Somali Pirates

[scaeagles]

I don't think I said the task itself was easy. I think I said the concept was easy. I don't think I could do it because I'm not a navy seal. These guys train for years to do such things, I suppose, and I would suspect their training involves such things.

With what these Somali pirates have been doing over the last few years, I think it's about time talking with them stops. So yeah, I think continuing to negotiate is problematic, to a point. Even if my suggestion is not practical or or even possible (and I still put a whole lot of faith in the seals and their training that they could do it), there is probably something similar they could do.

[Moonliner]

I hope for the sake of future US flagged ships this does not end well for the hijackers.

Perhaps the US could take a queue from those master diplomats the Russian special forces: Alfa.

In October 1985, Alfa was dispatched to Beirut, Lebanon, when four Soviet diplomats had been taken hostage by militant Sunni Muslims. By the time Alfa was onsite, one of the hostages had already been killed. The perpetrators and their relatives were identified by supporting KGB operatives, and they latter were taken hostage. Following the standard policy of 'no negotiation', Alfa proceeded to sever some of their hostages' body parts and sent them to the perpetrators with a warning that more would follow if the Russian hostages were not released immediately. The tactic was a success and no other Russian national was taken hostage in the Middle East for the next 20 years

They got style.