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Pirates released after assault operation near Gulf of Aden apparently perished
RIA "Novosti" ^ | May, 11, 2010

Posted on 05/11/2010 1:49:15 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior

The Somali pirates who were captured in an assault operation after hijacking a Russian tanker near the Gulf of Aden and then released by Russian military officials have not reached the coast and have apparently perished, a top-ranking source in Russia's Defense Ministry told journalists on Tuesday.

Russia's Moscow University tanker was hijacked last week near the Gulf of Aden. Ten pirates were captured and one was killed in the assault operation.

The captured pirates were initially to be sent to Moscow for prosecution, but Russian military officials then made the decision to release them, citing the absence of a legal base to carry out prosecution procedures against pirates.

The pirate's boat reportedly disappeared from radars an hour after they had been released by the Russian military.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: gulfofaden; piracy; pirate; russia; somali; somalia; somalipirates
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To: Freelance Warrior

Piracy is a crime against humanity. Every jurisdiction has the legal basis to prosecute it. It’s one of the first things you learn in “Law and the Junior Officer” course at the academy.

The lesson?

When you catch a pirate, kill it.

or as the Brits would have said, “A short drop and sudden stop - that’s the remedy for piracy”


41 posted on 05/11/2010 10:48:53 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Freelance Warrior

Looks like the Russians had some “target practice”...


42 posted on 05/11/2010 1:55:33 PM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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