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U.S. ship held in $500M booty row
CNN ^
| 17 October 2007
| Al Goodman
Posted on 10/17/2007 5:55:23 AM PDT by Freeport
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To: QQQQ
Perhaps you mean fiddled or harped from America... lol I know, what a smart bleep
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posted on
10/17/2007 7:28:36 AM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Shock and Awe used to mean something! (Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tokyo and Dresden))
To: Freeport
How many marines want to die for this guys gold?
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posted on
10/17/2007 7:29:46 AM PDT
by
DariusBane
(Shock and Awe used to mean something! (Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tokyo and Dresden))
To: Sax
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posted on
11/16/2007 6:37:55 AM PST
by
Sax
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Note: this topic is from 10/17/2007 . Thanks Freeport.
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posted on
05/15/2015 10:07:38 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
05/15/2015 12:21:01 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
Hopefully they'll get this row straightened out.
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posted on
05/15/2015 2:12:15 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet stays on the internet.)
To: Freeport
Millions for defense, but not one red cent for tribute.
Looks like the Barbary pirates have moved across the Med to Spain.
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posted on
05/15/2015 3:21:40 PM PDT
by
wildbill
(If you check behind the shower curtain for a murderer, and find one.... what's yoIur plan?)
To: Freeport; SunkenCiv
Please note this post is from 2007. In 2012 a U.S. federal court ruled in Spain's favor that the gold did indeed belong to it and the gold was returned to Spain.
By the law of the sea the cargo of national naval ships belongs to that nation.
To: colorado tanker
Screw that court and screw Spain. If Spain wants the ill-gotten gain from its colonial period off the ocean floor, it can pay to do it. They hadn’t lifted a finger in the subsequent centuries — just as during their colonial heyday, they’ll rob whomever they like.
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posted on
05/16/2015 2:48:36 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: Freeport
I’m not really sure why anybody bothers to hunt for sunken treasure. The legal picture is such a nightmare, with the country of the ship, the country nearest the wreck, and your own country all claiming most if not all of the treasure. Really the worst thing that can happen to a treasure hunter is they actually find some.
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posted on
05/16/2015 2:53:16 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Bobby, I'm sorry you have a head like a potato.)
To: Freeport
Isnt Spain one of the PIGS?
Why should US soldiers defend an non-federal issue? Tired of risking our soldiers, whether for multinationals or stupid people who go to dangerous places.
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05/16/2015 2:54:23 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
(Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
To: SunkenCiv
The rule of law generally works for the best. It's what prevents salvers from disturbing the wrecks at the bottom of Ironbottom Sound and other Navy wrecks.
The practical solution is to go to the Spaniards before any salvage is attempted and cut a deal to share what is recovered. I agree it sucks in this case the Spaniards took it all.
To: colorado tanker
They also seized a ship in international waters.
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posted on
05/16/2015 5:26:12 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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