GOV/MIL U.S. Marines Retake Ship From Pirates

Fisher

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U.S. Marines Retake Ship From Pirates
AFRICA NEWS
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010, 1:09 P.M. ET
By CHIP CUMMINS

DUBAI—U.S. Marines early Thursday boarded and seized control of a German-owned commercial vessel that had been commandeered by pirates, in what appeared to be the first American-led military boarding of its kind amid a recent surge of attacks in the Gulf of Aden and along the east coast of Africa.

Helicopters provided aerial watch as U.S. Marines boarded and seized control of the M/V Magellan Star.

A raiding party of 24 Marines boarded the ship about 85 miles southeast of Mukallah, Yemen, in the Gulf of Aden, according to the U.S. Navy. Pirates had captured the vessel, which was carrying steel chains, in the same vicinity the previous day, the Navy said.

The U.S. said there were no casualties among the raiding party or the ship's crew. Nine alleged pirates were captured in the operation.

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cleobc

cleobc

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Send them to New York for trial, and then not try them, and resettle them in Michigan. For diversity. How many pirates do we have? Surely they're a minority. Sign them up for welfare, free meals, free medical, free education, low-interest house loans, and give them the vote.
 
Caplock50

Caplock50

I am the Winter Warrior
"But what are we going to do with the captured pirates?"

I don't know what we'll do with them these days, but what we should do is what we did 'way back when'...make 'em walk the plank.
 
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