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2008-10-28 Africa Horn

Royal Navy authorized to destroy pirate vessels

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Posted by Pappy 2008-10-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Old pirates never die , they just get blown offshore !

Sorry couldnt resist :)

Posted by Quetta Sucks 2008-10-28 05:08|| 2008-10-28 05:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Glad to see they have use for their last few ships

Posted by Dan 2008-10-28 09:45|| 2008-10-28 09:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Captain Hooke Silver, Attorney at Law:

http://www.boredtodeath.co.uk/ani129.php

Specializing in ninja lawsuits.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-28 10:12|| 2008-10-28 10:12|| Front Page Top

#4 There is a Royal Navy?

Posted by bman 2008-10-28 11:32|| 2008-10-28 11:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Previously, commanding officers could only engage pirates if they caught them in the act and were not allowed to destroy their weapons or equipment.
"Ahoy there, kindly release the Captain from walking the plank and in a calm fashion report yourselves to the nearest authorities or we shall be forced to ask you a second time."

Proactive Posture, Hah. Its a friggin ship of war in dangerous predatory waters protecting merchants. In the days of the Caribbean Pirate roundups they seemed to be able to determine whats what but in the days of sending via satellite images with a 2 second delay from Puntland to England cannot make a determination?

And screw the UN and its supposed body of law. In the real world it don't mean jack.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-10-28 12:13|| 2008-10-28 12:13|| Front Page Top

#6 'The UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea does not permit them to destroy equipment'.

Another very good reason the United States should never accept this POS "treaty", including the loss of the ability to move warships freely through any "international" waters. The Law of the Sea Treaty(LOST) is the UN's biggest attempt yet to claim sovereignty overy 2/3 of the Earth's Surface.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-10-28 13:06|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-10-28 13:06|| Front Page Top

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