Belgian soldiers to protect ships against pirates

[bub]

Des militaires belges à bord des navires - lesoir.be

Le Conseil des ministres a décidé dans le cadre de la lutte contre la piraterie, de mettre des militaires à bord des navires battant pavillon belge dont l’armateur le demande. La décision est d’application pour deux mois, de début mai à fin juin.
Des militaires belges à bord des navires

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Le recours à l’intervention de militaires belges ne pourra toutefois se faire qu’en ordre subsidiaire. La flotte marchande belge devra en priorité demander l’assistance de la flotte européenne dans le cadre de la mission Atalanta qui est active dans la région et à laquelle la frégate Louis-Marie participera début septembre, a expliqué après le Conseil le ministre de la Défense, Pieter De Crem.

Dans le cas où cette flotte ne peut assurer la protection des navires marchands belges, les armateurs pourront faire appel à une équipe de 8 militaires pour la protection de leurs navires.

Les armateurs devront payer un montant forfaitaire de 115.000 euros par mission pour couvrir les frais de l’opération. Chaque mission devrait durer environ une semaine.

Ships who can't be protected by the European mission Atalanta may ask to be protected by a squad of 8 soldiers if they pay 115,000€

That's quite a good idea!
I just hope they won't have to make summonings in 10 languages before starting to shoot!

 

[Ikari]

Des militaires belges à bord des navires - lesoir.be



Ships who can't be protected by the European mission Atalanta may ask to be protected by a squad of 8 soldiers if they pay 115,000€

That's quite a good idea!
I just hope they won't have to make summonings in 10 languages before starting to shoot!

So basically....your government is renting out mercenaries. Damned it, I knew there was money to be made in that racket.

 

[bub]

So basically....your government is renting out mercenaries. Damned it, I knew there was money to be made in that racket.

The money is to pay the costs of the operation, it's not to make benefits!

And it's only for Belgian ships that can't be protected by the European mission Atalanta

 

[Ikari]

The money is to pay the costs of the operation, it's not to make benefits!

And it's only for Belgian ships that can't be protected by the European mission Atalanta

But you're hiring out your military for "protection". That's truth. The military is already paid for via tax payers, you're now renting out the military to people who can afford it for protection.'

Just give the bastards on board guns and be done with it...a hell of a lot cheaper than mercenaries.

 

[GottaHurt]

Here's the OP quote in English:

The Council of Ministers decided within the framework of the fight against piracy, to put soldiers aboard ships flying Belgian flag whose ship-owner asks it. The decision is of application for two months, of at the beginning of May with at the end of June.

Belgian soldiers aboard ships Belga The recourse to the intervention of Belgian soldiers could however be done only in subsidiary order. The Belgian merchant fleet will have in priority to ask for the assistance of the European fleet within the framework of the Atalanta mission which is active in the area and in which the Louis-Marie frigate will take part at the beginning of September, explained after the Council the Minister for Defense, Pieter De Crem.

If this fleet cannot ensure the protection of the Belgian trading vessels, the ship-owners will be able to call upon a team of 8 soldiers for the protection of their ships. The ship-owners will have to pay a flat-rate amount of 115.000 euros per mission to cover the expenses of the operation. Each mission should last approximately a week.

 

[AndrewC]

Those pirates don't stand a chance. They are no match for Jean-Claude Van Damme!

 

[Laila]

Those pirates don't stand a chance. They are no match for Jean-Claude Van Damme!

The pirates are being owned already


BBC NEWS | Africa | Somali vigilantes capture pirates

Somali vigilantes have captured 12 armed pirates in two boats, as coastal communities begin to fight back against the sea raiders.

Regional leaders at Alula and Bargaal in Somalia's northern Puntland region told the BBC they have put together a militia of fishermen to catch pirates.

They decided to act as they were fed up with their fishing vessels being seized at gunpoint by the ocean-going bandits.

:lol:

 

[bub]

But you're hiring out your military for "protection". That's truth. The military is already paid for via tax payers, you're now renting out the military to people who can afford it for protection.'

