Posted on 04/03/2010 8:50:11 AM PDT by Zakeet
A U.S. Navy ship has sunk a pirate "mother ship" in the Indian Ocean and captured 11 pirates, and then promptly let them go.
It was the second time within 24 hours that U.S. forces captured Somali pirates. Earlier Thursday, five pirates were taken into custody after they attacked a U.S. warship.
While those five pirates remain in custody, the 11 captured Thursday were allowed to leave in small skiffs after the mother ship was sunk. The action prompted a Pentagon spokesman to deny that the Navy had a "catch and release" policy regarding pirates.
A Naval official told ABC News that the practice of releasing pirates is not unheard of. While piracy is illegal according to international maritime law, it is considered a criminal issue, not a national security one.
If the country of the attacked ship does not want to prosecute the pirates, and if Kenya, which has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Naval forces, does not agree to prosecute them, there are few options as to where the suspected pirates can be held and tried.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Well, I was thinking of the health of the sharks...
You know give them a good pot roast, and use the pirates as toothpicks...
Just thinking outside the box...;-)
Your not expecting any Easter Eggs in your neighborhood, are you?
I think that the great zero’s state dept. should send those clowns a bunch of recognition cards so there won’t be anymore “misunderstandings” and the Navy won’t accidentally kill any of his bretheren.
OH devolve! Lol, I can’t believe you posted that!
How do you manage to FIND these images?!! snicker
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It just appeared from the blue!
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