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Special forces retake cargo ship after migrants threatened staff
SKY ^ | 22DEC18 | By David Mercer, news reporter

Posted on 12/22/2018 3:11:47 AM PST by vannrox

Four men have been arrested after special forces stormed a cargo ship off the UK's coast, where a group of stowaway migrants had threatened staff on-board.

Special Boat Service (SBS) operatives from Sabre Squadron fast-roped from helicopters on to the ship, which had been sailing in the Thames Estuary, sources told Sky's defence and security correspondent Alistair Bunkall.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: migrant; ship; stowaway; uk

1 posted on 12/22/2018 3:11:47 AM PST by vannrox
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To: vannrox

SBS Very hard on piracy.


2 posted on 12/22/2018 3:15:37 AM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: vannrox

Sounds like piracy. They should be executed immediately with their bodies thrown overboard.


3 posted on 12/22/2018 3:16:40 AM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: vannrox

Talk about potential overkill (sarc).


4 posted on 12/22/2018 3:16:53 AM PST by the_individual2014
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To: vannrox

Migrants? I thought they didn’t commit crimes, such as piracy?


5 posted on 12/22/2018 3:50:24 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Must be a communications problem - and the shipping company will be sued because they diodn’t let them know it wasn’t allowed to act like a terrorist pirate....


6 posted on 12/22/2018 4:00:45 AM PST by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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To: trebb

Were these real pirates or fake pirates? It sounds like you could have sent the Mary Poppins’s patrol to rescue the ship and they could have done the job.


7 posted on 12/22/2018 4:04:36 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Cowboy Bob

The English used to hang pirates in chains and let their bodies rot. Maybe time to revive that tradition.


8 posted on 12/22/2018 4:07:54 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: vannrox

Hollywood elites take note: when escaping the USA stowing away on a cargo ship do NOT threaten the crew, just stay in the bilge out of sight.


9 posted on 12/22/2018 4:35:31 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

DREAMERS


10 posted on 12/22/2018 4:44:01 AM PST by MuttTheHoople
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To: vannrox

Wonder why there is a vehicle parked on an upper deck in one of the pictures. Looks odd.


11 posted on 12/22/2018 6:10:12 AM PST by DickBrannigan ("And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner!")
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To: vannrox

Shoot them and throw them overboard.


12 posted on 12/22/2018 6:21:59 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: Hoosier-Daddy
Well Done the SBS!

And in recognition of your bravery, the migrants will now be admitted to England, given generous welfare benefits, and moved to the front of the queue for free housing at taxpayer expense. And we'll even build a mosque next door.

Theresa May

13 posted on 12/22/2018 6:24:33 AM PST by John Locke
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To: MuttTheHoople

And Freddy on a ferry across the Mersey.


14 posted on 12/22/2018 7:05:22 AM PST by VietVet876
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Whatever happened to the punishment of “walking the plank?’


15 posted on 12/22/2018 7:12:37 AM PST by excalibur21
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To: MuttTheHoople

What a silly named “dreamed” up by Liberals. Dreamers .... like,”you can make their dreams come true ...*twinkle*


16 posted on 12/22/2018 7:49:15 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets ......)
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To: Hoosier-Daddy

Smile wait for flash.


17 posted on 12/22/2018 2:53:31 PM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: pepsionice
I guess it's a case of semantics - do they have to be experienced/professional pirates to commit piracy?

But....you seem to be correct - they were pretty lame in their attempt.

18 posted on 12/23/2018 2:32:46 AM PST by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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