
I don't understand why ships don't hire some mercenary teams for the
passage. It's not as if a few speedboats are going to be any good
against half a dozen men with automatic rifles on a steel ship.
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Dirk
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Have you folks considered that the pirates had help from the inside?
Just speculating...
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Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
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FACE wrote:
| Quote: | http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown bolder
and more violent—most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this...or the Royal Navy of
the UK -- nothing would have been done...............
Reminds me of something I heard a while back that a third world insurgency
can only be defeated by a third world force.
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I don't understand why ships don't hire some mercenary teams for the
passage. It's not as if a few speedboats are going to be any good
against half a dozen men with automatic rifles on a steel ship.
--
Dirk
http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:16 am Post subject: Re: AP describes the cojones of the Indian Navy........."Ind |
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"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I don't understand why ships don't hire some mercenary teams for the
passage. It's not as if a few speedboats are going to be any good against
half a dozen men with automatic rifles on a steel ship.
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It's illegal to do so.
The Declaration of Paris in eighteen fifty something says so.
If you arm your ship you're a pirate...
A few rifles and the odd pistol only.
Look, these guys just took a super tanker, they don't even put a pilot on
them from an open boat, it tends to be 'access by helicopter only' when
they're at sea.
The pirates been reportedly spending a reasonable proportion of their
$100,000,000 income last year on the latest toys for shooting up shipping
from an open boat and are well past the 'being scared off by a bloke with a
rifle on the bridge wing' stage.
It seems they have some very sophisticated technology indeed.
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William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
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| Quote: | http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of
their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between
the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown bolder
and more violent-most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this
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No, they'd have probably shot down another civilian airliner.
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Osric
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:49 am Post subject: Re: AP describes the cojones of the Indian Navy........."Ind |
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William Black wrote:
| Quote: | "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I don't understand why ships don't hire some mercenary teams for the
passage. It's not as if a few speedboats are going to be any good against
half a dozen men with automatic rifles on a steel ship.
It's illegal to do so.
The Declaration of Paris in eighteen fifty something says so.
If you arm your ship you're a pirate...
A few rifles and the odd pistol only.
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So? A team of half a dozen mercs with 7.62mm rifles.
| Quote: | Look, these guys just took a super tanker, they don't even put a pilot on
them from an open boat, it tends to be 'access by helicopter only' when
they're at sea.
The pirates been reportedly spending a reasonable proportion of their
$100,000,000 income last year on the latest toys for shooting up shipping
from an open boat and are well past the 'being scared off by a bloke with a
rifle on the bridge wing' stage.
It seems they have some very sophisticated technology indeed.
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I doubt it.
Anyone trying to board a large ship from a moving boat, or worse, a
helicopter against 7.62mm automatic fire will die.
--
Dirk
http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:55 am Post subject: Re: AP describes the cojones of the Indian Navy........."Ind |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:31:10 +0000 in alt.politics.immigration, Dirk Bruere
at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> in glistered weave wrote large for all to
see:
| Quote: | FACE wrote:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown bolder
and more violent—most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this...or the Royal Navy of
the UK -- nothing would have been done...............
Reminds me of something I heard a while back that a third world insurgency
can only be defeated by a third world force.
FACE
I don't understand why ships don't hire some mercenary teams for the
passage. It's not as if a few speedboats are going to be any good
against half a dozen men with automatic rifles on a steel ship.
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I agree. The "powers" of the world seem incapable of standing up to a
ragtag bunch of pirates. Maybe the people about to be hijacked and
kidnapped could. So I hear, the crew of the Saudi tanker have been
'removed' from the ship and are being held for $10 million ransom.
Not sure if it was this article, but somewhere today i read/heard that eight
ships have been hijacked in that area in a week.
In the bad ole 19th century, I believe that your country had some well
defined -- and executed -- protocols concerning piracy on the high seas --
William Kidd spent a post-mortem while suspended above the mouth of the
Thames....
