Thai ships home from piracy mission

Published: 20/01/2011 at 04:07 PM
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Two Thai navy ships assigned to the international anti-piracy task force off Somalia - HTMS Similan and HTMS Pattani - arrived back home on Thursday morning after 137 days patrolling in the Gulf of Aden.

The two ships, with 351 sailors and two helicopters on board, were welcomed at Chuk Samet naval port in Sattahip district of Chon Buri province with smiles and flowers by their families in a ceremony chaired by Admiral Kamthorn Phumhiran, the navy chief.

The ships departed the Gulf of Aden and headed back to Thailand on Jan 4.

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Ian Wensor
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Discussion 3 : 21/01/2011 at 10:05 AM3
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Question: What did the Navy's much publicised 137 day patrol achieve?

Reply: Apart from big noting itself in an endeavor to justify its existence - ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
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Discussion 2 : 20/01/2011 at 07:55 PM2
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A failed mission.
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Discussion 1 : 20/01/2011 at 02:53 PM1
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The Somali pirates do it because they can. Catch and release is not a deterrent. Do you charge the 308 million baht to the shipping companies or to Thai taxpayers?
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