It's called "the plank". Use it. They'll learn the lesson.
Posted on 12/16/2008 10:07:26 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
NEW DELHI: The Navy is all at sea about what to do with the 23 pirates and the large cache of arms captured by missile destroyer INS Mysore during anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday.
"The Indian government is trying to tie up things with Yemen to ensure the 23 pirates, 12 of whom are Somali and 11 Yemeni, can be handed over to it. But if that does not work, we might have to bring them back to India for prosecution here,'' said a senior defence ministry official.
Britain, US and some other countries, incidentally, have signed an MoU with Kenya for arrest, transfer and prosecution of pirates detained by their warships during anti-piracy operations in Gulf of Aden. On November 18, for instance, the British Navy had handed over eight pirates to Kenya to face trial at the port town of Mombasa.
But with India having no such MoU or arrangement with countries in the region, the question of the 23 pirates on board INS Mysore, which thwarted their hijack attempt on an Ethiopian merchant vessel on Saturday, remains an unanswered one.
The piquant situation that INS Mysore finds itself has arisen as the "rules of engagement'' issued to the warship before it set sail to replace stealth frigate INS Tabar on anti-piracy patrol duties in the Gulf of Aden does not specify the course of action if it seizes a pirate vessel and pirates.
Frantic efforts are now underway in both the defence as well as the external affairs ministry to get a foreign port to accept the bandits for trial in their courts. "The issue may be resolved in a day or two. Meanwhile, the 23 pirates are being fed on INS Mysore,'' said an official.
Though over 20 warships from US, EU and other countries are patrolling the piracy-infested Gulf of Aden, which connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, it's actually the Indian Navy which has taken the battle to the pirates.
On November 11, INS Tabar had repulsed two hijack attempts, one on a Indian ship (MV Jag Arnav) and the other on a Saudi oil carrier (NCC Tihama), one after the other successfully.
Then, on November 18, it had sunk Thai trawler "Ekawat Nava 5'', which had been commandeered by pirates, after a gunbattle. Though Navy had come in for some criticism for sinking the Thai trawler, Admiral Sureesh Mehta had declared that his force had done nothing wrong.
"Thai ownership does not change the situation. It was under the command of pirates. Use of force was inevitable... we acted in self-defence,'' said the Navy chief. External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, too, had strongly defend the Navy's anti-piracy action on the high seas.
The ocean is deep and rocks are cheap.
It's called "the plank". Use it. They'll learn the lesson.
—shoot them as they are tossed overboard—
Shoot, Sink and Shut-up
"I don't know, sir, we seem to have misplaced them."
faint cries and splashing in the distance....
"Carry on, Chief."
Got Rope?
or
23 Uses for an Old Chain.
I say pull up as close to shore in Somalia as possible, as close to the largest population center where the most people can see, and hang the bastards one by one. Once they are dead, cut the rope and dump them at sea...either that or float some buoys off the coast and hang them there. Leave the bodies to rot for all to see. The piracy will end.
Shark food? target practice?... just some suggestions.
If guilty hang them. If not guilty release them immediately over the side. ;)
Next time, don’t take prisoners dummies. As far as the guys you have...It’s a big Ocean. Use your imagination. Wasn’t there a time when Piracy on the high seas was grounds for “keel hauling” or at the minimum, summary execution?
Shoot them.
Aaarrrrggh. The plank is what they should be walkin’!
Well, duh. The disposition of captured enemy persons and material is not part of the rules of engagement -- RoE are for how and when one fights battles, not what one does afterwards.
Last time I looked, piracy on the high seas was considered to be a "crime of universal jurisdiction" -- i.e. any nation that takes custody of pirates can prosecute them. The only legal issue here is a fair trial to establish whether or not the prisoners are, in fact, pirates. Extraditing them to their home country may be a worthwhile courtesy, but it is not essential.
Hang them.
Yes, take them back to India and have them fitted for cement shoes. Then take them out to the 12 mile limit off of Bombay and see how they do walking on water. Amen.
They should take them out to the middle of the IO and let them go.
Weighted Shark Trot Line ... Mmmmmm Sharks, 'ems good eatin'
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