Check out how the Russian Navy dealt with the Somalis - it's all in Russian,
but the end result is pretty clear. Bet the Somalis don't target the
Russians much any more...
http://true-turtle.livejournal.com/85315.html
The commentary from another cruiser:
Not exactly politically correct but probably very effective.
RUSSIAN NAVY CAPTURES SOMALI PIRATES
How about that - The Russians captured the Pirates, tied
them up, put them on the boats, then set them all on fire - puff no more
Pirates!
NO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS BS HERE!
This video shows Russian Navy commandos on a Somalian
pirate ship shortly after the pirates had captured a Russian oil tanker.
The Euro Union navy that patrols these waters would not interfere because
they feared there could be casualties.
All explanations are in Russian with a single exception of
when a wounded pirate says something in English and the Russian soldier says
"This is not a fishing boat". All conversations between the commandos are
in Russian. If you don't understand Russian, the pictures speak for
themselves.
The soldiers freed their compatriots and the tanker. The
Russian Navy Commandos moved the pirates back to their own (pirate) ship,
searched the pirate ship for weapons and explosives and then they left the
ship and exploded it with all remaining pirates hand-cuffed to it.
The commandos sank the pirate ship along with the pirates
and without any court proceedings, lawyers etc. That is, they used the
anti-piracy laws of the 18th and 19th centuries where the captain of the
rescuing ship has the right to decide what to do with the pirates. Usually,
they were hung.
I would think from now on, Russian ships will not be
targets for Somali pirates.
L8R
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