The United States and British navies were able to rescue about twenty three hostages from a hijacked cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden recently. The ship had been boarded by pirates and they were taking it and the crewmenbers to Somalia when the Navy ring customers boarded it and took it into custody. [...]
One of the eleven Somali Pirates who commandeered a yacht and killed the four Americans aboard was sentenced to life in prison in the first trial of the group. Ali Abdi Mohamed who says that he was not one of the pirates who shot at the Americans gave his account of what happened that [...]
The USS Bunker Hill foiled an attempt by pirates to hijack a ship recently. The Bunker Hill responded to a distress call and was able to arrive before the pirates got an opportunity to actually board the ship. They boarded the pirates mothership and disposed of equipment that pirates use to do their thing. The [...]
In a landmark case Jama Idle Ibrahim was sentenced to serving a twenty five year term to serve concurrently with the thirty years that he was sentenced with in another hijacking. He was captured when he and some of his pirate buddies attempted to hijack the USS Ashland near the Gulf of Aden. He [...]
Some good news from the Middle East is that the goverments of South Korea and Malaysia intend to prosecute the Somali Pirates that they have recently captured. This is good because no one else takes the time to do this. They just disarm and release the pirates because of the legal issues that are involved [...]
The courts are trying to determine exactly what piracy is so there is doubt about the outcome of the trials. This just goes to show you what a good lawyer can do for you. Especially when you have got a liberal air headed judge who allows himself to be confused. I guess OJ is not [...]
US Sailors had to defend their treatment of captured Somali pirates in court because the pirates complained about several things such as being handcuffed and having to wear the white jumpsuits that sailore wear when they have to clean sewage. They also complained about having to sleep outside, being forced to urinate overboard, and given [...]
The lawyers for the six captured pirates who mistakenly attempted to knock off the USS Ashland are up to their best lawyer tricks. They claim that since the pirates didn’t nactually take over the ship or rob it they technically did not commit any acts of piracy. They get this idea from an 1820 definition [...]
Eleven Somali pirates who had been taken into custody by Russian Commandos have been declared to be dead by the Russian government. One was reportedly killed in a firefight with the commandos while the others mysteriously disappeared at sea. According to the Russians the pirates were put back on their ship to return to Somalia [...]
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