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:45:54 -0000 in alt.politics.immigration, "Osric"
<osric@nospambtinternet.com> in glistered weave wrote large for all to see:
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"FACE" <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> wrote in message
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of
their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between
the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown bolder
and more violent-most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this
No, they'd have probably shot down another civilian airliner.
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"FACE" <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:45:54 -0000 in alt.politics.immigration, "Osric"
osric@nospambtinternet.com> in glistered weave wrote large for all to
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"FACE" <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> wrote in message
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship"
and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of
their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between
the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown
bolder
and more violent-most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this
No, they'd have probably shot down another civilian airliner.
Such a clever boy are you..........
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Not really, just cleverer than you, so nothing to brag about.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 3:30 am Post subject: Re: AP describes the cojones of the Indian Navy........."Ind |
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FACE wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:31:10 +0000 in alt.politics.immigration, Dirk Bruere
at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> in glistered weave wrote large for all to
see:
FACE wrote:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown bolder
and more violent—most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this...or the Royal Navy of
the UK -- nothing would have been done...............
Reminds me of something I heard a while back that a third world insurgency
can only be defeated by a third world force.
FACE
I don't understand why ships don't hire some mercenary teams for the
passage. It's not as if a few speedboats are going to be any good
against half a dozen men with automatic rifles on a steel ship.
I agree. The "powers" of the world seem incapable of standing up to a
ragtag bunch of pirates. Maybe the people about to be hijacked and
kidnapped could. So I hear, the crew of the Saudi tanker have been
'removed' from the ship and are being held for $10 million ransom.
Not sure if it was this article, but somewhere today i read/heard that eight
ships have been hijacked in that area in a week.
In the bad ole 19th century, I believe that your country had some well
defined -- and executed -- protocols concerning piracy on the high seas --
William Kidd spent a post-mortem while suspended above the mouth of the
Thames....
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These day we aren't allowed to kill pirates, and if they are arrested
they will claim political asylum and we couldn't possibly send them back
somewhere as bad as Somalia because it would breach their Human Rights.
The only alternative would be to give them free housing and social
security benefits in Britain forever - and wait for them to invite their
extended families to stay as well.
--
Dirk
http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
http://www.onetribe.me.uk/wordpress/?cat=5 - Our podcasts on weird stuff |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:12:15 -0000 in alt.politics.immigration, "Osric"
<osric@nospambtinternet.com> in glistered weave wrote large for all to see:
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"FACE" <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:45:54 -0000 in alt.politics.immigration, "Osric"
osric@nospambtinternet.com> in glistered weave wrote large for all to
see:
"FACE" <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> wrote in message
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship"
and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of
their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between
the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown
bolder
and more violent-most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this
No, they'd have probably shot down another civilian airliner.
Such a clever boy are you..........
Not really, just cleverer than you, so nothing to brag about.
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Actually, I was subtly pointing out that you are still the worthless piece
of shit that I recall from the past. You are an ignorant dumbass that tries
to make yourself feel less incapable, impotent and irrelevant by attacking
others with stupidity and non-sequiturs.....
Must be hard being as stupid as you..........
LOL!! |
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:30:10 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
<dirk.bruere@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | FACE wrote:
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:31:10 +0000 in alt.politics.immigration, Dirk Bruere
at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> in glistered weave wrote large for all to
see:
FACE wrote:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown bolder
and more violent—most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this...or the Royal Navy of
the UK -- nothing would have been done...............
Reminds me of something I heard a while back that a third world insurgency
can only be defeated by a third world force.
FACE
I don't understand why ships don't hire some mercenary teams for the
passage. It's not as if a few speedboats are going to be any good
against half a dozen men with automatic rifles on a steel ship.
I agree. The "powers" of the world seem incapable of standing up to a
ragtag bunch of pirates. Maybe the people about to be hijacked and
kidnapped could. So I hear, the crew of the Saudi tanker have been
'removed' from the ship and are being held for $10 million ransom.
Not sure if it was this article, but somewhere today i read/heard that eight
ships have been hijacked in that area in a week.
In the bad ole 19th century, I believe that your country had some well
defined -- and executed -- protocols concerning piracy on the high seas --
William Kidd spent a post-mortem while suspended above the mouth of the
Thames....
