I think it's touching that even in this modern era, Putin's boys are willing to keep alive the best ancient traditions of Russo-Islamic relations...
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Posted on 05/11/2010 3:09:35 AM PDT by 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.
“We will have to act as our forefathers did when they met pirates”, the Russian president said.”
Sure, the Russians wouldn’t release the pirates without their chum.
Of course, we could never get away with this. The whole world would be crying and screaming and have to start turning away all of the money we send all over the place. /s
They also provided them with a plaque upon which was written, "Молитесь за ветра, но сохранить гребли к берегу." ("Pray for wind, but keep rowing to shore.")
Maybe they couldn't read Russian??
Especially if you tell them that shore is thattaway, and then point in the opposite direction. Hope is was a slow, lingering death for them.
I think it's touching that even in this modern era, Putin's boys are willing to keep alive the best ancient traditions of Russo-Islamic relations...
Is this the same flag used by the White movement during Russia’s Civil War?
No, that’s the historic Russian flag, used in one or another form from the 1600s up to the communist revolution, then restored with the collapse of the USSR.
We should do the same instead of giving the pirates rights they do not have.
THX
“The pirates will think twice about attacking any Russian flagged ship. Believe me.”
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I believe you!
That still leaves them with at least a dozen other countries ships to pick on, the U.S. included.
Obummer sure doesn’t have the cojones to deal with them so effectively.
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I guess with all that money the shipping co’s have been paying the pirates, they are still not getting any food! They have pencils for legs!
I wonder if the Russians removed the zip-tie restraints from the pirates’ hands before loading them onto the boat?
Of course not!!! In point of fact, they linked all the zip-ties together. They were trying to encourage a sense of teamwork and solidarity in the pirates.
Wonder if it worked??
It did work! they stuck together right to the end.
Ahhhh...them Russians! They do know how to "educate", don't they??
lol!
“Welcome to the PARRRRR - teee!”
“I guess there’s no international guidelines for releasing them either huh?”
Who knew Russians were basically dry fly fishermen at heart?
They were practicing “catch and Release”. And, they didn’t even use a net to avoid any disturbance to the slime layer of their catch.
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