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2008-10-24 Africa Horn

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Pirates believed they can act with impunity..

And they generally do.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-10-24 08:07|| 2008-10-24 08:07|| Front Page Top

#2 "The locations and descriptions of these mother ships are known."

"Chief Nato spokesman James Appathurai said the crew would have a "full range of self-defence" measures at their disposal, including the "use of force". But he admitted "what they are trying to do is complicated".

Please James, explain the "complications" if you will.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-10-24 08:11|| 2008-10-24 08:11|| Front Page Top

#3 "There are a host of pirates, but they don't identify themselves with eye-patches and hook hands so it isn't immediately obvious that they are pirates."

I deplore these cheap negative stereotypes...

Posted by Raj 2008-10-24 08:18|| 2008-10-24 08:18|| Front Page Top

#4 They were doing OK until the part about handing the pirates over to the authorites;

sounds like Catch and Release to me....
maybe there should be an ear tag put on so any re-catches can be documented.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-10-24 09:41|| 2008-10-24 09:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Please James, explain the "complications" if you will.

The unified communications and inter-work structure is there. What lacks is a unified NATO policy as yet wrt dealing with the pirates. Likely 4-5 different ROEs and operating procedures as a result.

Think 'Mogadishu redux' or the Europeans in Afghanistan.

Posted by Pappy 2008-10-24 11:08|| 2008-10-24 11:08|| Front Page Top

#6 They were doing OK until the part about handing the pirates over to the authorites;

Well, sure beats having them jugged in France, and turning in the street as welfare-supported refugees in a few years.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-10-24 11:20|| 2008-10-24 11:20|| Front Page Top

#7 They're still not serious about putting a permanent stop to this sh$$. One six-ship ARCLIGHT strike down through the center of Eyl would get their attention, permanently. These people only have one way to operate - join with the strongest power. Until we show these idiots that we're quite willing to destroy both them and their grandmother's grave, they'll continue to harass us around the edges. A 10MT nuke on the center of Riyadh would get the same result, but be a lot messier. If we don't do the simple things, we'll end up having to do the messy things. It's well past time to stop playing games.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-10-24 14:02|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-10-24 14:02|| Front Page Top

#8 ARCLIGHT

Bottoms up, .5MT!

Posted by Pappy 2008-10-24 14:22|| 2008-10-24 14:22|| Front Page Top

#9 A5089: i wasn't referring to KEEPING them, even bottom feeders need to eat.......

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-10-24 15:00|| 2008-10-24 15:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Decorate the yard arms first... Crows need to eat too

Posted by Abu do you love 2008-10-24 19:25|| 2008-10-24 19:25|| Front Page Top

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