"no fight broke out and that the pirates were chewing khat, a stimulant herb, when they spoke toSomalia Report, suggesting that the pirates were impaired."
All ships need to carry weapons so they can protect themselves. Not allowing them to do so is for what reason? The pirates need to be blown out of the water immediately and don’t wait and ask for permission.
“Six of our colleagues were killed by the hostages”
Colleagues. I love it.
There was a great opening scene in “The Expendables” where Stallone’s group took out pirates.
I’m fully expecting the pirates unionize any day now.
Crew recapture Taiwan ship from Somali pirates
The Somali pirates fell into the sea, Tsay said, quoting the fishing boat owner, adding that details of the saga and the fate of the six pirates were not immediately clear.
I'm not going to look it up because the article probably a year old, but the pirates have their own stock market where you can buy shares of a venture by contributing supplies.
We should “Drone” the living hell out of any ship, even a canoe anywhere within 3 miles of the Somali coast, problem solved. My son is awesome at Xbox 360 and would be willing to pilot the drones for free. He’s gotten some great training on Battlefield 3 in the past few weeks.