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| First 7 Captured Pirates on the Way to the Pirate's Brig |
| 2009-02-11 |
| CAIRO -- The U.S. Navy has seized seven suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden after a merchant ship sent a distress call saying gunmen had tried to board it from a skiff. Lt. Nathan Christensen, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, says the Marshal Islands-flagged Polaris sent the call on Wednesday afternoon. The USS Vella Gulf raced to the location where U.S. sailors boarded the skiff. Christensen says the suspects were armed with AK-47s and RPGs. They will eventually be handed over to Kenya. It was the Navy's first arrest since a new U.S. anti-pirate task force was established to deal with the escalating piracy problem in the Gulf. It also follows an agreement last month with Kenya for the U.S. to hand over arrested pirates. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #1 Small steps in the right direction. Only mistake - assuming rule of law will play out responsibly in Africa. Better to have been forced to "kill the pirates while they were trying to escape" - possibly after having been given a ten-meter head start. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2009-02-11 18:59 |