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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The term childish was to the poster thinking the word seal was some great internationally protected word. I would bet the first korean seals were trained in the good old USA.
The ROKS were the most feared in Vietnam. Even our guys were uneasy around them.
They should have fed the 5 pirates they captured to the sharks and sending the video to Al Jareera.
Every Korean soldier is given extensive training in Taekwondo. Its really then just a question of how much they practice and how much pain they want to endure to become really good. The Korean SEALS are no doubt expert in it.
It’s about time somebody had some guts. Our military could do that too, if we didn’t have such spineless politician’s.
In the movie “The Expendables” (fantastic!), they really should’ve let Dolph Lungren hang the pirate.
Man, he was great in that movie.
Or the British Marines, who predate all others.
ROK (SK) commandos and SK rock.
Does South Korea have a whining, pantywaiste media that will question the severity of it all?
I think the five captured should be sent to some reducation camps, in SK and be severely talked to, wink, wink, nudge, nudge......
The media enables this too including all of TV.
As long as they can board a ship at sea, kill every single pirate, save every single hostage,,, they can call themselves any name they like. Go ROK
Make him watch his cohorts being fed to pigs first.
I prefer the Russian Human Rights tactic of releasing the captured pirates.
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The Russians have two variations on that theme:
1. Release in unpowered boat at 360 NM
2. Heavy weapons fire.
Yes, I know it’s an acronym. I guess it just took me a bit by surprise.
Thanks
A lot of those guys lost parents and siblings to the Communists in the Korean War.
As a result, many of them took the opportunity to fight Communists in Vietnam extremely personally. They weren't there just to win, they were there to exact revenge for their loved ones.
Way to go, South Korea!
The world needs more pirate beat-downs, and less pirates.
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