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Topic started on 19-11-2008 @ 05:50 PM by Quantum_Squirrel

Britain to lead fleet of EU warships to tackle pirates


www.guardian.co.uk
Britain is to lead an armada of EU warships to the Gulf of Aden next month to tackle the escalating problem of piracy in a mission expected to last 12 months.

Russia today came up with its own proposal - land operations against the bases of Somali pirates.

Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's ambassador to Nato, said the view of Russian experts was that naval action alone, even involving a large fleet of a powerful nation, would not be enough to defeat the pirates, given Somalia's geo-strategic position.
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reply posted on 19-11-2008 @ 07:15 PM by Mike_A
reply to post by kvaniu



How is “a couple of centuries ago” the “recent past”? Maybe if we’re talking about continental drift but we’re talking about piracy. Are you honestly suggesting that Britain should just do nothing? Well going by that logic we used to condone assassinations didn’t we and have civil wars so maybe we should let all the murderers and gang leaders go free; after all Britain doesn’t have the moral pedigree to condemn them does it!

I don’t normally get annoyed this easily but it’s when people with these truly moronic views get together en masse that we start having so much trouble deporting foreign murderers or, ironically, detaining pirates!


reply posted on 19-11-2008 @ 08:39 PM by ShatteredSkies
reply to post by Vitchilo



It's difficult to help a nation that doesn't want help. Right now you've got several different warlords and factions fighting in Somalia for control, there is no genuine government there, whatever form of organization they have tends to fail rather quickly.

The Muslim force is promising to end piracy should they take Mogadishu.

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