These day we aren't allowed to kill pirates, and if they are arrested
they will claim political asylum and we couldn't possibly send them back
somewhere as bad as Somalia because it would breach their Human Rights.
The only alternative would be to give them free housing and social
security benefits in Britain forever - and wait for them to invite their
extended families to stay as well.
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Indeed.
Nowadays folks have all sorts ideas as to how the world and
civilization will end. Some say that global warming will be the death
of us, others say that global cooling will be the end. There are
those that claim that one ideology or the other will lead ultimately
to the death of us all.
Naaaah. Humanity will simply "stupid" itself to death.
Regards
§tarkiller©
"Many of you are well enough off that ... the tax cuts may have helped you," Sen. Clinton said.
"We're saying that for America to get back on track,
we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you.
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:12:15 -0000 in alt.politics.immigration, "Osric"
<osric@nospambtinternet.com> in glistered weave wrote large for all to see:
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"FACE" <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:45:54 -0000 in alt.politics.immigration, "Osric"
osric@nospambtinternet.com> in glistered weave wrote large for all to
see:
"FACE" <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> wrote in message
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship"
and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of
their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between
the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown
bolder
and more violent-most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this
No, they'd have probably shot down another civilian airliner.
Such a clever boy are you..........
Not really, just cleverer than you, so nothing to brag about.
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Really, you illiterate, overdeveloped cumshot, since you are so eminently
forgettable, it is surprising that i recall you at all. Of course, it could
be your brazen stupidity that is impressive. |
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Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
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§tarkiller© wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:30:10 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
dirk.bruere@gmail.com> wrote:
FACE wrote:
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:31:10 +0000 in alt.politics.immigration, Dirk Bruere
at NeoPax <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> in glistered weave wrote large for all to
see:
FACE wrote:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I507G0&show_article=1&catnum=0
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate 'mother ship'
Nov 19 01:38 PM US/Eastern
By SAM DOLNICK
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" and
chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, as the
owners of a seized Saudi oil supertanker negotiated for the release of their
vessel and its $100 million cargo.
A multinational naval force has increased patrols in the waters between the
Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, where pirates have grown bolder
and more violent—most recently seizing Thai and Iranian ships.
more
Good thing it was not the US Navy coming across this...or the Royal Navy of
the UK -- nothing would have been done...............
Reminds me of something I heard a while back that a third world insurgency
can only be defeated by a third world force.
FACE
I don't understand why ships don't hire some mercenary teams for the
passage. It's not as if a few speedboats are going to be any good
against half a dozen men with automatic rifles on a steel ship.
I agree. The "powers" of the world seem incapable of standing up to a
ragtag bunch of pirates. Maybe the people about to be hijacked and
kidnapped could. So I hear, the crew of the Saudi tanker have been
'removed' from the ship and are being held for $10 million ransom.
Not sure if it was this article, but somewhere today i read/heard that eight
ships have been hijacked in that area in a week.
In the bad ole 19th century, I believe that your country had some well
defined -- and executed -- protocols concerning piracy on the high seas --
William Kidd spent a post-mortem while suspended above the mouth of the
Thames....
These day we aren't allowed to kill pirates, and if they are arrested
they will claim political asylum and we couldn't possibly send them back
somewhere as bad as Somalia because it would breach their Human Rights.
The only alternative would be to give them free housing and social
security benefits in Britain forever - and wait for them to invite their
extended families to stay as well.
Indeed.
Nowadays folks have all sorts ideas as to how the world and
civilization will end. Some say that global warming will be the death
of us, others say that global cooling will be the end. There are
those that claim that one ideology or the other will lead ultimately
to the death of us all.
Naaaah. Humanity will simply "stupid" itself to death.
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It's not Humanity - just the West.
Do you really think that when China rules the waves a handful of Somali
pirates would last more than 24 hours?
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Dirk
http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
http://www.onetribe.me.uk/wordpress/?cat=5 - Our podcasts on weird stuff |
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