Pirates Fire on US Navy Helicopter

NAVY: Somali Pirates Fire On US Helicopter ........

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 27, 2009
US Navy: Pirates Fire On US Helicopter

(AP) said:
"Somali pirates holding a hijacked ship off the coast of Somalia fired at a U.S. Navy helicopter as it made a surveillance flight over the vessel, the first such attack by pirates on an American military aircraft, the Navy said Thursday.

The helicopter, which is based on the USS Chancellorsville, was not hit and there were no injuries, the Navy said.

The copter was flying on Wednesday over a Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel, the Win Far, which pirates seized along with its 30-member crew in April and were holding south of the Somali port town of Hobyo.

The helicopter was about 3,000 yards (meters) away from the ship when the pirates opened fire with "a large caliber weapon," the Navy said in a statement. The helicopter did not return fire, it said.

Since seizing the Win Far in the Gulf of Aden, the pirates have used the vessel as a base for attacking other commercial ships, including the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama. Four pirates seized the Maersk Alabama in April, taking its captain Richard Phillips hostage. He was held for five days in a sweltering lifeboat off the coast until U.S. Navy snipers shot three of his captors dead."

For more of the story: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/27/ap/middleeast/main5268563.shtml
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It appears that the Somali pirates feel they can do anything they want to and the US will just stand with their hands in their pockets (playing with themselves), and do nothing. The US needs to step up to the plate, and address this problem. Capturing these pirates and hanging them sounds like a good idea to me .. after all .. that's what we did when this country was in it's infancy and piracy quickly disappeared from the seas.

BTW - I don't give a damn how poor their country is ... piracy deserves nothing more than capital force.

I realize it isn't political correct .. however ... hang a few of these pirates and the rest of their brethren will have second thoughts before they join a ship's crew that is involved in piracy. It should be carried out off shore from Somalia where it can be witnessed from the shore - this would forcefully send the message ..


      • INDULGE IN PIRACY AND THIS IS WHAT IS AWAITING YOU IF/WHEN YOU ARE CAPTURED.
 
Yes, there are still stupid people in the world. Although there are three less Somali pirates courtesy of US Navy Seals. Those three did not get a chance to tell their brothers to be careful who the ****off:wink:
 
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