Somalia's transitional government called on Russia on Friday to explain why it had cut 10 Somali pirates adrift in the Gulf on Aden without navigation equipment or much hope of survival.
Russian forces last week stormed a hijacked oil tanker in a rescue operation that killed one pirate. Russia said 10 others arrested were later set loose aboard one of the small vessels they used in the attack.
A military official said they were stripped of their weapons and navigation equipment. Russian media later quoted a military source saying the pirates were now likely dead.
"We want an explanation from Russia on the death of our citizens," Abdirasak Aden, an official at Somalia's Information Ministry, told Reuters.
Let me help.
Dear Somalia,
You failed to enforce any laws on your citizens. They attacked our citizens. We enforced it for you. You're welcome.
Much love, Russia
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Not to mention- the Transitional Govt doesn't "represent" the area where the pirates tend to operate out of. Last I heard the Transitional Govt was still trying recapture all of greater Mogadishu.
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