India stuck with 23 pirates caught in Gulf of Aden

The Times of India ^ | December 16, 2008 | The Times of India

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

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.

[Steamburg]

The ocean is deep and rocks are cheap.

[theDentist]

It's called "the plank". Use it. They'll learn the lesson.

[rellimpank]

—shoot them as they are tossed overboard—

[ClearCase_guy]

Shoot, Sink and Shut-up

[JRandomFreeper]

"Where are the pirates, Master Chief?"

"I don't know, sir, we seem to have misplaced them."

faint cries and splashing in the distance....

"Carry on, Chief."

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Got Rope?

or

23 Uses for an Old Chain.

[RKV]

[rottndog]

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.

[SMARTY]

Shark food? target practice?... just some suggestions.

[kAcknor]

Easy. Put them before the mast, give them a trial using the captain as judge, appointed officers as prosecutor and defense. Use the crew members as a jury.

If guilty hang them. If not guilty release them immediately over the side. ;)

[Old Retired Army Guy]

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?

[Uncle Miltie]

Shoot them.

[BradyLS]

Aaarrrrggh. The plank is what they should be walkin’!

[steve-b]

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

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.

[null and void]

Hang them.

[gakrak]

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.

[MahatmaGandu]

They should take them out to the middle of the IO and let them go.

[TexGuy]

Shark food? target practice?... just some suggestions.

Weighted Shark Trot Line ... Mmmmmm Sharks, 'ems good eatin'