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Ok guys, it's about time that pirates (in total) got their own thread. I'm tired of trying to find the old thread for the particular pirate incident that new information has become available on.

By having one thread, we can keep up-to-date on pirate stuff and have somewhere to debate and post news on the latest pirate events.

So, I'll start us off with the newest piece of news about pirates.

Feel free to post new incidents and questions.

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) - Somali pirates vowed to hunt down American ships and kill their sailors and French forces detained 11 other brigands in a high-seas raid as tensions ratcheted up Wednesday off Africa's volatile eastern coast.
Pirates fired grenades and automatic weapons at an American freighter loaded with food aid but the ship escaped and was heading to Kenya under U.S. Navy guard.

The Liberty Sun's American crew successfully blockaded themselves inside the engine room—the same tactic that the Maersk Alabama crew used to thwart last week's attack on their ship. They were not injured in the attack Tuesday night but the vessel sustained some damage, owner Liberty Maritime Corp. said.

One of the pirates whose gang attacked the Liberty Sun said Wednesday his group was specifically 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.

The French forces launched an early morning attack on a pirate "mother ship" after spotting the boat Tuesday with a surveillance helicopter and observing the pirates overnight.

A "mother ship" is usually a seized foreign vessel that pirates use to transport speedboats far out to sea and resupply them as they plot their attacks. The ship was intercepted 550 miles (900 kilometers) east of the Kenyan city of Mombasa.

The French Defense Ministry said the raid thwarted the sea bandits' planned attack on the Liberian cargo ship Safmarine Asia. The detained pirates were being held on the Nivose, a French frigate among the international fleet trying to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden.

The attack on the Liberty Sun foiled the reunion between the American sea captain rescued by Navy snipers and the 19-man crew of the Maersk Alabama who he saved with his heroism.

Capt. Richard Phillips had planned to meet his crew in Mombasa and fly home with them Wednesday, but he was stuck on the USS Bainbridge when it was diverted to help the Liberty Sun. The crew left without him, flying to Andrews Air Force base in Maryland in a chartered plane.

Despite President Barack Obama's vow to take action against the rise in banditry and the deaths of five pirates in French and U.S. hostage rescues, brigands seized four vessels and more than 75 hostages since Sunday's dramatic rescue of Phillips.

That brought the total number of sailors being held by Somali pirates to over 300 on 16 different ships—a distinct surge in the number of captives over the last few days.

Pirates can extort $1 million or more for each ship and crew seized off the Horn of Africa—and Kenya estimates they raked in $150 million last year.
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97J00JG1&show_article=1

They said they're gonna git us! :run:


Consider this your one-stop shop for all your pirate needs. Feel free to debate solutions and motivations in between people posting and discussing news events. Also, this way we can look back pages and see all the recent pirate stuff that's goin on.

So... what do you think about them saying they're gonna git us?
 
Wouldnt this be the perfect exercise for armed naval and air forces? I doubt their ragtag boats and bases can take more then one ASM/JDAM hit. Or hell simply send those AC-130 gunships with the 25, 40 and 105mm cannons. Mop op.

The main obstacle would be getting permission from Somali government right? Well what can you do.
 
Somalia has a government again?
/sarcasm
 
Cleric said:
The main obstacle would be getting permission from Somali government right? Well what can you do.
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Who the holy hell cares what the Somali government thinks? They should just be happy there not annexed by Ethiopia.
 
What is this Somali government of which you speak?! :confused:
 
I don't see why we can't send navies to target the ships the pirates control and sink them before they hijack cargo ships. If they have no ships, they can't hit new ones.
 
You can recognize a government all you want, doesn't mean it really is one.
 
Clearly, to make them back down, we must bring in ninjas.
 
Ninjas are better than pirates.
 
GUYS the newsman just said that US ships are being attacked by SOME ALIEN PIRATES

THAT'S SO AWESOME
 
Aliens? So we have encountered Space Pirates? This does not bode well for us.
 
Where is Samus Aran when you need her? Her screw attack is deadly to space pirates.
 
I think we should draw up a treaty with them that allows them to pirate certain sea lanes with impunity, under the condition that they only use 17th - 18th century vessels.
 
You fool, Shekwan! :mischief:

Everyone knows the proper thing to do is to declare peace with the pirates, and give them more weapons in order to let them better secure money for them and their families!

;)
 
Yeah give each one like 8 one shot pistols, thats very 18th century chic and satisfies your idea of arming them well.
 
I'm glad to see Somali's are doing their best to curb global warming.
 
Well,

these ships will save a fortune on target practice materials:



Alternatively, we could recommission the Iowas and make them permanent escorts:

 
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