Somali pirates

[bntii]

It looks like there has been more deaths from this:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Afric...rican-yachters.

"According to Ecoterra International, 51 foreign vessels and 819 sailors are currently being held captive. However, the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR), in a Feb. 22 report (pdf), said Somali pirates are currently holding at least 32 vessels and 692 hostages."

[hoytedow]

Find the pirates and sink their ships, boats and harbours and let the sharks feast on them.

[Pierre R]

I was afraid the outcome would not be good. Bad things happen when you get caught with a boat load of bibles in an area where sharia law presides.

[Steve W]

Im deeply disapointed that God let them down, im guessing that thousands were praying for their safety but its like no one was there. A very sad outcome.
Steve.

Smart ass

[Landlubber]

...seriously fellas, wtf would anyone with half a brain be doing handing out bibles in Somalia.....it is about time the do gooders of this world realised the bad guys do not obey laws, that is why they are outlaws.......maybe we need to make a new law prohibiting the death of bible bashers, oh yeah, that will stop em.....

[hoytedow]

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. Don't bother passing out Bibles to pirates. They will just use them for toilet paper.

Piraten sind dreck.

[Carteret]

I think that it is time for our government to find their shore facilities and support bases and remove the problem. You do not negotiate with evil.

[rasorinc]

Hoyt, they would use the Bible as TP. Yet when a Minister here said he was going to burn the Koran it was like we tore the innards out of the Muslims. I know how to get rid of a US flag--you burn it--with respect and follow the rules. I do not know how to get rid of an old Bible. My guess is you would burn it. I would agree that pirates should be shot upon sight as was our earlier code. They simply are a plag upon society and will only stop when losses exceed gains. Pirates are equal to terriosts-they do the same thing-kill inocents.

[Steve W]

Actually the somalli pirates have done very little killing, still, they should be shot at sea instead of wasting the taxpayers money.
Steve.

[Submarine Tom]

Shooting them is far too kind. Simply set them adrift.

-Tom

[Landlubber]

ethwrhyj...what does this mean, some goose just gave me bad points for my above comment....but I do not have any idea what it means, care to elaborate......

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Originally Posted by Landlubber

ethwrhyj...what does this mean, some goose just gave me bad points for my above comment....but I do not have any idea what it means, care to elaborate......

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P.S. I do think we should show some respect for the families of the people who died, but from "ethwrhyj" I don't know if that's what the person meant or whether their objection was something entirely different.

[Vulkyn]

Just read this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12548045

I am not sure what the religion discussion's place in these events but this is a tragedy and condolences to the families.
I hope this stops by any means possible.

[Wynand N]

It is not only In Somalia these scum pirates operate, in fact, they have move so far south now that a few attacks has occurred recently at the south of Madagascar inside the Mozambique channel.....

Just last week our navy dispatched a frigate to patrol the Mozambique channel and Madagascar waters to ward of these filthy scum of the seas.
The bad part is that the Mozambican coast is a favorite fishing haunt for our South African anglers and looks like trolling for game fish in open waters is gonna become a dangerous occupation for us.