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US keen to partner India to fight pirates off

On Board USS Ronald Reagan, October 22: : With India rushing its warship to Gulf of Aden after pirates attacked cargo ships carrying its nationals, the US says it is keen to partner with New Delhi to jointly patrol the high seas off the African coast to deter the armed outlaws. "The Indian ships presence in Gulf of Aden will provide bo ....Read more

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pirate actionBy: lewsta | Thursday , 23 Oct '08 22:29:42 PM Reply | Forward US military often employ pilotless drone aircraft, armed with missiles, in areas of conflict, remotely operated. Withdraw most of the highly visible surface craft from the region, and patrol with a few of these. Any unknown vessel leaving Somalia's coast should be destroyed without warning by those missiles. It would not take long before either the pirates would all be eliminated, or they wold turn to other msans to survive, thus ending the threat to international commerce in this region. Remember, it was Thomas Jefferson who tired of such conduct along the Barbary Coast in the nineteenth century, and initiated a 32 year war to end the menace. Why do we tolerate this aggression? The naval presence will not remove the threat, only postpone it. Once the vessels withdraw (after things quiet for a spell), they will immediately return. Use the means at hand to forever eliminate them.

PiratesBy: Vince | Thursday , 23 Oct '08 18:09:38 PM Reply | Forward I agree with Sunil. No matter where the ship is bases, or what country it's from, the people onboard have the same right to safety as the rest of the world. If a pirate is caught at sea, throw him to the sharks, if he runs, and makes it to shore, bomb his house. After this kind of justice, and yes, it is justice...the pirates will think twice befor boarding a vessle with unlawful intent.

Go After ThemBy: Sunil Maingi | Wednesday , 22 Oct '08 18:43:39 PM Reply | Forward Our navy has been at last, given the go ahead to patrol Gulf of Aden by the government. This alone is not enough. The navy should also be given the go ahead for hot pursuit of pirates. It should be allowed to attack the pirate bases. The government should not bind itself by any international protocol as there is no functional government in Somalia. As its citizens are indulging in piracy openly, they should be destroyed openly. We should do i,t as almost every merchant ship going through that area has our citizens on board as crew. It is our trade that is being affected by these pirates. In going after them means entering Somalian waters, so it should be, as protocols or agreements are with governments and not with bandits. The rest of the world will also back us on this if we have to defend our citizens this way.

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