Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Aboard The RFA Fort Victoria In Pirate Infested Waters



Hunting Pirates On Board The RFA Fort Victoria -- The Telegraph

Holly Watt reports from the RFA Fort Victoria in the Indian Ocean as a raid by the Royal Navy on a fishing boat leads to the arrest of 14 suspected pirates.


The men lounging on the rusty fishing boat had spent the morning making a great show of casually ignoring the menacing warships tailing them from less than a mile away.

Despite flares and warning machine-gun fire launched from a Royal Navy Lynx helicopter overhead, the men – all Somali, all suspected of being pirates – pottered about, hung out laundry or dozed on deck in the morning sun.

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My Comment:
I would publicize more of these successful anti-piracy operations. Somali pirates .... and those who want to be Somali pirates .... must learn that there are no free rides in terrorizing ships on the high seas.

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