US Flagged Vessel Captured! UPDATE: Navy SEALS take out pirates

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Originally Posted by Letum

It seams piracy isn't the only crime in Somali waters.
Radioactive hospital waste traceable back to Europe has been washing up on
the beaches and foreign boats often trawl illegally in the unprotected Somali
waters, contributing to the lack of fish and near-famine there. No wonder
some groups of pirate groups are calling them selves the "National Volunteer
Coast Guard of Somalia".

The recent success against the pirated is a justice, but the region could do
with a lot more justice.

VOA News Source supporting dumping claim.
That is aweful yes, and it may have been one of the factors, including the fishing of their former protected fisheries by foreign flagged vessels that lead to the intial piracy which at that time was more geared at protecting their livelihoods. But once they went into piracy/hijacking operations, any mitigating reasons why they are breaking age old laws of nations against piracy go right out the window. That is not to say that there shouldn't be an effort to police the waters from allowing foreign vessels to dump said waste in what is de jure Somalian waters.
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You know, my former brothers in arms and I, use to always make fun of the Navy commercials (oh, and let's not get started on those Oorah Marine ), since so many focus on that very small percentage that get SEAL after their rating or SO rate designation. It would be as if the commercial told everyone they could be a or .

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Another alternative is, since there have been statements made recently that any French or American personel will be considered open game to terrorist, is to have a Marine Squad on each vessel passing through the area, have them embark US Flagged or US crewed vessels going east or southward at Djibouti, via forces stationed at Camp Le Monier. If they are entering the area from the south have them embark in Kenya. If they are entering the area from the east have them embark at Diego Garcia. And if they entering from the north have them embark in Oman. Have them disembark and be transported back, if the vessels are not planning to reenter that area, or remain on the vessel if they are going to reenter the area. Armed with their standard armarment (M-16, M-240) plus a Javelin or SRAW, and the'd pose a sizable thread against any pirate at their present armarment level (AK-47s and RPGs); yet one can argue whether they would provide an overwhelming force.
If anything this type of mission would harken back to one of the orignal missions any marine force would have, that is security of the ships at sea.