Posted on 03/10/2017 9:19:25 AM PST by yoe
Hundreds of ships are sailing into European waters after suspicious manoeuvres near terrorist hot spots, prompting fears that they are smuggling people and weapons with impunity.
[snip]Figures compiled by Windward, a maritime data and analytics company, revealed that in January and February 40 ships entered Europe from Libya, close to where Islamic State is operating, after “going dark” by ceasing transmission of their location. Twenty vessels travelled through Syrian or Lebanese waters and made dubious stops for up to six hours before reaching the Continent. This amounts to hundreds of ships a year if the data is extrapolated.
[snip]Such behaviour fuels concerns of illegal activity, with experts warning that cargo ships may anchor in foreign waters to pass people, weapons and drugs to smaller vessels while avoiding detection by maritime authorities.
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Ping.
Isn’t that why countries have navies and coast guards?
Sink a few and it will stop.
Yes, but actually using them to defend one’s sovereign territory is bigoted, dontchaknow.
Yup. Down right hateful. We are all the same after all.
I am having less and less of an issue with ‘bigotry.’
Capture them, or, if they resist or run, cripple or sink them.
Earn some income from it - issue letters of marque for a fee.
Another source:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ghost-ships-in-european-waters-spark-terror-fears-hkdbffdv5
Never mind. Fake out. 3 paragraphs then a pop up to subscribe. I’m sorry.
Or not. That's the problem with extrapolation.
Starting with a statement of fact and then basically saying, well, maybe, is some great journalism right there.
In any case, even the 40 observed instances are too many. Of course, the European navies are too busy providing a shuttle service for African invaders to deal with the problem. The day of reckoning for Merkel et al. cannot come too soon.
LR, that was my question. Italy, Greece, Spain and France are being invaded. The first three are NATO members. If they can’t handle the invasion they should invoke Article V.
It would be effective only if the government’s of the world returned to paying head money. Otherwise there is no money in exclusively hunting pirates and other terrorists.
Then, offer franchises...
smugglers using ships which no longer meet environmental codes. They dump their sewage rather than processing etc.
death by political correctness.
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