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| Posted By: Nick Blenkey Posted On: 4 days ago Views: 104 | Fred's Comment Fred Parle was the Chief Engineer of the Svitzer tug held hostage earlier this year, While he was still held, an Irish newspaper published a nice piece about him which you can read here: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/pirates-will-not-ruffle-this-old -man-of-the-sea-1283499.html Pretty obviously, Fred is better placed than most of us to comment on ths topic! |
| Posted By: fred parle Posted On: 4 days ago Views: 109 | Piracy one mans Solution Part 1 Piracy the act of, cannot ever be forgiven. The Pirates, Bandits, Militia,etc names they give themselves can and should. Islam recognises Allahs Mercy as being of the supreme importance.So does all other recognised Religions on our Planet. So why do men and women take to piracy ? Well I have only two acts of Piracy to relate in which I have been involved in, after 51 years of Service in the "British Merchant Navy".One was unsuccessful in Chittagong and one in Somalia, recently was successful. The common goal in both cases was to obtain cash or goods to sell ; poverty, on the part of the pirates was the driving force and not to wound or cause physical damage to merchant seamen. We are seen by them as rich people and there is a large degree of wanting more from life than hanging around streetcorners or scratching a living from the sea. So in the case of Somalia we spent 47 days incarserated in a steel prison on the deck for most of that time. We were not mistreated but in fact as "precious Cargo" were treated quite well. Our pirates were well behaved in the main and and any infringements were punished by their Captain OMAR by being trussed turkey fashion in the hot sun with no food or water for up to three days. The miscreants were used to this method of keeping them in line and were happy to be accepted back into the team after the period of Punishment was over. At a risk of boring people out there Ill serialise this submission until I receive some replies. Fred knows all. I am Fred and I am O.K. The Officers and Crewmembers of the 5 US Destroyers who shadowed us during our captivity will know I only want to see an end to Piracy in Somalia and Yemen peacefully. Rgds, Fred Parle c/e |
| Posted By: Ancient Mariner Posted On: 11 days ago Views: 253 | Coast Guard and their Magic Pipes Coast Guard CWO pleads guilty in pollution case David G. Williams, a Chief Warrant Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard and the Main Propulsion Assistant for the Coast Guard Cutter RUSH, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Hawaii to one count of making a false statement, announced Ronald J. Tenpas, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Environment & Natural Resources Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii Edward H. Kubo Jr. Looks like someone in the CG has been smmoking the magic pipe. |
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