Somali Pirates: You're Doing It Wrong!

[82Rigger]

BLUNDERING PIRATES ATTACK NATO WARSHIP

Monday March 30,2009

Pirates who attacked a ship off the coast of Somalia got more than they bargained for when it turned out to be a naval vessel - from an international force against piracy, NATO said.

The pirates apparently mistook the German FGS Spessart for a commercial merchant ship when they targeted it in the Gulf of Aden, between Somalia and Yemen.

The German ship pursued the pirate boat, joined by two other ships, a frigate, a helicopter and a plane.

A NATO spokesman said: "Poor judgment by the pirates turned out to be a real opportunity for seven nations representing three task forces to work together and strike a momentous blow for maritime safety and security."

A boarding team discovered several weapons and transferred seven suspected pirates on to another German frigate.

Nato said the suspects will remain on board until a decision is made as to where they will be prosecuted.

[Keith_Hixson]

Is this from the Darwin List?

[revwardoc]

Those guys could use a little help from Cap'n Jack Sparrow.

[39mto39g]

The Transferred of "suspected " Pirates is what I have a problem with. Don't military ships have guns on them? Shoot the Pirate boat full of holes and drive off. Thoses pirates will not be back. Now what you got is some people that The German government has to house and feed. And then there is the court system. And in a very short time the "pirates" will be back on the water with a new boat.

Ron

[SEATJERKER]

...

...What ever happened to maritime justice, or "Walking the Plank",...

...I thought being caught as a pirate,(in the act thereof) was an international offense that was like 'cattle rustling' in the old west punishable by death to be carried out on the spot,...

...Send them off the edge after flogging,(little blood helps with sharks senses of the dinner bell going off), and film it,( I don't care about being PC) as the sharks are having a mid-day snack, and send the message of "this is the price you pay",...

...Then post it up for the world to see, and let them bellow about their cousin, or brother/sister being chum, but to no avail, they'll get the message that crime doesn't pay,...

...

[reconeil]

Never mind the Dummy Pirates.

What Sane or Politically-Incorrect people should now be wondering about is WHY all the
nonsense about where such High Seas Pirates should be taken, speedily tried & Hanged?

What's-the-big-deal? What's the problem?
Has entire world now caught America's: "Terminally Bad Case of The Stupids"???

Jerks from wherever trying to pirate a German Naval Vessel & captured by German Naval
Personnel,...should automatically be taken to Germany & tried & quickly dispatched there.

And,...WHY NOT??? Such is how historically ALWAYS done.
Plus, don't believe German Leaders are as PC STUPID,...as are America's Leaders/Rulers?

Neil

[revwardoc]

You mean to tell me that not one of those Somali asshats is going to be shot trying to escape?!

[reconeil]

Since not captured by asininely restrictive: "Rules of Engagement (or whatever)" American
type Naval People,...I figure there's about 50/50 chance of such being killed while escaping.

Hey,...I could be wrong? Who-the-hell-knows? Germans not known for being too PC STUPID.

Neil

[sn-e3]

The pirates are lucky they didn't try to hijack a french war ship. I don't think that little skiff could have held 300 french prisoners of war.

[Packo]

ROTFLMAO!

Thanks!

Pack