TheCorinthian Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 And if they are carrying AK-47s and RPG launchers instead of fishing nets, it might make you suspicious. Odds would be the fisher folk will have them too to protect themselves from pirates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Latest rumour is the Navy is double checking to make sure the surviving pirate isn't one of Obama's half-brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Maybe he was one of the three they shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driftwood Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 It looks like things will be getting much worse. I think all US Flagged ships in that area will have to carrying armed guards and/or travel in conveys. Pirates Attack Liberty Sun MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) -- A pirate gang that launched an abortive attack on a second U.S. ship loaded with food aid said Wednesday they were singling out American vessels and would kill their crews, while French forces detained 11 other hijackers in a high-seas raid. Pirates fired grenades and automatic weapons at the Liberty Sun, but its American crew successfully blockaded themselves inside the engine room. The ship was damaged in Tuesday's attack but escaped and was heading to Kenya under U.S. Navy guard. A pirate whose gang attacked the aid ship admitted Wednesday that his group was targeting American ships and sailors. "We will seek out the Americans and if we capture them we will slaughter them," said a 25-year-old pirate based in the Somali port of Harardhere who gave only his first name, Ismail. "We will target their ships because we know their flags. Last night, an American-flagged ship escaped us by a whisker. We have showered them with rocket-propelled grenades," boasted Ismail, who did not take part in the attack on the Liberty Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 "We will seek out the Americans and if we capture them we will slaughter them," said a 25-year-old pirate based in the Somali port of Harardhere who gave only his first name, Ismail. Yeah ..looks like guards will be a must ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 On some of the US ships, they had National Guard Reservists on board. Good guys/ladies and they were there to do their job! With 10M US unemployed, should be easy enough to get some security on the ships... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 As I understand it, the pirates sail out of just a few ports which are controlled by criminal gangs. Time for some saturation bombing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Yeah a couple of smart bombs should do the trick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 The following pics give an idea of what it looks like off Somalia...hundreds of "fishing" and "cargo" boats all over. When they get too close, we tried to run them off with a flare shot over their bow...after that...lock and load! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Convoys, attacks on the land-based ops hqs, and "no fishing channels" with a 30-mile lane that is off limits except to legitimate commercial shipping who have filed ahead of departure from their last port. FWIW, these pirates have an intelligence network which knows what's being loaded aboard ships, the names of the ships, next destination and number of crew aboard. They got eyes and ears in many ports. HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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