Posted on 11/21/2009 2:42:56 PM PST by Federalist Patriot
Here is video of British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, seized by Somali Pirates 30 days ago, pleading for their lives as they were surrounded by Somali Gunmen.
The pirates are asking nearly $7 million ransom for the couple's release:
The family of a British couple kidnapped by pirates have made another appeal for their release after seeing footage of them surrounded by gunmen.
In a video obtained by Channel 4 News, Paul and Rachel Chandler, aged 59 and 55 and from Kent, are seen surrounded by Somali gunmen.
Mr Chandler pleads for their lives, saying they fear they may be killed within a week.
The pirates have demanded a ransom of $7m (£4.3m) in a phone call to the BBC.
This is nearly double the highest ever payout to Somali pirates.
With a gun pointing at her head, Mrs Chandler said: "Our captors are very impatient now that nobody has been in touch to enter into negotiations.
"So we ask the government and the people of Britain and our family, to do whatever they can to enter into negotiations with these people to buy back our lives." . . . MORE
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Every time an American or Brit is taken captive by a islamic pirate, a Somali port city should be bombed out of existence. It will stop soon. Very soon.
England hasn't the guts to take it on and King Obama is a rat faced coward.
I believe that every pirate boat that approaches a vessel should be blown out of the water, no questions asked.
If that were to happen, I wonder how long this barbarism would continue?
millions for defense not one cent for tribute!!!!
France did a great job of getting a French Yacht back from the pirates!
My idea is that I have more money than I know what to do with and I buy a couple of yachts, do the serious stealth hardware makeover....
and go trolling.
Broadcast live.....the ratings would be awesome.
Didn’t I hear somewhere that this couple was on a ‘peace mission’???
Dumb Ass tourists...no rescue till thier relatives put up the millions in cash to cover the cost....stupidity should not be rewarded.
If they’re peacenik leftscum, then they deserve whatever comes. Sorry, not very Christian of me, but there it is...
I believe the folks captured and detained in Iran were ‘peaceniks’, too.
Call Obozo folks, I am losing my healthcare.
>> Every time an American or Brit is taken captive by a islamic pirate, a Somali port city should be bombed out of existence.
... with “wide margins”, as they say in the surgical oncology business... to preclude local recurrence of the malignancy.
You sail unarmed into Pirate waters, you should bt surprised when the Pirate introduce themselves to you.
These people are either fools or damned fools.
The history of Stephen Decatur and Thomas Jefferson should give someone the idea on how to deal with this situation.. its not too difficult, its been done before.
Here’s an idea: Let’s take a sailing holiday along the coast of Africa. Why it’s such a lovely time of year for a sail, and it’s such a quiet and peaceful seacoast! Let’s go!
In other words, the US hasnt the guts to do it either.
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