Wednesday, 19 November 2008

"India sinks Somali pirate ship"

That's more like it. No quarter.

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6 comments:

Letters From A Tory said...

This situation is just unbelievable. How the hell do pirates manage to board and take control of these boats without anyone noticing?

19 November 2008 at 10:08
Mark Wadsworth said...

Apparently it's quite easy, especially if the ship being attacked isn't armed. Of course the crew notice, but by then it's too late.

19 November 2008 at 10:20
neil craig said...

The BBC report does say the Indians let 2 speedboats get away from the ship, which, unfortunately, is not quite the traditional treatment of pirates. I think the international community needs to be more pro-active on this - for example enforcing no sailing on ANY boats from Somali ports. This would be a bit tough on some fishermen, many of whom will be fishermen only when there isn't a bigger catch.

The real problem is not just Somalia but that, if profitable, such things will happen in many other places. A couple of years ago a British Rear Asmiral said he expected piracy to soon become a problem in the Mediterranean http://a-place-to-stand.blogspot.com/2006/06/globalisation-makes-assimilation-seem.html

The causes & cure of piracy have been demonstrated many times throughout history.

19 November 2008 at 12:58
Mark Wadsworth said...

Agreed, the two speedboats should have been sunk as well.

19 November 2008 at 14:02
Bill Quango MP said...

Agreed. As we know from our own streets if you allow crime to take place then you get more crime.

19 November 2008 at 16:04
Gregg said...

That's the way to do it. Remembering our jibbering wrecks who got taken by the Iranians, to our eternal shame, I can't help thinking that Indian naval personnel would have been a bit better behaved judging by this episode.

19 November 2008 at 17:30

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