Kudos to the russians...

[Tipmoose]

...for remembering how to deal with terrorists and pirates.


http://true-turtle.livejournal.com/85315.html

This videotape shows Russian Navy commandos on a Somalian pirate
ship shortly after the pirates had captured a Russian oil tanker.The Euro
Union Navy that patrols these waters would not interfere because they
feared there could be casualties. The Russian soldiers freed their compatriots
and the tanker. The Russian Navy Commandos moved the pirates back
to their own pirate ship, searched the pirate ship for weapons and explosives,
and then they left the ship and exploded it with all remaining pirates
hand-cuffed to it.

The commandos sank the pirate ship along with the pirates and without
any court proceedings, lawyers etc. That is, they used the anti-piracy laws
of the 18th and 19th centuries where the captain of the rescuing ship has
the right to decide what to do with the pirates. Usually, they were hanged.
I would think from now on, Russian ships will not be targets for Somalian
pirates.