On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:20:03 +0100, Peter Boulding
<pjb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:18:59 +0000, "Bill Bonde ( 'the oblique allusion
in
>lieu of the frontal attack' )" <tributyltinpaint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
><48023273.B3053A16@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>
>>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3736239.ece
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/5dy2oj
>>>
>>> THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands on the high seas,
>>> has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates because
>>> doing so may breach their human rights.
>>>
>>> War****ps patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off
>>> Somalia, have been warned that there is also a risk that captured
>>> pirates could claim asylum in Britain.
>>>
>>> The Foreign Office has advised that pirates sent back to Somalia
>>> could have their human rights breached because, under Islamic
>>> law, they face beheading for murder or having a hand chopped off
>>> for theft.
>>>
>>The Royal Navy should just sink the pirate vessels.
>
>Sounds like a good idea. Mr Big can always find himself a new crew, but
>boats cost money.
>
>But: before we send our suggestion to the British Government, let's wait
and
>see whether anyone is going to corroborate this Murdoch story.
The fact that they let Murdoch into the UK corroborates the story.
--
Bill in Vancouver
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