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2008-06-04 Europe

German authorities sitting out fight against Somali pirates

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Posted by Seafarious 2008-06-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 He said German law did allow the navy to ward off impending peril

By getting on the horn and calling the Americans for help?

Posted by Excalibur 2008-06-04 09:26|| 2008-06-04 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Simple. Put a token police presence on board.

Posted by Pappy 2008-06-04 12:57|| 2008-06-04 12:57|| Front Page Top

#3 On board what, Pappy?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-06-04 13:07|| 2008-06-04 13:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Berlin, capitol of a naiton of wimps.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-06-04 13:57|| 2008-06-04 13:57|| Front Page Top

#5 To paraphrase Frank Zappa: You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or can fight pirates.

Posted by SteveS 2008-06-04 14:33|| 2008-06-04 14:33|| Front Page Top

#6 On board what, Pappy?

German police on board German navy vessels. They assume nominal command during anti-piracy operations.

The US has or had a similar situation. During interdiction ops prior and during Gulf War I, a token US Coast Guard presence was always in the USN boarding teams. The reason being that USN personnel are/were not legally allowed to conduct search-for-contraband ops (posse comitatus); USCG could because they were 'law enforcement'.

Posted by Pappy 2008-06-04 18:33|| 2008-06-04 18:33|| Front Page Top

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