Somali Pirates Take Russian Tanker

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This is part of the videotape showing the Russian Navy commandos on the Somalia pirate ship. You may remember that the pirates captured a Russian oil tanker. The European Union Navy that patrols these waters said they couldn't interfere because there could be casualties. So the Russians did it the Russian way.

All conversations are in Russian and, with a single exception when a wounded pirate tells something in English, all conversations are between the commandos - in Russian. Don't worry if you don't understand Russian, the pictures speak for themselves.

Some stories said the soldiers freed their compatriots, moved all the pirates to their own (pirate) ship, searched the pirate ship for weapons and explosives, and then left the ship and exploded it with all remaining pirates on it. They used the anti-piracy laws of the 18-th and the 19-th centuries: the captain of the rescuing ship has the right to decide what to do with the pirates. Usually, they were hung.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TruV3sxS ... r_embedded



What the Russians told the BBC about what happened to the pirates.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8675978.stm