Article

2005-04-12 Africa: Horn

Pirate attack repelled off the coast of Somalia

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Dan Darling 2005-04-12 1:56:36 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 That is one hell of a pic! Arrr! On a serious note, the pirates are starting to use more heavy weapons, other than knives and other light things. Ship's crewmembers are going to be reluctant to man firehoses to repel boarders, which seemed to be the usual SOP.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-04-12 11:13:09 AM|| 2005-04-12 11:13:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Yellowbeard?

Posted by mojo 2005-04-12 12:48:17 PM|| 2005-04-12 12:48:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 John "Kill em All" (terroists that is) Kerry on steroids after conversion to islam or zztopism?

Posted by Tkat 2005-04-12 1:03:05 PM|| 2005-04-12 1:03:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 [Sniff! Sniff!] Yellowbeard!

Posted by Fred 2005-04-12 1:03:39 PM|| 2005-04-12 1:03:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 They may want to start equipping merchies with something a bit more formidable than firehoses.

Posted by Mike 2005-04-12 1:14:47 PM|| 2005-04-12 1:14:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Shipping owners won't arm crews for anti-piracy operations. Part of the problem is that a merchant ship, once it uses weapons (even for self defense), is then considered a combatant, with all the baggage that entails.

One could deploy armed security forces aboard ships, but then one runs into the problem when a ship equipped with such a force enters territorial waters of a nation that objects. Most, if not nearly all owners don't want that kind of headache.

Posted by Pappy 2005-04-12 9:20:26 PM|| 2005-04-12 9:20:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Dead crewmembers are much more convient.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-12 9:22:37 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-12 9:22:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Rock: If your ship is looted, you can't make much money.
Hard Place: If countries won't let your armed ship enter their port, you can't make much money.

Posted by Jackal 2005-04-12 9:40:35 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-04-12 9:40:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Shipping Income:>Solution,

Volume, make up losses thru increased Volume.

Posted by Financial Advisor 2005-04-12 10:19:10 PM|| 2005-04-12 10:19:10 PM|| Front Page Top

00:15 Desert Blondie
00:02 Bomb-a-rama
23:54 Desert Blondie
23:49 Bomb-a-rama
23:43 3dc
23:13 Jame Retief
23:09 .com
23:06 Dennis Kucinich
22:58 phil_b
22:50 Whutch Sneth6118
22:35 James
22:33 Jonathan
22:30 RWV
22:19 Financial Advisor
22:07 Frank G
22:04 Pappy
21:58 Sock Puppet 0â Doom
21:56 Angie Schultz
21:54 thibaud (aka lex)
21:50 thibaud (aka lex)
21:47 Sock Puppet 0â Doom
21:45 thibaud (aka lex)
21:43 Jackal
21:40 Jackal