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U.S. Navy Arrives on Scene of Hijacked American Ship
Fox News ^ | 4/8/2009

Posted on 04/08/2009 6:28:05 PM PDT by tsmith130

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To: hinckley buzzard; ItisaReligionofPeace

What innocents who die?


101 posted on 04/08/2009 8:05:30 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: BIGLOOK
I was waiting for a fast attack sub to show up.


102 posted on 04/08/2009 8:08:42 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Doogle

Blackwater doesn’t exist any longer. That company is called Xe.


103 posted on 04/08/2009 8:08:51 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: ArmstedFragg
Thanks Fragg!

Bainbridge has been a traditional name for Navy ships....there've been four of them.


104 posted on 04/08/2009 8:10:32 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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To: tsmith130

“We are deeply concerned and we are following it very closely,” Clinton said.


A fleet Chinese Nuclear Subs could wash up on the shores of San Francisco and she’d probably say the same thing.


105 posted on 04/08/2009 8:15:24 PM PDT by eaglestar
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To: Gideon7
Depends also on the type of cargo the vessel carries.

I have sailed on tankers loaded with 40,000 barrels of gasoline and jet fuel, and you were not allowed to carry a cell phone or lighter on deck. The wrenches and tools were non-sparking bronze.

Engaging in a gunfight would be mutually assured destruction.

Frgds,
3/M

106 posted on 04/08/2009 8:19:11 PM PDT by ThirdMate
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To: BIGLOOK

Dawn’s coming over there. I suspect we’ll be hearing something soon.


107 posted on 04/08/2009 8:19:13 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg ("the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs" - Jefferson)
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To: NoLibZone

“Give them our most gifted leaders in exchange for the captain: Nancy Pelosi and Barney Fag”

I am not sure I hate even the terrorists that much...to do that to them... ;0)


108 posted on 04/08/2009 8:21:00 PM PDT by DrewsMum (www.williamsfortexas.com)
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To: mylife; Doohickey; SmithL
That's gonna be a tough titty solution, My. Last I'd heard, the Skipper of the Alabama was in a life boat with the pirates.

However....a bump in the night might do the trick.

Feed 'em to the SEALS.
109 posted on 04/08/2009 8:24:16 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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To: 21twelve
And I have a real difficult time calling Obama an “American”.

No, he's the archetypal American't.

110 posted on 04/08/2009 8:24:16 PM PDT by FoxInSocks (B. Hussein Obama: Central Planning Czar)
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To: tsmith130

We need to send in an entire fleet and show these pirates who’s boss


111 posted on 04/08/2009 8:26:32 PM PDT by myaccount2009
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To: myaccount2009
We need to send in an entire fleet and show these pirates who’s boss

The only way to make that work (even with a fleet) is to queue up the merchant ships and make them convoy under guard.

Or nuke the place to glass...
112 posted on 04/08/2009 8:28:32 PM PDT by Phileleutherus Franciscus
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To: stboz

“One semi-well aimed tactical nuke will permanently stop this bullshit.”

And enlarge a Somali harbor.


113 posted on 04/08/2009 8:30:06 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
And enlarge a Somali harbor.

I believe that could be called the new Sea of Kenya.

or something. :-)

114 posted on 04/08/2009 8:43:59 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: tsmith130

Hmmm. Title indicates that a naval vessel has arrived on the scene than proceeds to offer no evidence that this is the case.


115 posted on 04/08/2009 8:44:31 PM PDT by keat
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To: Ramius

Obama Bay?


116 posted on 04/08/2009 8:50:24 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: McGavin999

Thank you!


117 posted on 04/08/2009 8:55:10 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: BIGLOOK; ArmstedFragg; All
USS BAINBRIDGE DDG-96 CLASS - ARLEIGH BURKE Flight IIa As Built. Displacement 8373 Tons (Full), Dimensions: 509' 5" (oa) x 66' 11" x 20' (Max) Armament: 1 x 5"/62 RF, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), 96 VLS Cells, 2 SH-60B helicopters, 8 Harpoon Missiles, 6 x 12.75" TT. Machinery: 100,000 SHP; 4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 30+ Knots, Range 4400 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 370. Operational and Building Data: Christened at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine 13 November 2004 Commissioned 12 November 2005 at Ft. Lauderdale. Active unit of the US Navy. Homeported at Norfolk, VA.
118 posted on 04/08/2009 8:55:57 PM PDT by zaphod3000
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To: stboz
That would be difficult to pull off in light of this.
119 posted on 04/08/2009 8:56:55 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: tsmith130
It is unclear, however, how the standoff will end, given that Western countries in the past have faced legal difficulties in pursuing such pirates in international waters.

What "legal difficulties". Piracy has always been a violation of international law. It doesn't matter who the pirates are, what nation they are from (or protects them!). Warships of all nations are obliged to go after pirates.

120 posted on 04/08/2009 9:01:06 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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