Posted on 04/11/2009 7:09:58 AM PDT by Scanian
NAIROBI, April 11 (Reuters) - Pirates seized a U.S.-owned and Italian-flagged tugboat with 16 crew on Saturday in the latest hijacking in the busy Gulf of Aden waterway, a regional maritime group said.
Andrew Mwangura, of the Mombasa-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme, said the crew were believed to be unharmed on the tugboat, which he added was operated from the United Arab Emirates.
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If Berlusconi doesn’t authorize something swift and effective on his own, I’d be very much surprised.
and the world awaits the reaction of the sitting President... how many kidnappings will it take? how many? WWOD?????
Don’t bother BO with this trivial event! He is focused on the Easter egg hunt!
Pirates: We have 4 years to take from the land of plenty, we must work quickly and prosper.
Sure they are going after all U.S. owned ships cause they know bambi won’t do nothing!
“won’t do nothing” = double negative.
He's still sleeping off St. Louis pizza.
White House Squatter Junior Senator by Default and enemy of state.
Hmmmmm... The Italians have some very good Special Forces units that would be more than capable of knocking off a few pirates.
Could be that the Italians will rescue their tugboat all by themselves, and perhaps rescue the Americans on board, too — without Obama’s permission.
How embarrassing would that be!
0bama is a traitor and needs to be arrested for such, tried for such, and summarily dealt with according to military code...
Present! Kumbaya.
The bow was a signal to these terrorists. They have wasted no time in testing the oath of fealty 0 made to the Saudi king.
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS
NOW WE KNOW WHAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DOES
OBAMA, THE STOCK MARKET, AND ENERGY
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING
Is it true that King Barry told the Navy to stand down and do nothing? I heard that statement on a small local radio show.
I think this gives Don Silvio a fine opportunity to make a punk out of Zer0. They all sized him up last week—they know what a weak sister they’re dealing with.
This is just advertising for selling franchises in the Caribbean courtesy of Chavez.
Hope the crew did not waste time phoning 0bama
Fixed it for you.
Bambi is in the White House, just not answering the phone at 3 AM.
Indeed. The Myth of Sissy-Puss is getting a little stale.
LOL! Beat me to it!
I think you’re right. The Italian forces regularly deal to the Mafia in Sicily, so a few pirates in motorboats are unlikely to scare them one bit. They won’t understand or respect this lack of action from Obama.
Is Hillary warming up for another cackle fest? She must think pirates are funny - like those found at Disneyworld.
DING DING DING! We have a winner!
They are currently vetting the TOTUS as an empty suit weak gutless weasel girlie man
touché :)
Yeah, I don't know how many ships are now in the area but I keep hearing "more ships are being sent". I get the impression that we have a dozen warships there now (I'm sure we don't).
Last I heard, there was one hostage and four pirates in a lifeboat that had no fuel. Exactly how many resources do we need to handle this difficult situation?
“double negative.”
She’s from The Department Of Redundancy Department!
I've heard rumblings that is probably what happened. Is the local show trustworthy?
Don’t worry, Obama has just appointed Johnny Depp as Secretary of Pirate Affairs. Mr. Depp is on his way to the region right now to begin discussions.
Suggestion for the 0ne-a-Day crisis resident.
Hit the floor (with the US Navy SEALs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JmqSGVRtYc&feature=related
To that point, this Prez' inaction ain't no part of nothin'.
I’m just waiting for “The US warship captured by Somali Pirates” headline.....
You know it is coming, they have captured everything but.....
He doesn’t work weekends, remember?
At least Biden was right on one issue. He would be tested soon and we would not like the response.
Hey Barak, put down the pizza and lay waste to these pirates and thier villages..........or do you support them?
lol ok what should it be?
Juval Aviv was the Israeli Agent upon whom the movie ' Munich ' was based. He was Golda Meir's bodyguard -- she appointed him to track down and bring to justice the Palestinian terrorists who took the Israeli athletes hostage and killed them during the Munich Olympic Games.
In a lecture in New York City a few weeks ago, he shared information that EVERY American needs to know -- but that our government has not yet shared with us.
He predicted the London subway bombing on the Bill O'Reilly show on Fox News stating publicly that it would happen within a week. At the time, O'Reilly laughed and mocked him saying that in a week he wanted him back on the show. But, unfortunately, within a week the terrorist attack had occurred. Juval Aviv gave intelligence (via what he had gathered in Israel and the Middle East) to the Bush Administration about 9/11 a month before it occurred. His report specifically said they would use planes as bombs and target high profile buildings and monuments.
Congress has since hired him as a security consultant.
Now for his future predictions: He predicts the next terrorist attack on the U.S. will occur within the next few months. Forget hijacking airplanes, because he says terrorists will NEVER try and hijack a plane again as they know the people onboard will never go down quietly again. Aviv believes our airport security is a joke -- that we have been reactionary rather than proactive in developing strategies that are truly effective.
There are over a dozen U.S. warships involved, including a special behavioral modification vessel that will be used to give the pirates a ‘time out’ after their capture.
I would think so more than the MSM because they are such a small station and have many local talk and news guys. If that makes sense.
"He's still sleeping off St. Louis pizza."
He's got his eye on that new swing set but Hillary scolds:
"No, no Obambi! You cannot play on the swings yet. You must first help me pretend we know how to deal with pirates." 
Can you see the image that is being projected....just a trivial event, just some local folks having a fun day at sea....that is until they get their hands on a cruise ship...
That's right, he's nonexempt and doesn't get overtime. That is above his pay scale.
It’s 3 a.m. and there goes the phone
One ringy dingy .. two ringy dingy
I just wonder if that small plane was a test of some kind ,to see if the U.S. airspace could be pentreated and also a nuclear bomb has to be dropped from a high altitude.
It is a must do thing, something you can't put off. You can't hide in your children's playground and not make a decision. The MSM is at an all time skanky low for not holding Bozo's feet to the fire.
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