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Pirates seize another ship off Somalia
Associated Press ^
| Sep 27, 2008
| MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN
Posted on 09/27/2008 8:31:57 AM PDT by george76
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:31:57 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
Time to set up luxury cruises with .50 cal machine guns on every balcony...
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:37:12 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.-F. de La Rochefoucauld)
To: george76
Man, don’t they get any Errol Flynn/Turner Classic Movies on DVD? They need to load a ship of soldiers and kill them all.
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:37:14 AM PDT
by
IrishCatholic
(No local communist or socialist party chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing.)
To: george76
That’s the 2nd Greek ship taken in less than 10 days.
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:38:13 AM PDT
by
BGHater
(Democracy is the road to socialism.)
To: george76
I think those pirates are going to disappear soon.
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:39:02 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
To: george76
Greek chemical tankerIs it terrorist gathering supplies?
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:39:33 AM PDT
by
Taggart_D
To: null and void
Time to set up luxury cruises with .50 cal machine guns on every balcony...
Yep, amusement for the passengers. Better than skeet off the fantail!
Jack
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:39:39 AM PDT
by
btcusn
To: george76
We need to send a ringer ship out there and blow their asses uot of the water when the try this hijack stuff.
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:40:17 AM PDT
by
Piquaboy
(22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
To: george76
I only have three comments about this ongoing situation.
1) Even though I'm retired Army, we need to station a decoy ship out there with a Marine crew and when they try to hijack the ship, blow it out of the water.
2) Did anyone else notice the name of the person negotiating for the pirates? Does it seem to me he wears his diaper on the wrong part of his anatomy??
3) Is this a new or fairly new way for terrorists to get supplies for their groups??
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:42:11 AM PDT
by
antiunion person
(Obama, the end of our country as we know and love it.)
To: george76
I only have three comments about this ongoing situation.
1) Even though I'm retired Army, we need to station a decoy ship out there with a Marine crew and when they try to hijack the ship, blow it out of the water.
2) Did anyone else notice the name of the person negotiating for the pirates? Does it seem to me he wears his diaper on the wrong part of his anatomy??
3) Is this a new or fairly new way for terrorists to get supplies for their groups??
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:42:24 AM PDT
by
antiunion person
(Obama, the end of our country as we know and love it.)
To: Piquaboy
Have the Russian’s gone after their tank laden ship yet?
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:43:55 AM PDT
by
cameraeye
(Save all your prayers till the next morning.)
To: george76
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:44:55 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
To: null and void
I was thinking the same thing. If the danger is known, why are any ships in the area NOT armed?
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:45:45 AM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: george76
The Pirates[All along Somalia] right now, in total have 14 Ships and over 200 people hostage. The Ukranian Ship, Faina.
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:48:23 AM PDT
by
BGHater
(Democracy is the road to socialism.)
To: null and void
where do I sign up? that’d be one fun cruise.
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:49:11 AM PDT
by
Ainast
To: btcusn
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:52:23 AM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: antiunion person
It's not a new situation. Piracy has never gone away, and the area near Somali is always risky.
If it's a way to get supplies to terrorists, that's probably just finding a buyer for the stolen goods. Numerous African governments and groups would be willing to pick up seized military equipment. Taking prisoners is meant to discourage anyone's Navy from wiping out the pirates.
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posted on
09/27/2008 8:54:23 AM PDT
by
Styria
To: btcusn
“Time to set up luxury cruises with .50 cal machine guns on every balcony...
Yep, amusement for the passengers. Better than skeet off the fantail!”
Now that is a cruise I could enjoy. Not sure about the wife. Bwahahahaha.
To: george76
Swift and decisive revenge would make for a good movie.
To: freeangel
International law. They have certain legal protections and privileges as merchant ships.
Arming them makes them warships, and subject to a whole set of vulnerabilities that a warship ‘going into harms way’ takes for granted.
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posted on
09/27/2008 9:01:36 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.-F. de La Rochefoucauld)
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