Somali pirates hijack Saudi oil tanker

[classicman]

I'm not sure how recent this is, it was emailed to me.

This videotape shows Russian Navy commandos on a Somalian pirate ship shortly after the pirates had captured a Russian oil tanker. The EuroUnion navy that patrols these waters would not interfere because they feared there could be casualties.

The soldiers freed their compatriots, moved all the pirates to their own (pirate) ship, search the pirate ship for weapons and explosives, then they left the ship and exploded it with the remaining pirates still aboard.

They sunk the pirates & their ship without any court proceedings, lawyers etc. That is, they used the anti-piracy laws of the 18th and 19th centuries where the captain of the rescuing ship has the right to decide what to do with the pirates. Usually, they were hung.