Govrnmnts Need To Strt Actin Lik Enough Is Enough W/ Somali Pirates!

[JimofPennsylvan]

People of America need to become fed-up with the Somali pirates and call for the American government to use maximum lethal force against them. Yesterday, it was reported the Somali pirates kidnapped a group with three Danish children. Around a week ago they kidnapped and killed four U.S. citizens. The retired British couple that was recently released from Somali pirate captivity looked like they just got out of the worst Nazi concentration camp when they were released. The Somali pirates currently are holding a huge oil tanker they hijacked which was bound for the U.S.. This hijacking, kidnapping and holding for ransom off the Somali coast by Somali pirates has gone on for many years now, how much more does the world have to endure? These Somali pirates behavior justifies killing them and that is what world governments should do to permanently stop this pirate phenomena!

One may ask where is the moral justification for taking these Somali pirates lives. These Somali pirates actions in hijacking, kidnapping and holding for ransom has caused a total break down in society commerce can't function normally in this area, shippers can't ship goods through this area normally, people can't transit through this area normally, innocent civilians have been sexually abused, assaulted and even killed during this pirate criminal activity in the area. When civilization has so broken down in the extreme as it has in Somalia and authorities have no other option it is not practical to take these pirates into custody in high numbers and criminally prosecute them it is morally just to use lethal force where necessary to reestablish civilization. Moreover, it is just for authorities to use deadly force to stop deadly force (these pirates have killed people in the course of their pirate activities). This Somali pirates through aggression have essentially declared war on good authority in Somali so good people in Somali have a just war defense in taking up arms against Somali pirates and good governments throughout the world can use arms against the Somali pirates as proxies for the good people of Somali utilizing these peoples' moral defense.

Authorities need to use death and the threat of death against these pirates to the greatest justifiable extent possible to stop these pirates. To that end, authorities need to start planting military teams on ships transiting the Somali coast armed with maximum deadly force weapons to use against pirate ships when they try to hijack the transiting ship. Moreover, America needs to continually have a ship placed off the Somali coast with a Harrier (vertical take-off capacity) plane that can quickly respond when pirates attempt to hijack a ship and this is important once the innocent ship calls that is is being attacked by a Somali pirate ship the Harrier plane races to the scene and not only sinks the pirate ship or ships if there is more than one but also strafes the wreckage with machine gun fire killing all pirates; leave no pirates in the water to be rescued by allied pirates so they can hijack again. This is morally justifiable because this is a war and sometimes it is not possible to take prisoners, suppose a country was in a just war and was about to attack a city and was in the midst of a bombing campaign and an enemy unit, one of many, in the town decided they didn't want to die and radioed on a general frequency they wanted to surrender the attacking army would be fully justified in not stopping the bombing campaign for they have a duty to fight as hard as they can to win the battle and take the town which means not stopping the bombing campaign even though it will result in the death of enemy soldiers that want to surrender.

If the Somali pirates do succeed in hijacking either a commercial vessel under a U.S. flag or a private boat occupied by Americans, the American government needs to come out with an outstandingly aggressive strategy and make it crystal clear that their will be no benefit to Somali pirates hijacking these U.S. vessels. First, if a U.S. navy vessel can reach the hijacked vessel it should do so and physical stop the hijacked vessels and wait for a SWAT team to arrive that will seek a surrender with the pirates if that can't be achieved than a military rescue will be pursued if all the pirates and kidnapped victims are killed so be it piracy will no longer be tolerated by the American people off the Somali coast. If a Navy vessel can't reach the hijacked vessel before it reaches the coast or can't stop it than the hijacked ship is to be torpedoed with special torpedoes (for commercial vessels it would only have a small charge enough to put a hole in the hull of the ship; for non-commercial ships the torpedo would have no explosive charge but would just physically punch a hole in the hull of the ship); the purpose of the torpedoing of the ship would be to stop its movement until a navy vessel could arrive with a swat team which would either get a surrender or by force retake the hijacked vessel.

Plus, the American government needs to be utmost aggressive along with being smart with the Somali pirates they capture alive. This is important, leader Somali pirates receive capital punishment for their piracy unless a SWAT teams negotiates a lesser sentence to bring about a surrender of the pirates; non-leader pirates get a sentence of ten years (unless they killed an innocent civilian during the course of the hijacking) America is not going to incur the cost of a long sentence like twenty to twenty-five years against foot soldier pirates who are just peons - punish them enough to create a great deterrent that is it [non-leader pirates caught and convicted for a second time get capital punishment]. Another important feature of the strategy, all pirates need to be tried by a military tribunal, no jury trial no civil justice system with many years of appeals with huge expense tags, expeditious military tribunals where the sentence is carried out within six months from apprehension. We need to make it so that no Somali inclined to piracy with any sense would engage in such activity it wouldn't be worth it.