Just give the bastards on board guns and be done with it...a hell of a lot cheaper than mercenaries.

Indeed they're being paid and maybe they should try to protect every ship instead of that

However, they're not mercenaries because
- they're part of the conflict (they protect Belgian ships being attacked, not French or Italian ones)
- the money is not for them, it's to pay the material
- they're part of an official mission for the army

Here's the OP quote in English:

You didn't trust me? :mrgreen:

 

[American]

Those pirates don't stand a chance. They are no match for Jean-Claude Van Damme!

The man gets around, married five times, twice to the same woman.

 

[Arch Enemy]

Didn't know Belgium had an army. I've learned something today. Thanks!

 

[American]

Didn't know Belgium had an army. I've learned something today. Thanks!

I think they're kind of like the French army.

 

[Arch Enemy]

I think they're kind of like the French army.

You mean they don't share an army?

Geezzzzzzzz

I need to pay attention in International classes.

 

[EulyssElvisCaustic]

is the Belgian army just as the French...??? in that all they shoot is white flags....???

I say we let the IDF handle it .....(no geneva convention requirements)....if its headin toward a ship .....one warning shot.....them drown the bastards with lead.....

swiss cheese dont float:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

 

[Triad]

Mercenaries would probably do a better job and have the HUGE benefit of being able to act instead of calling the UN.
They fulfill numerous roles(esp in Africa) and much more often then not their presence is a benefit to the populace of a nation/region.
Mercenaries are not EVIL either or nefarious simply by being Mercenaries.That's a really childish outlook on them.

Whatever..



Least Belgium is trying to do something.

Notice how the Big Bad Obama is backing up his mouth?
Once again Obama flops and it hurts the USA everytime he does that.
Already hard to take him seriously as it is.

Maybe he should hire mercenaries.He can sit back and aggrandize himself off their successes or demonize them for their failures..
...you know like he does with the US MILITARY.

 

[bub]

is the Belgian army just as the French...??? in that all they shoot is white flags....???

I say we let the IDF handle it .....(no geneva convention requirements)....if its headin toward a ship .....one warning shot.....them drown the bastards with lead.....

swiss cheese dont float:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnEqEv7YVkM&feature=related"]YouTube - Seals of Belgium[/ame]

 

[American]

YouTube - Seals of Belgium

Take 2! :doh

 

[bub]

Take 2! :doh

No, seriously I think they could handle a bunch of pirates. We've got cool guns too:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H9060yCsSk"]YouTube - Belgian Special Forces operating in Chad[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqXi9SnLI2Q"]YouTube - Special Forces Group (Belgium)[/ame]

 

[American]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vPofBTvXmQ&feature=PlayList&p=1A96C33733EBBF5B&index=16"]YouTube - IDF Israeli Armor Corps IDF Tank clip MK צה"ל Merkava[/ame]

 

[Arch Enemy]

omg y'all werent lying

 

[bub]

YouTube - IDF Israeli Armor Corps IDF Tank clip MK צה"ל Merkava

BS. The best tanks are Belgian, everyone knows that

 

[American]

BS. The best tanks are Belgian, everyone knows that

Heh, that's not a tank.....



this is a tank.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Oen7VEXN4&feature=related"]YouTube - M1A1/A2 Abrams[/ame]

 

[American]

Hey, you Belgians aren't so bad.....

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BbxnG1YfMU"]YouTube - Belgisch Leger / Armée Belge / Belgian Military Video[/ame]

 

[7thKeeper]

Heh, that's not a tank.....



this is a tank.

YouTube - M1A1/A2 Abrams

That little thing? A tank? No, this is a tank! For the Emperor!

 

[Wessexman]

I think they're kind of like the French army.

Actually if you go the world wars they can be tenacious little buggers.

 

[Wessexman]

is the Belgian army just as the French...??? in that all they shoot is white flags....???

I say we let the IDF handle it .....(no geneva convention requirements)....if its headin toward a ship .....one warning shot.....them drown the bastards with lead.....

swiss cheese dont float:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

Hey you might as well, it after all the US and Europeans who equipment and fund their army anyway.