Friday, November 13, 2009
Somali pirates
The crew of a Royal Navy vessel watched a British couple being kidnapped by Somali pirates, but were ordered not to open fire, it emerged last night.
An official account of the kidnap released last month said only that a Royal Navy vessel found the empty yacht, without disclosing that its crew saw the action unfolding. The full picture emerged when an anonymous crew member leaked the details to the press.
The Ministry of Defence later confirmed that the Wave Knight, which was carrying a helicopter, was within range.
A spokesman said: "Significant efforts were made by Royal Navy vessels and international maritime forces to locate the Lynn Rival. Everything possible was done without further endangering the lives of Paul and Rachel Chandler."
IMO: Surely they could have at least tracked the pirate boat, and if competent could have overcome them. It looks as if the Brits are sharing any rewards with the pirates. It makes you wonder how much the UK is trying to protect its nationals, e.g. in Afghanistan where it looks like things could be dealt with much better. Obviously the UK lie a lot to their own citizens, and even want to hand over power to Brussels to fill the pockets of their politicians and civil servants, as all major parties have even refused a referendum. It almost looks as if they are encouraging the Taliban in order to make further military efforts essential, again for personal profits. Even the Bofors case seems to involve much less corruption, compared to the current crooked bunch of British politicians - all parties - and bent and lazy 'civil servants'. Next we will have Somaliland and Yemen to worry about, apparently thanks to crooked UK MPs.
An official account of the kidnap released last month said only that a Royal Navy vessel found the empty yacht, without disclosing that its crew saw the action unfolding. The full picture emerged when an anonymous crew member leaked the details to the press.
The Ministry of Defence later confirmed that the Wave Knight, which was carrying a helicopter, was within range.
A spokesman said: "Significant efforts were made by Royal Navy vessels and international maritime forces to locate the Lynn Rival. Everything possible was done without further endangering the lives of Paul and Rachel Chandler."
IMO: Surely they could have at least tracked the pirate boat, and if competent could have overcome them. It looks as if the Brits are sharing any rewards with the pirates. It makes you wonder how much the UK is trying to protect its nationals, e.g. in Afghanistan where it looks like things could be dealt with much better. Obviously the UK lie a lot to their own citizens, and even want to hand over power to Brussels to fill the pockets of their politicians and civil servants, as all major parties have even refused a referendum. It almost looks as if they are encouraging the Taliban in order to make further military efforts essential, again for personal profits. Even the Bofors case seems to involve much less corruption, compared to the current crooked bunch of British politicians - all parties - and bent and lazy 'civil servants'. Next we will have Somaliland and Yemen to worry about, apparently thanks to crooked UK MPs.
# posted by uv : 8:45 PM
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