What to do with these pirates?

[Chewbacca]

Lets go back to the idea of not calling them pirates. They do kinda take some fun out of Talk Like A Pirate Day, yar.

[Firestormalpha]

Very well then, Buccaneers. Which is entirely too expensive for corn.

Anywho, read an article where Obama vowed to "halt the rise of piracy". Sounds very similar to another president I've heard about, but who knows, maybe he'll have more success. The "buccaneers" are after all located primarily in one country, and not hiding, scattered amongst sympathizers, in other neighboring nations.

[ElfBane]

Blockade duty really sux. Not because it's hard, but because it's boring and you don't get the feeling of accomplishing anything permanent(because you aren't). But above all don't JUST blockade. You MUST take the fight to them. Destroy their ports. Yes, they will probably just move, but moving would force them to perhaps go into another warlords territory, causing THEM problems.

BTW, an effective blockade requires lots of ships and other assets. So while these assets are there, they may as well be doing something constuctive.......DEstructive, I mean!!

[Memnoch]

Well, the remaining Somali pirate has been extradited to the US to face trial for piracy.

APRIL 21, 2009, 4:40 P.M. ET Judge Rules Somali Piracy Suspect Is an Adult Getty ImagesFederal agents escorted Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse into Federal Plaza to face charges. NEW YORK -- A federal judge in New York determined that the sole survivor of a pirate attack on an American cargo ship off the Somali coast is an adult, meaning his case will be open to the public. Tuesday, prosecutors and defense attorneys argued in a New York courtroom over whether Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse is a juvenile or an adult. Mr. Muse's age has been reported to be 15 or 18. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck closed the hearing for a time for fear that Mr. Muse is a juvenile. He later allowed reporters back in and told them he had decided Muse wasn't under 18. Before court officers closed the courtroom to the media, Mr. Muse was asked if he understood that two federal defenders were being assigned to his case because he reported having no financial resources. Muse said through an interpreter: "I understand. I don't have any money." He cried and sobbed audibly when his attorneys mentioned contacting his family in Somalia. Mr. Muse is the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain. He arrived in New York on Monday evening, handcuffed with a chain wrapped around his waist and about a dozen federal agents surrounding him. His left hand is heavily bandaged from the wound he suffered during the skirmish on the cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama. Muse, his 5-foot-2 frame so slight that his prison clothes draped loosely, at one point put his head in his uninjured hand. U.S. Attorney Brendan McGuire argued that a hearing to determine whether Muse was an adult was unnecessary. He said Muse "should be tried as an adult" because Muse told authorities he was 18 and there was other information to support that statement. But defense attorney Phil Weinstein said the defense was prepared to put Muse's father on the phone with the court in the closed hearing to verify a statement the father had made that his son was not 18. He said Muse was born on Nov. 20, 1993, which would make him 15. Peck said federal law was clear that proceedings must be held in secret and court documents cannot be made public if Muse is a juvenile. Muse arrived in New York on Monday night and smiled as he was led into a government building. A law enforcement official said Muse (pronounced moo-SAY) was being charged under two obscure federal laws that deal with piracy and hostage-taking. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the charges had not been announced. Copyright © 2009 Associated Press http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124029738049638397.html

[johnny]

Only one way to deal with pirates, and that's send them to Daveys locker or however u call that. So needless to say that i voted they must die and make it a lesson.

Hang em all.

[Firestormalpha]

Originally Posted by johnny Hang em all.

And ship the Rum to johnny?

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Originally Posted by Firestormalpha And ship the Rum to johnny?

nah, I think he does the cyber drunk thing now..

[Firestormalpha]

Ahh, e-mail it then.

[Stratos]

This thread needs some music...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AzpByR3MvI

[Chewbacca]

Originally Posted by Firestormalpha And ship the Rum to johnny?

yar me be hijackin dat ship!