Posted on 04/21/2009 2:12:44 PM PDT by traumer
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch marines board a fishing boat and free two dozen Yemenis from Somali pirates. They seize and destroy AK-47s and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher but then put the nine bandits back in their skiff and set them free.
The Dutch government says its navy made a mistake, but Saturday's catch and release in the Gulf of Aden underscores confusion over what to do with captured pirates — and led to calls in Washington for tougher NATO action.
The Dutch marines were among a NATO flotilla that has helped fend off several pirate attacks in recent days in the crowded shipping lane off Somalia's coast; in each case the culprits were released amid questions over jurisdiction to arrest them.
That drew criticism from the Obama administration, which killed three Somali pirates and arrested one in the dramatic April 12 rescue of an American cargo ship's captain. The surviving pirate was arrested and sent to New York for trial.
Releasing pirates "sends the wrong signal," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after meeting her Dutch counterpart Maxime Verhagen in Washington on Monday. Both ministers said they would push for NATO to begin arresting pirates.
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Pirates should just be shot and dumped overboard. Shark bait.
Boil those pirates in pure Dutch Chocolate.
But, Yemen’s punishment for piracy is Crucifixion thats even better.
I thought ships had rope and a high place from which to attach it? Cannot see what is hard to figure out what to do with pirates. The rope is even reusable and already on every ship, costs nothing but a few minutes of time to use it.
Undersize no doubt. I hear thay have to be at least 16 years old and 120 pounds or else back they go to their mommies!
If I catch a rat in my house, I MUST destroy it. If I’m ‘nice’ to it and set it free, it’ll come back with 20 more.
These dimwits ‘destroyed’ the AK47s instead. Morons.
I think the Dutch are on to something here. Turn them loose, and the next time one of them waves an AK, turn him and all of his friends into fish food.
Beats extraditing them to New York...
and we get screwed thrice:
tapayers pay to bring his sorry ass here
pay again for his lawyers
pay again for incarceration (food ,medical,etc)
“Take the AK’s. Leave the Somalis.”
They are enemy combatants without Geneva Convention protection. They should be shot (or hanged).
Better yet, dump them off shore of their home port, so their bloated, bullet riddled corpses can wash ashore to send a very specific message to would be pirates.
Dutch forces free pirate captives
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Posted on 04/18/2009 4:55:59 AM PDT by Jonny foreigner
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