Here's what really pisses me off about the whole thing:
The first time the pirates killed a person, the whole freakin' world should have got serious. Period.
Now how many innocents have been killed up to this point? With as many assets that the world's Navies have in that area, and these douchbags still move about with inpunity?
I call bullshit, and shame on the UN and participating nations for thier lack of action. Laws against piracy are as old as man's ability to sail the waters of the world and there's no need for debate on what to do...it's pretty freakin' obvious.
So they need get off thier asses, stop thier politics and get this problem taken care of immediately.
I agree in principle its a lovely idea , but some of us have constitutions to uphold, no evidence no charges
Canadian Navy: Operations Exercises
Credit: Cpl Peter Reed
HMCS Fredericton's boarding party conducts an approach operation and boarding to investigate a suspected pirate skiff in the Gulf of Aden.
HMCS Fredericton intercepted a suspected pirate skiff January 28 while conducting counter-piracy patrols as part of NATO Operation OCEAN SHIELD in the Gulf of Aden.
At 7:44 a.m. local time, Fredericton received reports from her helicopter during aerial patrols in the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) that they had spotted a small skiff loitering beside the shipping corridor approximately 45 nautical miles away from the ship. The helicopter, call sign Stalker, closed the position of the vessel. Upon detection, the skiff attempted to flee from the location but was stopped when Stalker continued to hover in front of the skiff to block escape. After several attempts to flee the area, the skiff's occupants stopped their engines and waited.
Fredericton proceeded to the location at maximum speed to intercept and board the skiff.
With extra surveillance assistance provided by a helicopter from USS Farragut, a warship attached to Combined Task Force 151, Fredericton dispatched her naval boarding party to board the vessel and conduct a detailed search. Its mission was to ensure that no pirate material was onboard and, if there was, to confiscate it to prevent them from mounting any attacks.
There were no weapons or ammunition found, though Farragut's helicopter did see what looked like boxes being tossed into the sea prior to the boarding party's arrival at the skiff.
"As we approached the skiff, the group of six men onboard immediately raised their hands and followed our directions," said Fredericton's naval boarding party officer. "They were all of Somali descent and they did not have any equipment onboard that would identify them as legitimate merchants or fishermen."
"This event demonstrates that pirates remain active in this area and the difficult mission it is to locate these small skiffs, whether from air or sea," said Commander Steve Waddell, Commanding Officer of Fredericton. "In this particular case, though there was not enough evidence to detain the individuals, I do believe that we were able to prevent them from carrying out an attack on another vessel."
The mission of OCEAN SHIELD is to deter and disrupt piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the Horn of Africa and the Somali Basin.