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2008-09-07 Africa Horn

Somalia: Pirates demand 'ransom' for French boat

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Eyl Village, right on the east coast, latitude 8 deg N. I would say, drop some leaflets giving the pirates 24 hours to have the Frenchmen transported unharmed, about, say 60 miles to the east at Latitude 8 N, or the village will be reduced to rubble, along with everyone in it, and purified with flame. That will stop this nonsense in a Somalian minute.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-09-07 03:42|| 2008-09-07 03:42|| Front Page Top

#2 That location sounds like it is in the AOR of the FFL. I suggest giving the assinment to Sgt. Markoff.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-07 08:22|| 2008-09-07 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The french army commando raid was well-executed, but this went through by the teeth : le canard enchainé revealed crumbling down equipments which led to a string of repeated mechanical failures and almost compromised the whole thing (IIRC, without the chance proximitty of the Jeanne d'Arc schoolboat, there wouldn't have been a chopper to deliver the commando), lack of aerial ressources which led to only part of the pirates being caught and part of the ransom recovered,... basically, a drastic shortage of ressources, and an out-of-age material. And, this was for the cream of the cream of the french army, in a politically sensitive mission that gathered all the available means...

Could it be even repeated? I'm not in the know, but the first one could easily have turned into a disaster, and with the controversy about the afghan deaths, with the inane governement handling of that, and the msm-defeatism (the Paris-match mag published a compleasing interview with the ambushers, posing with weapons and uniforms stolen to french casualties), I don't see sarko being willing to risk somali collateral damages or french casualties.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-09-07 13:58|| 2008-09-07 13:58|| Front Page Top

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