Somali pirates 'seize Danish children' in Indian Ocean

Dowly · 03-06-11, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TorpX

Over 800 captive pirates? Why capture them in the first place? Once they are taken prisoner, it leads to legal complications; if they are killed at sea, no problems.

Reminds me of something I read in an interview of an Spetznas who was deployed to Afghanistan in the 80s.

[out of memory]
-Did you see any POWs being executed?
-THERE WAS NO EXECUTIONS! Sometimes there just simply were no survivors.

Fincuan · 03-06-11, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Reminds me of something I read in an interview of an Spetznas who was deployed to Afghanistan in the 80s.

[out of memory]
-Did you see any POWs being executed?
-THERE WAS NO EXECUTIONS! Sometimes there just simply were no survivors.

Kind of like "No pirates were wounded":

Yep, I can easily believe there were no wounded left...

Dowly · 03-06-11, 11:09 AM

Jimbuna · 03-06-11, 11:14 AM

I wonder how much renown they were awarded for that?

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