Indian navy captures 23 pirates in Gulf of Aden

[Cara.]

Going by the Indian Navy's previous record, who wants to bet that the 23 "pirates" are actually 7 dolphins and a perplexed blue whale?

 

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The Indian navy says it has arrested 23 Somali and Yemeni pirates who tried to storm a ship in the Gulf of Aden.

 

A navy spokesman said it had responded to a mayday call from MV Gibe, flying under the Ethiopian flag.

 

Several countries have warships patrolling the gulf amid growing international concern about piracy.

 

Meanwhile, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said better intelligence was needed for a land attack on pirate bases to be considered.

 

Mr Gates, speaking at a security conference in Bahrain, also called for shipping companies to do more to protect their vessels travelling through the Arabian Sean and Indian Ocean.

 

Arms cache

 

The Indian government said in a statement that the captured pirates had a cache of arms and equipment, including seven AK-47 assault rifles, three machine guns, and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

 

The pirates would be handed over to the appropriate authorities, the statement added.

 

Last month, India's navy said it had sunk a pirate "mother vessel" off Somalia.

 

But it later emerged that the vessel was actually a Thai fishing trawler that had been seized by pirates off Yemen.

 

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[Libaax-Sankataabte]

They landed onshore, kidnapped local nomads and called them pirates. The move is part of a plan to improve Indian Navy's dismal record in combat.

[rudy-Diiriye]

oh! them poor nomads will have to deal with curry smell 24/7...now thats torture!!

 

hindi babba.

[Qorax]

Amita miyeey soo diree mise Cali Dheere?

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Maya Amjidkhaan iyo Canjeex soo wakiishadeen.

[Geel_jire]

@ " who wants to bet that the 23 "pirates" are actually 7 dolphins and a perplexed blue whale?"

 

only the Indian navy would be dumb enough to take that bet