Posted on 05/12/2010 1:54:29 PM PDT by kronos77
An international maritime treaty means suspected pirates can be tried in the home countries of their victims – but some governments have been put off this course of action for fear that convicted pirates might not return to Somalia after serving out their time in jail. Kuznetzov seemed to echo this when he said: "Why should we feed some pirates?"
Russian media reported that the 10 men were set adrift in a boat with no navigational equipment, and that contact was lost with the boat's radio beacon within an hour. However, Commander John Harbour, a spokesman for the EU naval force in Somalia, told the BBC that the loss of navigation equipment would not necessarily be critical and that the signal from the beacon could vanish if the battery ran out or it entered a satellite blind spot.
One Somali news website reported a conversation with an unidentified pirate who claimed the men were indeed dead – but said they had all been shot before they were loaded into the skiff. There is no evidence for this account
Pirates will think twice when they see a Russian flag on a ship.
hhhhmmm, wonder if the boat has a hole in it??
I don't have a problem with feeding pirates ... to the sharks.
Medvedev said “We have to deal with pirates like our forefathers did”
Man, even Adolph Hitler killed himself not to be captured by those forefathers....
...hurt really bad.
Especially in salt-water.
http://img.blog.yahoo.co.kr/ybi/1/24/56/shinecommerce/folder/63/img_63_16978_7?1203903364.jpg
Nice pic of destroyer “Shaposhnikov”
If Russia authorizes the captian of a milatary ship to conduce an onboard trial and pass sentence under the authority of homeland Russia, it sounds legal to me.
While Somali pirates continue to attack other countries vessels they’ll be offering free bilge-cleaning services to Russian vessels from now on.
Sorta like how concealed carry protects unarmed people, too. Cool.
absolutely! float ‘em out a few hundred yards and plink away at ‘em. call shot also, “okay, tall one in the back standing with the red hat”....etc. extra vodka rations for best shooter. all of the rooskie crew could join in the fun....
Na Zdorvia
Sunbathers watch Russian marines training for Navy Day, on a beach of the Neva River in St Petersburg, Russia
The pirates know well ahead of time what vessel they are targeting and what cargo is on board. They have moles in the insurance companies. Or you could just go to marinetraffic.com and thanks to AIS, see what ship is sailing where, all over the globe.
No evidence. . .and NO credibility given it's source.
But, I think they did feed the pirates.... to the sharks.
Appropriate.
Keelhauling also put some of the punished sailors out of their misery before they could be hauled back aboard.
Apparently, these pirates forgot about when the career counselor mentioned death as an occupational hazard for piracy.
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