Posted on 12/01/2011 6:31:28 PM PST by Pan_Yan
PIRATES were arrested in the Seychelles – thanks to the Royal Marines.
It happened after a Spanish trawler sent out a mayday call saying they were being attacked by a gang of seven.
The marines, who were on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s Fort Victoria, flew in a helicopter to the fishermen’s aid.
They fired warning shots at the Somali pirates, who were arrested.
Lieutenant Alastair Thompson said: “The operation was superbly co-ordinated.”
On Monday the supply ship, patrolling about 420 nautical miles from the Seychelles, received information that a Spanish fishing vessel had come under attack from a group of pirate vessels.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "The ship's Lynx helicopter was quickly despatched to investigate," the spokesman said.
"Once at the scene, the helicopter identified two suspect vessels, a whaler and a skiff, in the vicinity of the fishing vessel.
"The faster of the two, a skiff, sped away at over 25 knots as the helicopter gave chase.
"When the skiff ignored orders to stop, a specially trained sniper on board the Lynx helicopter fired warning shots ahead of the fleeing vessel which stopped and the suspected pirates on board were then taken to Fort Victoria via boat.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
Yes, in the “special class” at school sort of way.
I have no doubts as to the ability of any British trained elite warrior.
It was just funny the way the article was written which indicated firing some warning shots was the epitome of sniper fire.
As a matter of fact, all my ancestors on both sides except for an Irish GGGrandmother were Scots. My Mother was a McDuffie and their clan shield includes the rampant lion, same as the country.
You DO realise the person on the left is black British, born and bred, and comes from the Afro-Caribbean community that emigrated here in the late 40’s?.
Oh, wait a minute, ya didnt think dark face in the UK equals Moozlim, did ya?.
That last post should read ‘on the right’.
See, I can be an idiot too.
“It means that the world is upside-down !!”
Among other things, it means that the POTUS is an evil pos.
“It means that the world is upside-down !!”
Among other things, it means that the POTUS is an evil pos.
Lovely country you got. I don’t have much of a problem with what the Muslims did...after all to blame them would be no different than blaming a tiger for mauling a person who decided to share a cage with him. You guys chose to invite these beasts into your house, now you can live with them.
No, my problem is your CONTORTED justice system. If you’re UNABLE to put animals like this into jail, then you REALLY ARE a bunch of total wimps.
And I read similar stories from the US, so I assume you is all puss*es then?.
Actually we had that problem in New Orleans, where we had local judges that simply would not put blacks in jail.
The federal government stepped in and took over the job of these courts...and those ‘youths’ got put away.
Perhaps you guys can learn from that example...
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