And the French take the initiative again. Does anyone else remember that yacht they stormed abd liberated from pirates back in 2007, IIRC?
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French navy storms pirate ship, arrests 12 Agence France-Presse, 13 Nov 09 ++http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/November/international_November767.xml§ion=international
PARIS - French commandos stormed aboard a Somali pirate “mothership” and arrested 12 gunmen, the military announced Friday, adding that the gangs are increasingly operating in the deep waters of the Indian Ocean.
Tipped off by spotters on a Luxembourg maritime reconnaissance plane, the French frigate Floreal intercepted a dhow towing two motorised skiffs 500 nautical miles northwest of the Seychelles on Thursday.
A helicopter from the warship fired a warning shot across the vessel’s bows as its crew began to throw incriminating material over the side. French troops boarded the ship and arrested the pirates without violence.
On board they found grappling hooks, GPS navigation devices and assault rifles, French military spokesman Admiral Christophe Prazuck told AFP in Paris.
The French Navy has been doing good work in the area for a few years now. I haven't seen our Navy in the news as of late. Are they still in the area?
Todays politics remind me of an old saying. - "Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?" - Joseph Stalin
Does not really fit with the talking points that some would have us believe that the french military or otherwise are all a bunch of lily livered puzzies who never do, can't do anything does it.
