Somalia Rips Russian Navy For Casting Captured Pirates Adrift -- Globe And Mail
Pirates vow revenge on any Russians they capture after crew of hijackers abandoned in Gulf on Aden without navigation equipment or much hope of survival.
Somalia’s transitional government called on Russia on Friday to explain why it had cut 10 Somali pirates adrift in the Gulf on Aden without navigation equipment or much hope of survival.
Russian forces last week stormed a hijacked oil tanker in a rescue operation that killed one pirate. Russia said 10 others arrested were later set loose aboard one of the small vessels they used in the attack.
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More News On Russia's Treatment Of Captured Somali Pirates
Russia did not intend to kill Somali pirates: military -- AFP
Russian Marines take on Somali Pirates -- True Slant
Russian sailors from hijacked oil tanker due home Tuesday - -RIA Novosti
Dead pirates: Russians don't play nice -- Las Vegas Review editorial
My Comment: I do not know if the deaths of these Somali pirates was intentional or not .... but I do know that a message has been made very clear to the Somali pirates. Hijack a Russian ship .... be prepared for the consequences.
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This video of 7:05 minutes length is actually from 2009, not having anything to do with recent recapture of the Russian merchant vessel Moscow University. I found a copy posted to Youtube on February 23, 2010. It seems to have been created / edited on April 29, 2009 following an incident occurring on April 27, '09. Solomon and I have discussed this at his SNAFU! blog in the following thread:
http://snafu-solomon.blogspot.com/2010/05/russians-kick-ass.html#comments
D. E. Reddick
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