Somali pirates released by Russian forces confirmed dead

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/323071,somali-pirates-released-by-russian-forces-confirmed-dead.html ^

[kronos77]

Moscow - The Somali embassy in Moscow on Tuesday confirmed the death of 10 pirates released at sea last week by Russian forces off the coast of the Horn of Africa country.

Earlier, an official from Russia's Defence Ministry told journalists that the men were presumed dead since their boat had not reached the shore.

Russian forces had captured the pirates last week in an operation to rescue the tanker Moskovsky Universitet, which was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden.

But the pirates were released on Friday and put in one of their own boats, without weapons or navigation equipment, 300 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia, after Russia said there were no international guidelines for prosecuting the men.

[marktwain]

“But...but...aren’t the Russians worried about their “standing in the world”? snicker”

Yes. And their standing in the world just went up.

[Cheburashka]

The pirates will think twice about attacking any Russian flagged ship. Believe me.

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The fun part is that the ship was Russian owned, but Liberian flagged. So checking the flag does the pirates no good.

[Godebert]

"I don’t think the pirate under the razor wire made it back to the boat."

His blood can be seen flowing into the deck drain by his feet.

[MindBender26]

The penalty for piracy on the high seas has always been immediate death.

[Cheburashka]

Well, at least one on the photo is beaten or shot to death.
Note three armed marines there.

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Probably the shirtless one, bent and with what appears to be a blood around his feet, did not survive the Russian recapture of the vessel.

He may have been the lucky one.

[greenhornet68]

How was it confirmed?

[Cheburashka]

See post 42.

[Gulf War One]

Putting them in a boat like this was only one small step above making them walk the plank.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for them!

[reagan_fanatic]

And THAT, folks, is how you deal with pirates.

[Timocrat]

Russian Defence ministry making sure everyone gets the message just in case anyone is uncertain about their fate.

[silverleaf]

Holy cow, what’s the Russian doing with the guy wrapped in wire?

Preparing to troll for sharks?

[Travis McGee]

Where’s the love?

[Red Badger]

I knew they would be.............

[jiggyboy]

It's particularly hard to row with your hands tied behind your back.

...and already dead, heh heh.

A few here imagined on the day of the rescue that this would be their fate.

[yorkie01]

Thank you Russia for affirming national sovereignty over and above international law unlike this crap we have in Washington. You want that little puke going through the New York courts to take out to sea too? You are doing the job this administration will not even consider. Thanks again.

[Candor7]

They just ate each other down to the last morsel.

[RVN Airplane Driver]

I like the Russkies style in this case! Word in Somalia will quickly get around that if you see that sickle “thingy” on a red flag.....leave that alone.

[wolfcreek]

This is the way all pirates should be treated. See how the rest react.

Kudos to the Reds.

[Samurai_Jack]

But the pirates were released on Friday and put in one of their own boats, without weapons or navigation equipment, 300 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia, after Russia said there were no international guidelines for prosecuting the men.

I guess there’s no international guidelines for releasing them either huh?

[Cyclone59]

At first I was mad at the Reds for releasing the pirates, but their move was perfectly executed. Their total lack of abilities enabled them to hang themselves with their own rope. LOVE IT!