Bumper pay-day for Somali pirates...
06 November 2010, 08:54 PM
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Bumper pay-day for Somali pirates...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11704306
This might as well be an advert for piracy. People in other third world countries other than Somali will surely start taking up piracy as a career if it's paying off and making them mega rich.
Surely these tankers carrying tens of millions of pound of cargo will soon be carrying mercenaries? Not sure what the rules of engagement would be, but oil companies would surely be better off carrying teams of ex-military mercenaries than paying out ransoms that big.
Somali pirates are reported to have received a total of $12.3m (£7.6m) in ransom money to release two ships.
Surely these tankers carrying tens of millions of pound of cargo will soon be carrying mercenaries? Not sure what the rules of engagement would be, but oil companies would surely be better off carrying teams of ex-military mercenaries than paying out ransoms that big.
06 November 2010, 09:04 PM
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It makes my blood boil that they still get away with it.
They know where their towns, harbours and bases are, perhaps they should send them these little ransoms.....
They know where their towns, harbours and bases are, perhaps they should send them these little ransoms.....
07 November 2010, 12:00 PM
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About time there was a concerted effort to sort them out once and for all.
That British husband and wife have remained kidnapped for a year now. These politicians just hide behind the standard excuse and let it all happen.
Les
That British husband and wife have remained kidnapped for a year now. These politicians just hide behind the standard excuse and let it all happen.
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07 November 2010, 02:30 PM
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There is a market for marine based mercenaries to protect the shipping in these waters either on board the tankers and or remotely from mtb's as no one else seems capable or ballsy enough to deal with them least of all the Royal Navy who is more likely to be captured or take the pirates to mainland UK as asylum seekers!
killing a few boatloads (the more the merrier) of the of Somali pirate scumbags would do the world a favour and sends out the right message to the pirates - find a new line of work or die!
The ships and cargo's are expensive and the crews deserve to be protected so the cost should be a lot less than paying ransoms and loosing ships cargo and crews!
Not ******* rocket science!
killing a few boatloads (the more the merrier) of the of Somali pirate scumbags would do the world a favour and sends out the right message to the pirates - find a new line of work or die!
The ships and cargo's are expensive and the crews deserve to be protected so the cost should be a lot less than paying ransoms and loosing ships cargo and crews!
Not ******* rocket science!
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07 November 2010, 02:38 PM
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The French tuna fleet is protected by 60 marines spread over the 10 boats, seems the thing to do... don't **** about, if the pirates approach - sink them.
08 November 2010, 01:59 PM
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yep..British Navy..all mouth no trousers...
Was watching warship the other day..HMS Ocean..... out in Singapore.... full "all hands on deck" departure from docks... all how good do we look... then the program goes on to explain that of a possible 20+ Merlins on ship... there were actually only 4..and of those 4 only one actually could fly...
class...
a helicopter carrier that has a fighting arsenal of..1....
ready for action then boys...NOT
Was watching warship the other day..HMS Ocean..... out in Singapore.... full "all hands on deck" departure from docks... all how good do we look... then the program goes on to explain that of a possible 20+ Merlins on ship... there were actually only 4..and of those 4 only one actually could fly...
class...
a helicopter carrier that has a fighting arsenal of..1....
ready for action then boys...NOT
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09 November 2010, 11:34 AM
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09 November 2010, 01:20 PM
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On the other hand;
If western multi-nationals hadn't spent the last several decades bribing and pillaging their way through everything of worth from that coast of Africa, leaving mainly barren, polluted wastelands behind them, then maybe some of those that have turned to piracy would actually be able to provide for their families in a legitimate manner
If western multi-nationals hadn't spent the last several decades bribing and pillaging their way through everything of worth from that coast of Africa, leaving mainly barren, polluted wastelands behind them, then maybe some of those that have turned to piracy would actually be able to provide for their families in a legitimate manner
09 November 2010, 01:30 PM
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On the other hand;
If western multi-nationals hadn't spent the last several decades bribing and pillaging their way through everything of worth from that coast of Africa, leaving mainly barren, polluted wastelands behind them, then maybe some of those that have turned to piracy would actually be able to provide for their families in a legitimate manner
If western multi-nationals hadn't spent the last several decades bribing and pillaging their way through everything of worth from that coast of Africa, leaving mainly barren, polluted wastelands behind them, then maybe some of those that have turned to piracy would actually be able to provide for their families in a legitimate manner
09 November 2010, 01:45 PM
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Tribal instincts are deep rooted in these people, and they just dont seem to be able to run a country without massive corruption and violence.
09 November 2010, 02:30 PM
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On the other hand;
If western multi-nationals hadn't spent the last several decades (with the help and support of corrupt leaders and their regimes happy to fill their own pockets at the expense of the people) bribing and pillaging their way through everything of worth from that coast of Africa, leaving mainly barren, polluted wastelands behind them, then maybe some of those that have turned to piracy so readily from their prior lives as rapists & murderers in the name of the government or local despot removing life and limbs to keep the ordinary people under strict control would actually be able to provide for their families in a legitimate manner if they knew how to or where prepared to actually do hard work that does not involve a RPG machete or AK47 and threatening kidnapping raping and indeed killing others
If western multi-nationals hadn't spent the last several decades (with the help and support of corrupt leaders and their regimes happy to fill their own pockets at the expense of the people) bribing and pillaging their way through everything of worth from that coast of Africa, leaving mainly barren, polluted wastelands behind them, then maybe some of those that have turned to piracy so readily from their prior lives as rapists & murderers in the name of the government or local despot removing life and limbs to keep the ordinary people under strict control would actually be able to provide for their families in a legitimate manner if they knew how to or where prepared to actually do hard work that does not involve a RPG machete or AK47 and threatening kidnapping raping and indeed killing others
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10 November 2010, 12:50 PM
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