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S. Korea navy 'kills Somali pirates, saves crew'
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Posted on 01/21/2011 6:03:20 AM PST by nuconvert

SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean navy commandos Friday stormed a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, rescuing all the 21 crew and killing eight pirates, military officials said.

The SEAL special forces boarded the South Korean ship before dawn, freeing all the hostages and killing the pirates in cabin-to-cabin battles, they said. Five other pirates were captured.

"This operation demonstrated our government's strong will that we won't tolerate illegal activities by pirates any more," Lieutenant-General Lee Sung-Ho of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told a news briefing.

The South Korean skipper of the chemical freighter suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach during the raid but his condition is not life-threatening, the military said. No commandos were hurt.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: maritime; pirates; skorea; somalipirates
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Can any country use the title SEAL for their special forces?
1 posted on 01/21/2011 6:03:22 AM PST by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean navy commandos Friday stormed a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, rescuing all the 21 crew and killing eight pirates, military officials said.

The SEAL special forces boarded the South Korean ship before dawn, freeing all the hostages and killing the pirates in cabin-to-cabin battles, they said. Five other pirates were captured.

The only thing that can make this story better is if it continued with: "The captured pirates were summarily executed, bringing the total number of dead pirates to 13."

2 posted on 01/21/2011 6:07:49 AM PST by Haiku Guy (What we've got here is ... failure to communicate.)
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To: Haiku Guy

How uncivil.


3 posted on 01/21/2011 6:09:42 AM PST by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: nuconvert
SEAL is not an exclusive term.
Ever heard of Korean Marines?

4 posted on 01/21/2011 6:10:47 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: nuconvert

ROK On!


5 posted on 01/21/2011 6:11:12 AM PST by Lysandru
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To: nuconvert

Way to go, South Korea.
Not to criticize, but it would have been better if all of the pirates were dead.


6 posted on 01/21/2011 6:13:56 AM PST by BuffaloJack (What rights will the Obama's regime take from us today?)
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To: nuconvert

Has any ever watched the South Korean series IRIS? awesome show. I was reminded of that show when reading this article.


7 posted on 01/21/2011 6:15:11 AM PST by Tempest (I put money ahead of people)
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"Can any country use the title SEAL for their special forces?"

"SEAL" is simply an acronym for "Sea, Air, Land" special forces. In as much as the ROKs generally try to mirror US forces in organization, equipment and training, I don't think their use of the term is inappropriate. There are ROK Ranger, too, BTW, although where our Army only has one Ranger School, each ROK infantry division runs its own.

8 posted on 01/21/2011 6:16:17 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: nuconvert

From what I have heard, the nastiest bunch to cross are Korean military. The Somalis should have asked to be turned over to the Russians.


9 posted on 01/21/2011 6:16:35 AM PST by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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To: nuconvert

Sounds like they did an excellent job.


10 posted on 01/21/2011 6:16:35 AM PST by yarddog
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To: nuconvert

Well I’m glad that it wasn’t the Israeli special forces. Otherwise the media would come out on the side of the poor victimized pirates.


11 posted on 01/21/2011 6:16:42 AM PST by Tempest (I put money ahead of people)
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To: nuconvert

LOL. Praise their work not the childish use of a name.


12 posted on 01/21/2011 6:17:59 AM PST by org.whodat
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To: nuconvert

Thank you, ROK SEALs, for exemplifying to the world the proper treatment of pirates.


13 posted on 01/21/2011 6:19:54 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: BuffaloJack

Damn straight! It is about time somebody on our side took those rat ba$yards out!!!

MFO


14 posted on 01/21/2011 6:20:13 AM PST by Man from Oz
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To: nuconvert

The Koreans don’t have to be “encouraged” to get out of the helicopter. They go willingly.


15 posted on 01/21/2011 6:20:30 AM PST by NeverForgetBataan (To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
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To: nuconvert

Why did they bother to capture the five? I hope they at least parade them on TV and send videos to Somalia. Better would be a raid followup destruction of the pirate ports.


16 posted on 01/21/2011 6:20:45 AM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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not the childish use of a name.

One of the most decidedly un-healthy things you could ever do is tell a member of the ROK military that they're 'childishly' using that designation. I assure you that you would experience the ass-kicking of a lifetime.

L

17 posted on 01/21/2011 6:21:12 AM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Tempest

Well, it was South Korean. I don’t quite expect the media to be all that supportive of them either :p


18 posted on 01/21/2011 6:21:37 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: Haiku Guy

I prefer the Russian Human Rights tactic of releasing the captured pirates.


19 posted on 01/21/2011 6:21:50 AM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's "Economics In One Lesson.")
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To: nuconvert
President Lee Myung-Bak, who authorised the operation, said the military carried out the raid perfectly under difficult circumstances.

"We will not tolerate any activities that threaten the safety and lives of our people," he said.

Must be nice to have a President who is a patriot ...

20 posted on 01/21/2011 6:22:45 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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