The U.S. government needs to be outstandingly aggressive in using lethal force against Somali pirates when the pirates are on shore along the Somali coast. First, if there is a major leader or leaders amongst the Somali pirates using U.S. intelligence services identify these people and kill them just like they do Taliban leaders in western Pakistan. Secondly, when there has been of spate of Somali pirate activity that has caused great harm like there has been of late, the U.S. should bomb the Somali pirate bases along the Somali coast with satellite surveillance the U.S. military and intelligence services must know the location of some of the pirate bases where do the pirate ships come from and where do they return to along the coast - if the U.S. can weaken the Somali pirates militarily this has to help Somali authorities regain control in the area of their country where these Somali pirates operate!

 

[Tank]

What about all the Somali pirates in Americas intercities?

 

[waltky]

China gonna sic their ninjas on `em...

China calls for attacking pirate bases
Sun, May 22, 2011 - AVAST! : Moving beyond Beijing’s normal territorial claims, PLA chief of staff Chen Bingde said those funding piracy must be targeted along with rank-and-file brigands

A Chinese general’s call for land attacks on Somali pirate strongholds is being seen by analysts as another sign of the armed forces’ growing assertiveness, even if the proposal is unlikely to result in action. Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in Washington, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde said he believes land bases must be assaulted in order to eradicate piracy. “I think that for our counter-piracy campaigns to be effective, we should probably move beyond the ocean and crush their bases on the land,” Chen said, adding that those funding and organizing piracy must be targeted along with rank-and-file brigands.

Chen’s call was interpreted among analysts more as a statement of desire than intent, with the PLA ill-equipped to carry out such missions and little appetite among other nations for dispatching troops to the African mainland. However, his remarks fit a pattern of greater outspokenness among PLA leaders that sometimes diverges from the official government line, especially in areas outside China’s core interests of Taiwan, Tibet and its South China Sea territorial claims.

Senior officers have raised eyebrows with strong assertions of the need for bigger budgets, more advanced capabilities and a more combative posture toward the US, the pre-eminent military force in the Asia-Pacific region that Beijing regards as its chief rival. That in itself reflects the influence of the PLA, the world’s largest standing military with 2.3 million members and an annual budget of US$91.5 billion, the second-highest in the world behind the US. China’s navy has taken part in anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since December 2008, the first long-term overseas operation for a force more accustomed to sailing along China’s periphery on the lookout for foreign incursions.

Before this week, however, Beijing was not known to have advocated direct attacks on land areas from which pirates operate, a strategy the US and other countries taking part in the patrols have steered clear of for fear of becoming mired in ongoing campaigns in Somalia. While China’s sustained three-year anti-piracy mission has been a notable success, analysts say it lacks the key equipment and operational experience necessary to make such missions successful, chief among them a fleet of heavy helicopters of the type used in the recent US raid on the Pakistani city of Abbottabad that killed Osama bin Laden.

Further complicating matters, China adheres to a strict policy of not dispatching troops abroad unless local authorities or the UN have given their approval. Chen’s comments may reflect the military’s frustration with the operational gap between it and US forces, as well as the fact that Somali piracy is continuing despite the naval patrols, said Gabe Collins, a Boston-based expert on the Chinese military and co-founder of China Signpost. “They are well aware of what the Americans and others can do and people in the special operations community want to have the same capabilities,” Collins said.

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Piracy: IMO endorses use of armed guards on ships
21 May 2011 - Anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia have had limited success

The UN's International Maritime Organization (IMO) has endorsed the use of private armed guards to protect ships from piracy. After a meeting in London, the IMO issued guidelines for the use of guards on board ships in areas of high risk, including in the Indian Ocean. About one in 10 ships off the Somali coast already carry armed guards. But observers say this number is likely to rise now that the UN has endorsed the practice.

The IMO says there were 489 reports of piracy and armed robbery against ships in 2010 - up more then 20% on 2009. The areas worst affected were the Indian Ocean, East Africa and the Far East including the South China Sea, South America and the Caribbean. So far this year more than 200 cases have been reported. Correspondents say piracy in the Indian Ocean is getting more lucrative and more violent, despite an anti-piracy EU naval force patrolling the area.

Torture

The IMO's new recommendations are backed by the independent trade body for security companies operating at sea, the Security Association for the Maritime Industry (Sami), launched last year. Peter Cook, co-founder of Sami, told the BBC: "The pirates have been killing - they have been torturing and doing fake executions and the level of violence is increasing.

"It is clear that something has got to be done in order for free trade to be able to continue and it is for that reason that the IMO have decided to go down this very unusual route." The IMO insists that the guidelines are not intended to institutionalise the use of armed, privately contracted security staff on ships and that they do not address all the legal issues that could be linked to their use. The IMO describes the guidance as "interim recommendations" and says it will review them in September.

BBC News - Piracy: IMO endorses use of armed guards on ships