Indian Navy Sinks Pirates' 'Mother Ship' »

Posted By Eagle_Eye 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News

Separate bands of pirates hijacked two ships and captured their crews, while yet another opened fire on an Indian navy ship before being driven off _ clear signs that the brigands roaming the Gulf of Aden are becoming bolder and more violent, officials said Wednesday.

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    Eagle_Eye7 months, 2 weeks ago

    Who would of thought in this day and age there would be pirates on the high seas taking freighters!!!!

    Here's a bunch of thieves sitting on a bunch of million dollar vessels in their port complete with crew members asking millions of dollars in ransom.

    I hope they continue sinking their vessels so that this will stop.

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      Newperson7 months, 2 weeks ago

      Good story Eagle I watched a story on tv here while back yep its true pirates are out there.

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        PainGoddess7 months, 2 weeks ago

        Great story hooray for India! These thieves need to be stopped.

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          chuck-the-canuck7 months, 2 weeks ago

          They should make all the scurvy dogs walk the plank.

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          Tcaros7 months, 2 weeks ago

          Don't mess with Indians money. They can be real bstards. They'll smile and whiz on your corn flaks.

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          mp7duce87 months, 2 weeks ago

          The time has come and gone to set up a trap for these thugs. Capture them and feed them to the sharks. This will stop this ****.

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            mp7duce87 months, 2 weeks ago

            The time has come and gone to set up a trap for these thugs. Capture them and feed them to the sharks. This will stop this ****.

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              gbrown25457 months, 2 weeks ago

              yea make them walk the plank with a anchor chained and locked around there sorry necks just to make sure they dont float back to the top where anything can feed on the scum and its about time someone did something about this crap

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                Mutainia7 months, 2 weeks ago

                Well, that's a namaste I MUST say!!! Hurray for my girlfriend's home country!!!

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                  skindia7 months, 2 weeks ago

                  Great Job by the Indian Navy. My dad served in it and I can that it is one of the best in the world. maybe the world should hire then to keep the horn safe.
                  Kumar

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                    shelterdog087 months, 2 weeks ago

                    This story is BS.....The past repeats itself, When the masters of the globe paint someone black, something is about to happen there. Now the US (Obama) gotta show the world that he is about protecting their interest. Historically, the white man DEMANDS "whose side yu on"?

                    This piracy has been going on for years.... Why now? Come on... you got 100 million dollars in a KNOWN dangerous area... and you LET WHAT? Some guys in a row boat take your loot that you most likely have just stole from them. These are critical times in what to believe and what not to. USA is/was planning to put soldiers in every African nation.

                    But then we believe any thing that CNN and those gangsters tell us. I see the Africans as warriors that are tired of "others" using their waters as toxic dumping sites and taking their fish. Where in the hell can you hide a big tanker anyway? Merry Xmas to the pirates. Was the oil going to or from Africa? Bogus.bogus

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                    StevieGee7 months, 2 weeks ago

                    When I grow up I want to be a pirate. I won't take big ships though. I just want to sack a few yachts and ravage the wenches.

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                      iamamaniac7 months, 2 weeks ago

                      Finally, a real action against the dark forces. Congratulations the Indian Navy.

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                        CaptainLucid7 months, 2 weeks ago

                        There are a few things I do not understand about some people in the article like saying we can't patrol the area because we don't have enough ships. What I don't understand is why we are searching by ship when we have AWACS planes and sattelites to search. All we need is for the shippers to tell us where they are and if there is some boat that no one claims we then we send a ship there to take a look. Secondly the white house press bimbo wondering if there are actions that can fight piracy while the Indians are busy doing it. The pirates don't care about us because they know we won't do anything because we are not allowed to. Just change the rules of engagement to say that pirate vessels will be destroyed once detected. Finally eliminate the idea of "ransom". They can cut whatever deal they want with the shippers but they are not leaving that vessel alive.

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                          canadianrancher577 months, 2 weeks ago

                          I have been following these pirate activities for most of the year, the biggest problem is the country of Somalia which really does not have a functioning federal government and is run by regional warlords. The pirates are not a bunch of poorly trained and armed people but most are former militia and military people and are becoming better armed as they receive larger ransoms.
                          There is a coalition of countries that are trying to protect this shipping lane but it is a very large area and the number of ships passing through it is very large. Some of the reports I have heard is that some of the recent activities have taken place outside of the protected area.
                          As for the sinking of the pirates' mother ship I'll give that a two thumbs up, although the artical said that some of them escaped in smaller speed boats and they likely will return again .

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                            Charlson7 months, 2 weeks ago

                            I heard that some shipping companies are now considering hiring armed private security for their vessels because almost all of these ships have unarmed crews. Blackwater can now get off the US dole and make some real money if they have the balls to do it.

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                            Endoscopy7 months, 2 weeks ago

                            There are pirates all over the world not just in this area. This area has a worse problem though. There are some operating in the Caribbean and South America going up around Florida. Same thing around Africa. These thugs target smaller boats and like pirates of old they come out of nowhere and attack viciously and overwhelm the people on the target vessel. In the Americas a use of the captured boats is smuggling so it goes beyond just being a pirate.

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                              Eagle_Eye7 months, 2 weeks ago

                              Shipping companies are now instructing their freighters to go around the Cape Horn of Africa to by pass the Somalia and the Mediterranean

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                                boots72_7 months, 2 weeks ago

                                Good story. Those sneaky suckers are getting more and more bold...

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                                  rajult7 months, 2 weeks ago

                                  great story ,Bravo India !

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