Denmark has been in charge of International Task Force 150, tasked with hunting down Somali pirates in the northern Indian Ocean which includes the Gulf of Aden. As most of us know, there has been an alarming increase in pirate hijackings off the coast of Somalia over the last few months. They have hijacked cruise ships (though cruise companies are trying to downplay that aspect of their operations), a Saudi Oil tanker and a Ukrainian vessel carrying Russian tanks and weapons.

A Danish anti-piracy warship rescued seven pirates who were manning a heavily armed vessel that had broken down in the Gulf of Aden. The pirates told the Danes they had been adrift for eight days. After the pirates were rescued, the Danes seized their weapons that included anti-tank rockets and AK-47 assault riffles. They then sank the pirate ship and then fed the pirates.

The Danes will turn the pirates over to the Yemen Coast Guard.

Is it just me, or is this much too civilized a way to deal with the Somalian pirates who have been wreaking havoc for months and years now? And will the Yemen authorities actually deal with these bad actors, or will they be released to pursue their efforts on behalf of al-Qaeda and whoever else might be the highest bidder for the goods they steal during their hijacking of Western shipping vessels?