Republic of Korea special forces recapture a tanker from Somali pirates, killing eight, capturing five, and rescuing the entire crew unharmed (except for the tanker’s captain, who suffered a non-lethal gunshot wound):
President Lee Myung-bak went live on national television to announce the successful conclusion of the five-hour operation, 1,300 kilometers northeast of Somalia.
Mr. Lee told the country South Korea will not tolerate future attacks on any of its nationals.
ROK special forces, with help from unspecified “other nations”, apparently snuck up on the tanker:
News reports say a navy ship from Oman was on the scene to support the South Korean operation.
On board the Malta-flagged chemical tanker was a crew of 11 Burmese, eight South Koreans and two Indonesians. It is operated by South Korea’s Samho Shipping.
Military officials in Seoul say a South Korean naval destroyer, the Choi Young, with 300 special forces aboard, tailed the hijacked ship for days before moving in early Friday.
The ROKS Choi Young. Because I can, that's why.
I know, I know; look for peaceful solutions, they’re impoverished, yadda yadda.
But 21 innocent sailors are free today.
Yay, ROK!
I always get a little weepy when I hear a story with a happy ending! Sniff…..
We could use the ROK on Cedar Ave…..just sayin’
I’m not sympathetic to any of the skinnies, I don’t think I’d be opposed to gibbeting the lot of them.
Please note: i was only referring to the pirates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obviously, these oppressed seafaring entrepreneurs were attacked by a ruthless, overwhelming team of corporate government conformists as a result of right-wing conservative talk radio…in particular…the evil spew that is available across the Internet from 1pm to 3pm most Saturdays, as well as the hate speech of Palin, Limbaugh, Beck, and the Tea Partiers.
A candle light vigil will be held (location TBD) for the poor waifs that were slaughtered by the Corporate Korean Military Industrial Complex, and a fund for their children and widows.
As they are complicit in this tragedy, one hopes the Patriot will lead the way to right the wrong they have contributed to and hold a telethon for these poor people soon.
What will Omar Jamal have to say about this racist outrage?
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=906
So, you’ve got a side gig writing copy for Mike Malloy eh, MGIN?
Having served along side of ROK soldiers, I will attest to their combat prowess, determination and guts! These guys don’t back down and I dare say their marines are equal to ours in these areas! Good on ’em for taking out these pirates!
After I finally got my dad to talk about his time in the Korean War, he told me about a couple of ROK units fighting to the last man.
As they were cheering during the 2002 FIFA World Cup:
필승한국! 필승한국!
Yep, the ROK soldiers are tough and well trained. Their special forces are particularly impressive.
BP,
Sort of a Hangul version of “Hee Haw”.
No bad guys at large, only one good guy hurt. Nicely done!
Thank you, Disco Stoo. It’s nice to see that justice can trump politics.
To hell with peaceful solutions, they’re pirates! Who gives a damn?
Pirates have mothers too, Kevin.
Terrorists kill innocents, then slink back home. Pirates, the same.
If the justification for the Afghan war is to deprive terrorists of their base, isn’t there an analogous action for Somali pirates?
Why is there a stone left standing upon a stone in that country? Have we forgotten the lessons of Rome?
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Kermit: Blah Blah Blah, and I’m sure they brought cookies to their grandmothers right after they read to limbless orphans in the hospital. Still doesn’t change the fact that they were pirates and I don’t give a damn if and in what manner their lives were terminated.