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Russia says pirates who held tanker are freed [new version of article- did they really?]
Associated Press ^ | 7 May 2010 | Jim Heintz

Posted on 05/07/2010 10:38:08 AM PDT by verum ago

MOSCOW – The pirates seized by a Russian warship off the coast of Somalia have been released because of "imperfections" in international law, the Defense Ministry said Friday, a claim that sparked skepticism — and even suspicion the pirates might have been killed.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: moscowuniversity; pirates; somalia; somalipirates
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Article raises a good point- how is this incident different from the last highjacking of a Russian vessel; those pirates were delivered to Moscow for trial. So why the supposed release..?
1 posted on 05/07/2010 10:38:08 AM PDT by verum ago
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Catch and release is cheaper than feeding these parasites in prison, particularly if the "inflatable" is cheap . . . and leaking.


2 posted on 05/07/2010 10:41:59 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Pollster1

Death is freedom.


3 posted on 05/07/2010 10:42:55 AM PDT by redfreedom (Just a simpleton enjoying the freedoms a fly-over/red state has to offer.)
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To: verum ago

Maybe the just SAID the pirates were released.


4 posted on 05/07/2010 10:48:55 AM PDT by poobear
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I think there is almost NO chance they were released. They were executed and tossed overboard.

Dead men tell no tales.

SnakeDoc


5 posted on 05/07/2010 10:49:28 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant [...] that even a god-king can bleed.")
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To: redfreedom
Death is freedom.

LOL!!

I was thinking the same thing.

Freed?

From their Mortal Coil?

From their daily existence?

From their Human experience?

6 posted on 05/07/2010 10:50:26 AM PDT by Mr. Quarterpanel (I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
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I really don’t get all the flap over this!!

If you are so reckless as to attempt piracy on the high seas, you have basically forfeited all right to proper treatment from authorities, and especially from the authorities of the country whose shipping/merchantmen you have just assaulted!


7 posted on 05/07/2010 10:50:28 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Communism is a dead letter". Ortega y Gasset)
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Free to swim with the fishes...


8 posted on 05/07/2010 10:51:15 AM PDT by BushCountry (scratch here ############################### to reveal my thoughts on the Obama Administration.)
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They are free to swim back to their homes.............unfortunately, we are at least 100km from land...........


9 posted on 05/07/2010 10:54:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you'll know that its desolation is NEAR. Luke 21)
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I hope Moscow told the Russian sailors to put bullets in the pirates heads, and “free” them by dumping their bodies over the side. That way they save transportation costs, and the bother of guarding them.


10 posted on 05/07/2010 10:54:45 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (The 0bama regime represents an "Clear and Present Danger" to the US - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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“and even suspicion the pirates might have been killed”

If the Ruskies had any balls left those pirate would have died a painful death.


11 posted on 05/07/2010 10:55:25 AM PDT by CodeToad
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Knowing the Russians, my bet is that they're feeding the fishies as we speak.
12 posted on 05/07/2010 10:56:54 AM PDT by Desron13
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Why bother with the bullets?


13 posted on 05/07/2010 11:02:09 AM PDT by verum ago (The US Armed Forces: if you mess with the best, you die like the rest!)
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Just because they were “released” doesn’t mean that they were alive when it happened.


14 posted on 05/07/2010 11:05:47 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: verum ago; All
There are a lot of freepers that have a practical view of the realities here!
15 posted on 05/07/2010 11:07:22 AM PDT by marktwain
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cheaper than feeding these parasites in prison

Read Gulag Archipelago. Russia doesn't spend a lot on feeding prisoners.

16 posted on 05/07/2010 11:10:07 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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I don't believe there are any bleeding heart liberals in Russia.
The scum are now feeding sharks. . . . .
Guaranteed. . . . .
17 posted on 05/07/2010 11:10:45 AM PDT by DeaconRed (I have had all I can stands and I can't stands NO MO--Call me Popeye)
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They could have been release over the side alive - 50 miles out.


18 posted on 05/07/2010 11:11:18 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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To: from occupied ga

I’ve read it. Still, it’s cheaper to feed sharks one meal than to feed people for years.


19 posted on 05/07/2010 11:12:31 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: verum ago

20 posted on 05/07/2010 11:14:06 AM PDT by Hillbillary (I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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