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Pirates want $2 million for American hostage: source
Reuters ^ | 04/10/09 | uncredited

Posted on 04/10/2009 1:21:55 PM PDT by Big_Monkey

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To: Big_Monkey

any news as to whether or not ACLU lawyers are on the incoming pirated boats?


61 posted on 04/10/2009 1:53:10 PM PDT by machogirl (not one of Rush's top-ten gal names)
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To: nobama08
A bailout for pirates - why not?

Moral hazard?

Once you start bailing out bad pirates, then all the other inept terrorists and criminals are going to expect bailouts for their own poorly executed attacks and crimes. Best to let the bad pirates fail, as a warning to others.

62 posted on 04/10/2009 1:53:30 PM PDT by LikeLight (http://www.believersguidetolegalissues.com)
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To: theFIRMbss

He’s a putz!


63 posted on 04/10/2009 1:53:45 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: libertarian27

Internationally known as “Zeros” or Brown Backs


64 posted on 04/10/2009 1:54:50 PM PDT by RS_Rider
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Give it to them.

Plant a GPS chip in one of the bills.

Track it when they’ve departed.

Smart bomb to the signal.

And you detonate a falafel stand where the pirate bought a quick bite to eat on his way home...

65 posted on 04/10/2009 1:55:16 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: philled
I have a different take.

They know who some of these pirates are, supposedly.

Take some very close sat photos of all of their homes.

Tell them they have 2 hours to release or we carpet bomb each and every home.

Oh, wait. Shoot. I forgot. Bush isn't in office any longer.

Never mind. I guess AIG will just funnel some of the Fed Reserve’s money to them to pay them off.

66 posted on 04/10/2009 1:55:38 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (If you haven't read "The Creature from Jekyll Island," you probably don't know what's going on.)
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To: Big_Monkey

They want 2 million dollars?

So print $2 million in phony money and give it to them.


67 posted on 04/10/2009 1:56:22 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: Star Traveler

Reagan — Marine Barracks bombing....Hostages???


68 posted on 04/10/2009 1:57:01 PM PDT by topfile
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To: Future Snake Eater
If you have the coordinates, you monitor through sat.

And uh, if the falfalelelfallfe stand is in Somalia, who the eff cares. I'm still pissed at that rathole country for what they did to our Special Forces.

69 posted on 04/10/2009 1:58:08 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (If you haven't read "The Creature from Jekyll Island," you probably don't know what's going on.)
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To: Jeff Head

If the SEAL team had a realistic ROE this would be over already.


70 posted on 04/10/2009 1:58:15 PM PDT by Eaker (The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
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To: NC28203; machogirl

They are also self righting, like a kid’s bath tub toy. If you tip ‘em over, they roll right back upright. It’s got the hydrostatic stability of a cork.


71 posted on 04/10/2009 1:58:21 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The death cult wants death, the Israelis want peace. I, for one, see only one solution.)
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To: machogirl

The reason President Stinkweed is in hiding, he’s putting the finishing touches on his Stimulus Bill for Somali Pirates....


72 posted on 04/10/2009 1:58:21 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: WMarshal

I completely agree. Give the Navy 100% carte blanche to handle the situation the way they’ve been trained to do and there will be a successful outcome.


73 posted on 04/10/2009 1:59:22 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (There are no points for second place.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Despite the death of one of the hostages, the French government stood by the commando-style tactics – which they have used before – and stressed that they would not give in to pirates running amok in the Indian Ocean, who have seized dozens of vessels for ransom over the past year.

Hostage killed as French storm yacht held by Somali pirates (French show us how to do it)

..........................................

"Commando tactics?"
The press is dying to say
'We lower ourselves

to their level when
we respond to force with force.'
They're gonna say it...



74 posted on 04/10/2009 1:59:30 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: topfile

You said — Reagan — Marine Barracks bombing....Hostages???

Two different items there. One is the bombing, killed 241 Americans. The other are the hostages taken (different item, spaced out over time, different hostages at different times)...


75 posted on 04/10/2009 1:59:53 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: Big_Monkey
Well maybe that's the cost of a sidewinder. Maybe the Navy should give them one of those.
76 posted on 04/10/2009 2:01:21 PM PDT by WHBates
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To: Big_Monkey

It is absolutely essential that the German ship not arrive. They need to disable it.

They also need to jam the pirates’ communication.


77 posted on 04/10/2009 2:01:28 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The death cult wants death, the Israelis want peace. I, for one, see only one solution.)
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To: Big_Monkey

Yes, but will he bow to them as he pays it.


78 posted on 04/10/2009 2:02:17 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: topfile

Your right on that score...How about they release the Captain now or we will drop a couple of dead pigs onto their boat, followed by buckets of pig blood. Then bomb them and they will not go to their heaven cause they are polluted..


79 posted on 04/10/2009 2:02:31 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: theFIRMbss

The press is dying to say
‘We lower ourselves
to their level when
we respond to force with force.’.....

Probably so...I can’t wait to find out if Odinga told the Navy...”take care of it” or “do nothing but sit there”


80 posted on 04/10/2009 2:02:57 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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