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On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:46:03 -0800, jps wrote:

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:04:06 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:14:09 -0500, HarryK
wrote:

google the story

If they killed all the hostages the answer is simple, sink the boat
and leave the survivors bobbing in the sea.

They're on a very nice sailboat owned by the dead hostage.

They no longer have need of it. The sailboat is a pirate ship now. Lob
a few 5" HE rounds into it from a couple miles away and come home.

If we really want to stop this crap we can.
Use aerial surveillance to profile the mother ships, monitor them from
over the horizon and when they start an attack, be there with air
power.. If you sink a few of these, the pirates may decide pirating is
not worth the risk.
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I think hiring the Russians would be a good solution. When they had a
problem with the pirates, the Russians got the ship back and the pirates
were lost at sea.
Board anything that looks like a mother ship and if there is no legitimate
means of support, put her on the bottom.