'Mother ship' behind pirate raids

BBC Online (UK) ^ | 11/11/2005 | Unattributed

[r9etb]

Hah! I predicted this several days ago.

[r9etb]

Question: what are the little black things around the spent brass?

[Drew68]

Question: what are the little black things around the spent brass?

Belt links.

[yarddog]

Probably links of the disintegrating belt.

[evets]

Beam up to the mutha ship!

"19"!

[r9etb]

Thanks.

[Bob]

One would need a Q-ship (an armed ship camouflaged to look like a juicy pirate target).

Not at all. Think satellite surveillance and a fast attack sub or two. :=) They'd never know what hit 'em.

[WesternPacific]

Mother Ship = Mother-of-a-Ship

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[anymouse]

Now it's the alians fault? (/sarcasm)

[smartin]

INDEED!

[Alter Kaker]

What's to prevent a collective announcement by all non-pirate countries that any ships identified as "mother ships" for pirates (there are many ways to determine this) should be sunk on sight with no warning whatsoever?

International law already allows this. Not only do pirates have virtually no rights under international law, but all nation states are actually required to hunt them down and destroy them.

[Feiny]

I can buy into a Mother Ship, but not a Wheel.
A wheel makes no sense, but a ship with 4 1/2 foot black men orbiting the earth waiting to destroy the white mans world....that makes perfect sense.

[Alter Kaker]

That ships continue to sail unarmed through Somali waters amazes me.

The ship wasn't unarmed, nor was it within Somali waters. It was 100 miles offshore.

[Minnesocold]

I googled "mother ship" and this mug shot was in the page one collection:

[Carling]

Explains why such small craft are so far offshore. Seems to be just piracy & ransom to date but I wonder how long before it becomes hijacking & atrocity by you know who.

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An old article from World Net Daily on AQ's plans for the oceans.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35047

[KenmcG414]

Probably the mother ship is captained by "Calypso Louie".