{"id":18785,"date":"2010-04-23T11:16:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T16:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=18785"},"modified":"2010-04-23T11:16:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T16:16:54","slug":"make-em-walk-the-plank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=18785","title":{"rendered":"Make ’em walk the plank"},"content":{"rendered":"

Associated Press<\/a> reports that 11 pirates were put on trial today in Norfolk;<\/p>\n

Eleven suspected pirates were indicted Friday on U.S charges of piracy and other counts related to attacks on two U.S. naval vessels off the coast of Africa.<\/p>\n

The indictment was unsealed an hour after the suspects were led into the federal courthouse in Norfolk under heavy security.<\/p>\n

One of the accused pirates had a bandaged head, while another was carried into the court building. The 11 were scheduled for a court appearance Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

In addition to the piracy count, the charges include attacks to plunder a vessel, assault with a dangerous weapon, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.<\/p>\n

Five of the men were captured March 31, after the frigate USS Nicholas exchanged fire with a suspected pirate vessel west of the Seychelles, sinking a skiff and confiscating its mother ship.<\/p>\n

The other six were captured after they allegedly began shooting at the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland on April 10 about 380 miles off Djibouti, a small nation facing Yemen across the mouth of the Red Sea.<\/p>\n

The 11 had been held on U.S. ships for weeks off Somalia’s pirate-infested coast and nearby regions as officials worked to determine whether and where they could be prosecuted and prepare legal charges against them.<\/p>\n

The indictment did not indicate the pirates’ nationality.<\/p>\n

The Somali mission to the United Nations said it is attempting to sort out jurisdictional issues.<\/p>\n

“We prefer those kids to be tried in Somalia,” said Omar Jamal, first secretary for the mission. “As far as we know, they are all Somalis.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Their futures look a thousand times brighter than it was looking in February irrespective of the outcome of the trial. They should be grateful…and what is the Somali government going to do? Give them vessel ID flash cards so they don’t mistake American warships for freighters again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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