Reply to: Solution to Somali pirate hostage situ?

[minestrone]

The boat crews do not want armed guards as they are, more often than not, treated fairly well by the pirates. It is also not the best idea to have gun battles on super tankers.

It's like listening to a child after reading a comando mag with a bowl of spaghetti on your lap.

[DimPrawn]

One of your sockpuppets DP?

I'll have a look through sockies.xls and let you know.

[snaw]

You're on form today! I've had a chuckle at a few of your contributions. Even one involving me and a duck!

One of your sockpuppets DP?

[Mich the Tester]

attach live pigs to the sides of all vessels in the area, in place of them big tractor tyres they use.
That should keep the rascals away

It would pong a bit though. (wouldn't work; the pirates would bugger them on the way up)

[EternalOptimist]

attach live pigs to the sides of all vessels in the area, in place of them big tractor tyres they use.
That should keep the rascals away

[DaveB]

Post a detachment of Marines on board commercial vessels and authorise the use of force.

I can imagine there would be a good number of Marines officers just itching to give the command "Standby to Repel Boarders!" in a suitably nautical manner

[Mich the Tester]

How about sailing along the Somali coast with a cargo ship as bait and about 100 SBS commandos hidden in the hold waiting to beat the crap out of anyone who tries anything?

Beat the tulip out of them, then lay them on a raft and let them float back to shore as a warning to others.

[TinTrump]

Capture the Somali pirates and bring them here to Britain to live on a chav council estate on benefits.

You're on form today! I've had a chuckle at a few of your contributions. Even one involving me and a duck!

[Board Game Geek]

Well, by firing on a Somali flagged ship in international waters you're effectively starting a war, but seeing as they don't have a government....

On that basis, we could turn their country in to a crystal car-park, and get away with it.

On another note, boats require fuel to run (I doubt they are using wind power for their piracy missions).

Cut the source of fuel, and the pirates will be beached.

Fisherman can still use rowboats and sail to carry out their work however.

[Moscow Mule]

couldnt we check their nets ? If the holes arn't big enough to let a super-tanker through, we could hang them

Well, by firing on a Somali flagged ship in international waters you're effectively starting a war, but seeing as they don't have a government....

[EternalOptimist]

Allright Claire Short, who rattled your international development chain?

None of the Somali fishermen catch fish any more - they all go for super tankers.

couldnt we check their nets ? If the holes arn't big enough to let a super-tanker through, we could hang them

[singhr]

And cut off a major source of food in a underdeveloped country where famine is a constant problem?

Not really though that one through have we Rambo?

You mean we give those guys food aid as well as taking their asylum seekers and eco migrants! next you'll be telling me we sell em the radar kit to track the ships they capture. Surely time to level the playing field and the country for that matter.

[Moscow Mule]

And cut off a major source of food in a underdeveloped country where famine is a constant problem?

Not really though that one through have we Rambo?

Allright Claire Short, who rattled your international development chain?

None of the Somali fishermen catch fish any more - they all go for super tankers.

[minestrone]

And cut off a major source of food in a underdeveloped country where famine is a constant problem?

Not really though that one through have we Rambo?

[Moscow Mule]

How would a Somalian fisherman get such identification when they do not have a goverment?

He would stay in Somali waters - more than 12 miles offshore and ka-boom Mark 8 shell to the engine room...

If you can't provide a valid name on the arse end your boat then you shouldn't be in international waters anyway...