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American crew regains control of pirated ship
CBS NEWS ^ | 04/08/09 | Me

Posted on 04/08/2009 8:26:16 AM PDT by Robe

Breaking. Per CBS radio news.. the crew has regained control of the ship throwing three pirates overboard and capturing one.. Will post more.. Breaking

(Excerpt) Read more at CBSNEWS.COM ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eaglesup; first100days; fishfood; letsroll; maerskalabama; maritime; nothankstoobama; obama; piracy; pirates; seafarersunion; somalihijackers; somalipirates; vigilantism; whitehouse; whitehousemonitoring; worst100days
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To: gitmo

If the pirates weren’t their major source of income ....


481 posted on 04/08/2009 9:51:28 AM PDT by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
and all we will hear from the White House is crickets chirping

I have not been able to follow this on TV this morning.

Has Obama even made a statement on this?

482 posted on 04/08/2009 9:51:35 AM PDT by tapatio
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To: Reaganesque

That’s a long swim isn’t it? If they don’t make it they can’t sue. It would be funny if your scenario happened.


483 posted on 04/08/2009 9:52:32 AM PDT by daylilly
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To: tapatio

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: “The White House is closely monitoring the apparent hijacking of the U.S.-flagged ship in the Indian Ocean and assessing a course of action to resolve this situation.”

How inspiring.

Meanwhile, the ship was taken back, and several pirates have walked the plank...


484 posted on 04/08/2009 9:53:51 AM PDT by apastron (I miss the good old days - when bankers just jumped out of a window...)
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To: Robe

No, but heaven knows I served with enough! Very good men to have around IMHO, especially when you’re on SP in Cubi ...


485 posted on 04/08/2009 9:53:58 AM PDT by tgusa (Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
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To: manc
he’s too busy looking for a church to deal with anything right now

ARF

20 years in a racist church he hears nothing. leaves because the media asked questions and states I will find a church months now and not one church

coincidence

nah

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MEANWHILE, at the very top of Drudge's page as I type:

AP: OBAMA LOOKING INTO 'RADICAL TECHNOLOGIES TO COOL EARTH'S AIR'...

Considers seeding clouds to fight warming...

'Shooting pollution particles into upper atmosphere to reflect sun's rays'...

Below which one finds:

U.S. CREW RETAKES SHIP FROM PIRATES

486 posted on 04/08/2009 9:54:08 AM PDT by shoutingandpointing
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I’d call them shark bait.


488 posted on 04/08/2009 9:54:27 AM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: LADY J
And with Odinga, the Marxist “cousin” of Obama, in charge of Kenya, after a violent coup, why on EARTH does Kenya, with its Communist Utopia, NEED American food aid? lol
489 posted on 04/08/2009 9:54:34 AM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Robe

2 words............CHUCK NORRIS!


491 posted on 04/08/2009 9:55:07 AM PDT by NCBraveheart (My inner child is a mean little SOB)
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To: Eye of Unk

I imagine the Americans on that ship figured that was their only choice, because they all knew that the Obama Administration was not going to do squat!

They had to take matters into their own hands!

This kind of stuff never falls to make me proud I am an American!

GOD BLESS THE CREW OF THAT SHIP!!


492 posted on 04/08/2009 9:55:21 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: hoosiermama

By tonight the story will be.....

Three Somali fisherman were viciously attacked and thrown overboard from a U.S. manned cargo ship today. No word yet of any pending charges against the crew or captian. The safety of the three fishermen has yet to be determined.


493 posted on 04/08/2009 9:55:45 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

we can try him in minnesota where he’s probably from to start with.


494 posted on 04/08/2009 9:55:49 AM PDT by wiggen
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To: Eye of Unk
We always FIGHT BACK!

And now we have a president who will apologize to the surviving pirate :(

495 posted on 04/08/2009 9:55:57 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ((((Happy birthday Jacques Brel, and thanks for the music.))))
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To: tapatio

Has Obama even made a statement on this?

Not to my satisfaction......


496 posted on 04/08/2009 9:57:03 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Robe

Per White House press secretary Robert Gibbs in a statement:

“The White House is closely monitoring the apparent re-hijacking of the U.S.-flagged ship by the vessel’s “initial crew” and assessing a course of action to resolve this situation. Our top priority is the personal safety of the pirates on board. As the President stated recently during his trip to Turkey...the United States is not now nor ever will be at war with islam.....next question...”


497 posted on 04/08/2009 9:57:36 AM PDT by VaBthang4 ("He Who Watches Over Israel Will Neither Slumber Nor Sleep")
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To: tapatio
0bambi is probably still sleeping on AF-One even though they are back in D.C. He likes his bling.
498 posted on 04/08/2009 9:57:38 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: downtownconservative

” a wrongful death law suit”

Do we know they died? I would assume that they probably would have gotten into their “fishing” boat.


499 posted on 04/08/2009 9:58:24 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Perdogg
Excuse me, but don’t we have Marines on these ships to prevent stuff like this?

No we don't, and the head of the ship line emphasized, the crews are not armed either.

You'd not get me out in those waters, or a lot of others, without at least my privately owned weapons. IMHO they should mount about 2-4 Ma Dueces on those ships, depending on configuration. That would make the pirate scum think twice. Ma out ranges an RPG, IIRC.

Of course a 20 mm with explosive projectiles would be better.

500 posted on 04/08/2009 9:58:46 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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