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Somali pirates torturing hostages
Pirates have recently tied hostages upside down and dragged them in the sea, locked them in freezers, beaten them and used plastic ties around their genitals, Maj. Gen. Buster Howes, the top commander of the European Union Naval Force, told the AyPee."There have been regular manifestations of systematic torture," he said. If warships approached a pirated ship too closely, the pirates would drag hostages on deck and beat them in front of naval officers until the warship went away, Howes said. Perhaps we shouldn't be using big unmistakable warships for this function. "A few years go, they were very constrained and much more respectful" to hostages, he said, but now "they've shown a willingness to use violence much more quickly and much more violence." Must be getting advice from Iran. Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-02-02 |
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