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Somali pirates released by Russian forces confirmed dead
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Posted on 05/11/2010 3:09:35 AM PDT by kronos77

Moscow - The Somali embassy in Moscow on Tuesday confirmed the death of 10 pirates released at sea last week by Russian forces off the coast of the Horn of Africa country.

Earlier, an official from Russia's Defence Ministry told journalists that the men were presumed dead since their boat had not reached the shore.

Russian forces had captured the pirates last week in an operation to rescue the tanker Moskovsky Universitet, which was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden.

But the pirates were released on Friday and put in one of their own boats, without weapons or navigation equipment, 300 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia, after Russia said there were no international guidelines for prosecuting the men.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: deathonsea; maritime; pirates; russia; somalipirates
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To: kronos77

“We will have to act as our forefathers did when they met pirates”, the Russian president said.”


81 posted on 05/11/2010 7:24:43 AM PDT by Smith Winston
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To: Never on my watch

Sure, the Russians wouldn’t release the pirates without their chum.


82 posted on 05/11/2010 7:51:24 AM PDT by magslinger (Tagline impounded as a threat to national security.)
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To: kronos77

Of course, we could never get away with this. The whole world would be crying and screaming and have to start turning away all of the money we send all over the place. /s


83 posted on 05/11/2010 7:52:05 AM PDT by RaiderRose (Obama has cured my husband's political apathy.)
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To: kronos77
I am given to understand that the Russians gave the pirates a perfectly good boat, with one day's provisions for all, a small sail, and one oar.

They also provided them with a plaque upon which was written, "Молитесь за ветра, но сохранить гребли к берегу." ("Pray for wind, but keep rowing to shore.")

Maybe they couldn't read Russian??

84 posted on 05/11/2010 7:55:21 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (Buzzard's gotta eat; same as worms.)
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To: Thrownatbirth
Hard to row 300 miles with no water.

Especially if you tell them that shore is thattaway, and then point in the opposite direction. Hope is was a slow, lingering death for them.

85 posted on 05/11/2010 7:58:23 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Travis McGee
"Where’s the love?"

I think it's touching that even in this modern era, Putin's boys are willing to keep alive the best ancient traditions of Russo-Islamic relations...


86 posted on 05/11/2010 8:01:01 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Is this the same flag used by the White movement during Russia’s Civil War?


87 posted on 05/11/2010 8:06:14 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: apocalypto

No, that’s the historic Russian flag, used in one or another form from the 1600s up to the communist revolution, then restored with the collapse of the USSR.


88 posted on 05/11/2010 8:12:44 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: kronos77

We should do the same instead of giving the pirates rights they do not have.


89 posted on 05/11/2010 8:15:26 AM PDT by archivist007
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To: ArrogantBustard

THX


90 posted on 05/11/2010 8:15:39 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: SkyPilot

“The pirates will think twice about attacking any Russian flagged ship. Believe me.”

.
I believe you!

That still leaves them with at least a dozen other countries ships to pick on, the U.S. included.

Obummer sure doesn’t have the cojones to deal with them so effectively.
.


91 posted on 05/11/2010 8:36:25 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Obamacare is America's kristallnacht !!)
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To: kronos77

I guess with all that money the shipping co’s have been paying the pirates, they are still not getting any food! They have pencils for legs!


92 posted on 05/11/2010 8:40:33 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Where is our military?)
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To: Never on my watch
Good Observation:

I don’t think the pirate under the razor wire made it back to the boat.

death of 10 pirates released

Including him, I do count 11 heads in custody in the picture.
93 posted on 05/11/2010 8:42:03 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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To: Logic n' Reason; tx_eggman

I wonder if the Russians removed the zip-tie restraints from the pirates’ hands before loading them onto the boat?


94 posted on 05/11/2010 8:47:01 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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To: SpinnerWebb
I wonder if the Russians removed the zip-tie restraints from the pirates’ hands before loading them onto the boat?

Of course not!!! In point of fact, they linked all the zip-ties together. They were trying to encourage a sense of teamwork and solidarity in the pirates.

Wonder if it worked??

95 posted on 05/11/2010 8:49:41 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (Buzzard's gotta eat; same as worms.)
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To: Logic n' Reason

It did work! they stuck together right to the end.


96 posted on 05/11/2010 8:51:09 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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To: SpinnerWebb
It did work! they stuck together right to the end.

Ahhhh...them Russians! They do know how to "educate", don't they??

97 posted on 05/11/2010 8:54:31 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (Buzzard's gotta eat; same as worms.)
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To: Logic n' Reason

lol!


98 posted on 05/11/2010 9:42:49 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: kronos77

“Welcome to the PARRRRR - teee!”


99 posted on 05/11/2010 9:45:28 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Samurai_Jack

“I guess there’s no international guidelines for releasing them either huh?”

Who knew Russians were basically dry fly fishermen at heart?

They were practicing “catch and Release”. And, they didn’t even use a net to avoid any disturbance to the slime layer of their catch.


100 posted on 05/11/2010 10:37:30 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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