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Federal judge throws out piracy charge against six Somalis
« on: August 17, 2010, 07:54:44 PM »
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/17/us.somali.pirates/index.html  

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(CNN) -- A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a piracy charge against six Somalis in the April attack on the USS Ashland naval ship in the Gulf of Aden.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson granted a motion by the defendants to dismiss the piracy charge. They still face other charges in the attack, in which one of their companions was killed.

Jackson noted that the Somali attackers never attempted to board the Ashland. He ruled that the U.S. government failed to demonstrate that any attack on the high seas amounts to piracy.
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Re: Federal judge throws out piracy charge against six Somalis
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2010, 08:09:32 PM »
Russia had the right idea on the way to deal with pirates.

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Re: Federal judge throws out piracy charge against six Somalis
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2010, 08:23:31 PM »
Russia had the right idea on the way to deal with pirates.
Yes they did....


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Re: Federal judge throws out piracy charge against six Somalis
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2010, 08:24:06 PM »
Russia had the right idea on the way to deal with pirates.
Immediate, summary execution and then toss the body to the sharks.  Works every time it's tried, just like real, unadulterated conservatism.  :fuelfire:
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Re: Federal judge throws out piracy charge against six Somalis
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2010, 08:25:30 PM »
Immediate, summary execution and then toss the body to the sharks.  Works every time it's tried, just like real, unadulterated conservatism.  :fuelfire:
Yes it does.. conservatism!


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Re: Federal judge throws out piracy charge against six Somalis
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2010, 08:48:54 PM »
Russia had the right idea on the way to deal with pirates.

Compared to us, the FRENCH (!) have a better idea.
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Re: Federal judge throws out piracy charge against six Somalis
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2010, 08:52:25 PM »
Compared to us, the FRENCH (!) have a better idea.

The phaggots at Greenpeace can attest to that.
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Re: Federal judge throws out piracy charge against six Somalis
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2010, 12:04:56 PM »
Russia had the right idea on the way to deal with pirates.

BINGO!! :hi5:

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Re: Federal judge throws out piracy charge against six Somalis
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2010, 12:16:39 PM »
Sharks gotta eat too and they might like a little dark meat in their diet for a change.
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