Somali pirates - wtf?

My name is URL · 10-04-2009 07:37PM

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

I'm so jealous, I want to be a pirate

Popular culture has over-glamorized the profession in my opinion

Latchy · 10-04-2009 07:41PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Make some fake treasure maps and put them on a boat, then let them hijack it. Pirates love treasure maps, it's like crack to them they'll be distracted for years.

Or as punishment ,take em over to the north atlantic ,set em free in some speed boats and tell em to attack some Icelandic fishing boats .

AckwelFoley · 10-04-2009 07:55PM

Jigsaw wrote: »

What the f*ck is going on here? A shower of malnourished Somali gimps QUOTE]

And in other news, everybody in Northern Ireland is a terrorist.. :rolleyes:

Poccington · 10-04-2009 08:16PM

Personally, I feel any country who's citizens are taken hostage should do what the French did.

Give them the money, get all the hostages to safety, then send in SOF to kill all the pirates involved and get the money back.

bladebrew · 10-04-2009 08:28PM

was just reading this on the news its crazy!

there was pictures in the sunday times magazine a few weeks back of a chinese guy on a ship making petrol bombs to defend themselves incase of a pirate attack:) now thats an idea!

if its not illegal then i dont see why they dont have a few guns on board,scare the daylights outta the pirates by shooting first! in one of the hijackings this week they attacked a ship in the middle of the night so i assume they only had a few people on deck awake and i doubt the pirates had their lights on,they could have easily missed them,

Cunny-Funt · 10-04-2009 08:41PM

what about the time they hijacked a big transport ship full of ****in T72's ?

Seriously they need to make a film/video game out this stuff, its unreal that this kinda crazy stuff is happening in this day and age! lol!

Manic Moran · 10-04-2009 08:52PM

Latchy wrote: »

I want to be the guy with the machine gun /rocket launcher who shoots the pirates out of the sea .That would be fun

Got to admit, there are probably less acceptable jobs.

"So, Joe, what is it you do for a living?"

"I'm paid to cruise the Indian Ocean and blow the crap out of people who try to get aboard..."

NTM

mike65 · 10-04-2009 09:07PM

Do pirates accept electronic money transfers these days?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 10-04-2009 09:21PM

Gavin shels wrote: »

"Dog" The Bounty Hunter and Chuck Norris team-up would kill the baskets.:cool:

Only after Chuck is done raping Beth's tits.

Manic, whats the law regarding shipping companies hiring private security firms, who'll announce an exclusion zone around commercial shipping and any craft entering that zone be either detained or destroyed?.

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Valmont · 10-04-2009 09:24PM

I heard a rumour that the ships cook is a former special forces soldier...

ratinakeg · 10-04-2009 09:24PM

Do these Somali Pirates talk with a Bristol accent?
Do they have a wooden leg and a parrot on the their shoulders?
Maybe like this;

Wossack · 10-04-2009 09:26PM

Magnus wrote: »

Incidents on this map

and thats me off to play silent hunter

meathstevie · 10-04-2009 10:17PM

I remember a story a friend of mine told me years ago. He was in training in a small navy in north western europe and posted on a military cargo vessel that didn't look very military. When they were passing by the Somali coast they decided to pull a prank on the pirates. They had a load of lads out of sight on deck, armed to the teeth of course, and a couple on watch with nightvision rangefinders. The predictable happened : a load of zodiac type yokes full with armed locals were coming towards them. The nightvision equipped lads kept an eye on them, kept calling the distance and once well within range of the machine guns they fired of flares and switched on searchlights and let fly with everything they had.....

Woger · 10-04-2009 10:24PM

meathstevie wrote: »

I remember a story a friend of mine told me years ago. He was in training in a small navy in north western europe and posted on a military cargo vessel that didn't look very military. When they were passing by the Somali coast they decided to pull a prank on the pirates. They had a load of lads out of sight on deck, armed to the teeth of course, and a couple on watch with nightvision rangefinders. The predictable happened : a load of zodiac type yokes full with armed locals were coming towards them. The nightvision equipped lads kept an eye on them, kept calling the distance and once well within range of the machine guns they fired of flares and switched on searchlights and let fly with everything they had.....

You owe me a new urbanmythometer

pablomakaveli · 10-04-2009 10:31PM

Some cruise ships have a kind of gun that directs a load of noise at ships which they use to deter pirates. Although given how heavily armed the pirates are now it probably would'nt be much good for the ships passing Somalia to have these.

My name is URL · 10-04-2009 10:39PM

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Some cruise ships have a kind of gun that directs a load of noise at ships which they use to deter pirates.

