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2003-08-14 Southeast Asia

Pirates Attack Ships in Malacca Strait and Hold 3 for Ransom

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Posted by Frank Martin 2003-08-14 12:20:05 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why waste your time posting this, Frank? Don't you know combatting piracy isn't cost-effective? [/sarcasm]

"...among the three littoral states..."
I had to read that twice... Freudian slip.

Posted by Dar 2003-8-14 12:26:16 PM|| [http://users.stargate.net/~dsteckel/] 2003-8-14 12:26:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Why do they hate us? I dont know what the 'root cause' of piracy is ,but Im sure its our fault somehow.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-8-14 12:57:54 PM|| 2003-8-14 12:57:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Effective naval patroling to combat this type of activity is going to be practically impossible. If these mutts see a naval vessel they'll just lay off for the day or week or whatever. Station Maverick armed Predators or Global Hawks over the straits or naywhere else these problems are occuring and send in a few ships as bait

Posted by Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-8-14 5:59:12 PM|| 2003-8-14 5:59:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sure it is, ever heard of a convoy? Move the published shipping lanes into patrolled areas far from shore and convoy departures in and out of harbors, along with providing "Merchant Armed Guard" with 50's mounted on the for and aft of each ship.

It would be enforced by the shipping insurance companies for the larger craft, by denying berthing and harbor rights to the local smallcraft who think that their departure rights overide the need to defeat piracy.

Fact is, we've had piracy about as long as weve figured out how to float. It expands when we let our guard down, it contracts when the Navy sails into port with a few of the bastards heads hanging from the Mast.

My point in posting this was to link other forms of criminal activty with terrorism. In my mind Terrorism is extortion done by an amature, Priracy is just strong arm robbery while weearing a floatation device. The Muslim world has been using Piracy and Extortion ( terrorism) as a way to generate income for a millenia.

Think of it the way the local constabulary looks at traffic tickets, they are not so much a way to enforce safety regulations for the betterment of all, but a method of general fund revenue generation.

The difference is the Euros are going to want to buy these guys off( thus ensuring more Piracy), and we will likely send in a contingent of Destroyers and start convoying ships for a couple of years, thus starving out the little criminals so they go back to hijacking trucks and running their roadblock extortion scams.

The muslim criminal class of indonesia is going to piracy on a bigger scale because its my guess that they are running out revenue sources from other areas.

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-8-14 6:44:34 PM|| 2003-8-14 6:44:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Since phrawnce is so hot to trot, maybe they should send the DeGaulle.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-8-14 10:08:54 PM|| 2003-8-14 10:08:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 And we will troll the tail-end-charlie straggling at the end of the convoy for bait.......

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-8-14 11:09:52 PM|| 2003-8-14 11:09:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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