Posted on 04/10/2009 10:12:49 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
Somali pirates holding an American ship captain hostage have reportedly made a £1.6m ransom offer - as another hostage in the same region is killed.
American Captain Richard Phillips tried to escape by jumping into the sea in sight of a US warship, but he was quickly recaptured, officals have said.
Capt Phillips is not thought to have been hurt in the incident, even though shots from an automatic weapon were fired in the drama.
Meanwhile, the French military has managed to free a child and three others from a yacht taken hostage in the notorious Gulf of Aden last week. But a fifth hostage has been killed in the operation.
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Following your great idea, my steps would be: 1. give the slugs the funny cash; 2. get the Captain free; 3. totally terminate the terrorist and sink them to the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
End of a great story.
The other terrorists would not know they got phony cash, they repeat and so do we. Eventually, no more terrorists.
Maybe some should call Mrs. Bill Clinton and make this great suggestion.
She's probably too busy with her girl friend.
No need to contact Zer0, as he is busy on real estate or some other crap.
I was thinking more along the lines of giving them their 2 million in quarters. With a couple of hundred pounds of C4 in the middle of it.
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