Celine Dion never really outgrew Titanic I guess.

At least she's lending herself to a good cause now

old boy · 10-04-2009 11:11PM

brian (de bankers banker, sorry developers aid de camp) linehan could clear the countrys debt overnight if he took a leaf out off their book.

Terry · 10-04-2009 11:12PM

live2thewire wrote: »

lol starvin marvin is now a ruthless somali pirate

He marklared the marklar marklaring to the marklar.

connundrum wrote: »

Willie 'Shoot em up' O'Dea would soon sort them pirates out.

We should hire him out for an hourly rate. Recession solved.

Send in Dick Cheney.
He's bound to hit someone.

BigEejit · 11-04-2009 12:05AM

The Somali pirates even post videos of their yarring:
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/04/exclusive-video.html

Latchy · 11-04-2009 12:25AM

Manic Moran wrote: »

Got to admit, there are probably less acceptable jobs.

"So, Joe, what is it you do for a living?"

"I'm paid to cruise the Indian Ocean and blow the crap out of people who try to get aboard..."

NTM

Lets be honest ,the pirates are only doing what they do because they are allowed to .In other words , it seems the lack of any real firepower against them is worth the risks and obiously very profitable .

KerranJast · 11-04-2009 12:35AM

Latchy wrote: »

Lets be honest ,the pirates are only doing what they do because they are allowed to .In other words , it seems the lack of any real firepower against them is worth the risks and obiously very profitable .

There's enough firepower in that region to win several World Wars. Unfortunately as mentioned before the Somali coast is very very big and most of the pirates use small yachts and powerboats. Best method of dealing with this is the French one as previously discussed. Give them the money, get the hostages to safety, send back in commandos, retrieve cash, feed bullets to pirates. Tres bien.

dSTAR · 11-04-2009 12:53AM

Fkin stupid mugus

Jigsaw · 11-04-2009 03:03AM

snyper wrote: »

Jigsaw wrote: »

What the f*ck is going on here? A shower of malnourished Somali gimps QUOTE]

And in other news, everybody in Northern Ireland is a terrorist.. :rolleyes:

Fair enough I accept I resorted to stereotype there. But it is still remarkable that these relatively under resourced groupings can carry this off. I still don't understand why an international communique canot be circulated saying potential hijackers will be shot. Then whe the next lot attempt it empty a few magazines into the ****ers and they'd son learn. Gay international politics probably stands in the way of this but I am and have always been in favour of a display of might. Bomb the *****rs to the sea bed and their younger brother might think twice. F*cking savages.

RATM · 11-04-2009 03:20AM

Poccington wrote: »

Personally, I feel any country who's citizens are taken hostage should do what the French did.

Give them the money, get all the hostages to safety, then send in SOF to kill all the pirates involved and get the money back.

And you don't think the Somalis will be thinking that that's what the Americans are thinking ?
Perfect plan for sure but if the other side has sussed it then its too risky for the forces and hence off the menu.

S.I.R · 11-04-2009 05:16AM

Magnus wrote: »

5 ships hijacked the last week. Quite good for a gang of pirates.

what would they be without their ships though...

a gang of creative homeless guys ?

seanybiker · 11-04-2009 05:33AM

Valmont wrote: »

I heard a rumour that the ships cook is a former special forces soldier...

ha ha casey reibeck or however ya spell that.

lods · 11-04-2009 07:26AM

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Some cruise ships have a kind of gun that directs a load of noise at ships which they use to deter pirates. Although given how heavily armed the pirates are now it probably would'nt be much good for the ships passing Somalia to have these.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_weaponry

WooPeeA · 11-04-2009 11:18AM

Jigsaw wrote: »

What the f*ck is going on here?

Simply, crime organizations hire and train those fishermen, to kidnap people and goods to make money. They're bosses earn millions and those fishermen get peanut back.

More you pay them, more they're happy and inspired to kidnap more and more.

That's what's going on there.

Thrill · 12-04-2009 06:38PM

Looks like the captain has been freed...........

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Somali-Pirates-Captain-Richard-Phillips-Freed-By-Captors-Say-Reports/Article/200904215260720?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15260720_Somali_Pirates%3A_Captain_Richard_Phillips_Freed_By_Captors%2C_Say_Reports

Freeeeeeeeeeeddooooommmmmmmmmmmm

RATM · 12-04-2009 06:48PM

With 3 pirates killed say the Beeb http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7996087.stm

Shiver me timbers, yarr

Somali pirates - wtf?

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