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2006-08-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Berlin demands to board Lebanon-bound ships

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Posted by lotp 2006-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Right attitude. If they don't comply with board & search orders, sink them immediately.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-08-27 01:57|| 2006-08-27 01:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Not that easy, 'Admiral'. There's long-standing something called maritime law. Nations and their navies take it very seriously.

It means either the UN must come up with an interdiction authorization similar to the one used against Iraq, or that Lebanon requests interdiction.

Or a combination of both.

Posted by Pappy 2006-08-27 15:34|| 2006-08-27 15:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Right attitude

I suppose sinking them and *then* boarding them is out of the question - if only for reasons similar to what Pappy mentions.

Posted by SteveS 2006-08-27 16:16|| 2006-08-27 16:16|| Front Page Top

#4 There's a little more to it than that, Pappy. The law of the sea says, ironically perhaps, that a naval blockade is legal if the blockading navy is strong enough to enforce it. Don't know whether the German navy is in this case, but with NATO help...

Posted by Patrick">Patrick 2006-08-27 22:40|| 2006-08-27 22:40|| Front Page Top

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