Shame as Navy seizes 17 armed Somalis, gives them halal meat...then sets them free!

dailymail.co.uk ^ | April 12, 2011 | Tom Kelly & Paul Revoir

[Free ThinkerNY]

When a Royal Navy warship captured a crew of Somali pirates, it seemed like a rare chance to strike back at the ruthless sea gangsters.

The 17 outlaws were armed with an arsenal of AK 47s and rocket-propelled grenades, and had forced hostages on a hijacked fishing vessel to work as slaves for three months.

But instead of bringing them to justice, the British servicemen were ordered to provide the pirates halal meals, medical checks, cigarettes – and in one case even a nicotine patch – before releasing them in their own boats.

The extraordinary treatment – revealed in a Radio 4 documentary to be broadcast tonight – came at a time when Somali piracy is causing mayhem to shipping in the Indian Ocean.

More than £60million was paid in ransoms last year and pirates currently hold 30 ships and nearly 800 hostages.

[Thunder90]

The Russians and Chinese do not mess around. They kill the pirates. So do the North Koreans and Iranians who go through the area.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I remember a few years ago (Feb 12, 2009) when the Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great) was just passing through the area and picked up a distress call from a freighter under attack by pirates. They sent over some troops (don't know if they were Naval Infantry or Spetznaz) and captured 10 pirates. The pirates were brought onboard and the ship continued on to its base at Severomorsk. Despite inquiries from foreign sources, these pirates have not been heard from since.

[Dogbert41]

They are now acting stewards and dishwashers and cabin boys.

[Publius6961]

Ten years ago, I was railing about the absurdities into which political correctness would lead us. At the time, I was thinking the US.
I had no idea it was a worldwide infestation.

But this is far beyond political correctness stupidity.

[FreedomPoster]

If you think the U.S. Navy is much, if any, better, you haven’t been paying attention.

We have too many lawyers involved with our military at the highest levels.

[Publius6961]

Repentance abounds where it will.

What are you, some kind of a nut?
Help me out here. What are you trying to say?

[Fester Chugabrew]

What are you, some kind of a nut?

Sorry guy. If you do not know it is not about me, the answer is as good as lost.

[Palladin]

Unbelievable!

FAIL, Brittania!!!

[ConjunctionJunction]

Are the Russians the only ones who know how to deal with pirates anymore?

[Travis McGee]

Oh, we know how. We’re just not allowed by our political masters.

[ConjunctionJunction]

You got it!

[SunkenCiv]

Cut them some slack, willya? The *real* struggle against oppression is being fought in Libya. /barfalert

Thanks Free ThinkerNY.