How NOT To Fight Piracy
Pirates let off
Germany has let suspected pirates go after catching them with pirate paraphernalia off the Seychelles. The warship FGS Bremen spotted a suspected mother skiff and two smaller craft in the Somali Basin on Tuesday, EU NAVFOR wrote in a statement. A helicopter was dispatched and warnings shots were fired at the suspect craft causing them to stop. “The crew from the helicopter observed that the suspected pirates threw a number of items over board,” the statement read. “A boarding party from the German warship found on the skiff grappling hooks, ammunition, GPS and 10 barrels of fuel. The skiffs had no fishing equipment onboard.” The troops were, however, unable to arrest the suspected pirates, instead letting them and their larger vessel go. It is understood that the two small skiffs were destroyed by the Navy.
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What a bunch of weenies those Germans.
UPDATE: Here is a much better approach:
Cameroon: 4 Suspected Pirates Killed - Defense Ministry
Stratfor Today »-->October 15, 2009
Four suspected pirates died in an Oct. 10 counterattack by Cameroon’s rapid intervention force, with three more injured and captured, and two others missing, Reuters reported Oct. 15, citing a Cameroon Defense Ministry statement. The alleged pirates’ speedboat was destroyed and a cache of weapons was seized. The Oct. 10 pirate attack off the Bakassi peninsula was the first in the Gulf of Guinea since March.
Germany has let suspected pirates go after catching them with pirate paraphernalia off the Seychelles. The warship FGS Bremen spotted a suspected mother skiff and two smaller craft in the Somali Basin on Tuesday, EU NAVFOR wrote in a statement. A helicopter was dispatched and warnings shots were fired at the suspect craft causing them to stop. “The crew from the helicopter observed that the suspected pirates threw a number of items over board,” the statement read. “A boarding party from the German warship found on the skiff grappling hooks, ammunition, GPS and 10 barrels of fuel. The skiffs had no fishing equipment onboard.” The troops were, however, unable to arrest the suspected pirates, instead letting them and their larger vessel go. It is understood that the two small skiffs were destroyed by the Navy.
Link here (sub req.)
What a bunch of weenies those Germans.
UPDATE: Here is a much better approach:
Cameroon: 4 Suspected Pirates Killed - Defense Ministry
Stratfor Today »-->October 15, 2009
Four suspected pirates died in an Oct. 10 counterattack by Cameroon’s rapid intervention force, with three more injured and captured, and two others missing, Reuters reported Oct. 15, citing a Cameroon Defense Ministry statement. The alleged pirates’ speedboat was destroyed and a cache of weapons was seized. The Oct. 10 pirate attack off the Bakassi peninsula was the first in the Gulf of Guinea since March.
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