Posted by
Icarus on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:25:11 PM
This is the kind of
international cooperation I wholeheartedly endorse.
SAN'A, Yemen - Seven pirates opened fire on a German naval supply ship
in the Gulf of Aden but were chased down and captured by an
international anti-piracy task force, the U.S. Navy and European
officials said Monday.
...
In the attack on the German ship, pirates apparently mistook German
FGS Spessart [Mohammad, why is the infidel's panty-waist corporate tanker shooting back?] supply vessel for a commercial ship when they opened fire
on it on Sunday afternoon, U.S. Navy 5th Fleet spokesman Lt. Nate
Christensen said.
The German sailors returned fire and pursued the skiff while also
calling in for support. Several naval ships - including a Greek and a
Dutch frigate, a Spanish warship and the USS Boxer - sped to the area
while a Spanish marine aircraft and two U.S. Marine Cobra helicopters
joined the pursuit.
Five hours later, Greek sailors reached the pirate skiff, boarded it
and seized the seven suspects and their weapons, including assault
rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, the Greek navy said. The suspects
were disarmed and transferred for questioning to the German frigate
Rheinland-Pfalz where they remain Monday, pending a decision on whether
they will be legally prosecuted, Christensen said.
Now about this question on whether or not this scum will be prosecuted ...