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Clinton Seeks End to 'Scourge of Piracy' as U.S. Navy Races to Hijacked American Ship
Fox News ^
| Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Posted on 04/08/2009 4:51:30 PM PDT by topfile
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Wednesday for world action to "end the scourge of piracy" as U.S. warships raced to confront pirates who hijacked a U.S.-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia.
American crew members aboard the hijacked ship were able to regain control of the vessel Wednesday, but the ship's captain still is being held hostage on a smaller boat.
"We are deeply concerned and we are following it very closely," Clinton said.
"Specifically, we are now focused on this particular act of piracy and the seizure of a ship that carries 21 American citizens. More generally, we think the world must come together to end the scourge of piracy," she said.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aaarghhh; bho44; clinton; maritime; obama; pirates; somalipirates; soshillary
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Clinton says it takes a village /s
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:51:30 PM PDT
by
topfile
To: topfile
They should declare some of these ports as pirate ports and lay waste to them. All boats, all docks, all shipyard facilities. This could be an internationally supported effort.
To: topfile
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Wednesday for world action to "end the scourge of piracy"... It needs to start with you Hitlery, quit the dimocrat party.
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:54:29 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, Question everyone else)
To: topfile
If the consequences of piracy continue to be negligible for the pirates, I suspect a lot of fishermen and coastal traders will be taking it up as a part-time occupation, at the very least. Monetarily rewarding careers with little risk involved do have a way of drawing new recruits. Fishermen and coastal traders will be first in line because they have a basic skill pirates need to have - seamanship.
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:55:18 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
To: EGPWS
Good post, thanks for the laugh.
To: Pearls Before Swine
So who’s president? Hillary or Barack? You wouldn’t guess it’s Barack from reading this snippet of news.
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:55:58 PM PDT
by
behzinlea
To: topfile
Yeah, yeah....and she said the NK missle launch would be “unhelpful” too. As usual, she’s right on it....
To: topfile
SHe plans on holding a conference?
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:56:34 PM PDT
by
Tarpon
(You abolish your responsibilities, your surrender your rights.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
They should declare some of these ports as pirate ports and lay waste to them. Who?
If you say the Obama administration and/or the U.N. you will put me on the floor with tears of laughter.
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:56:49 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, Question everyone else)
To: topfile
I think Hillary should volunteer to be one of the hostages instead of the captains.
To: topfile
There’s the Obama version of America’s Big Stick policy - better stop that or we’ll call for global action.
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:57:33 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: topfile
“The word for today is ‘knee pads’. Can you say ‘knee pads’, Hillary? I knew you could.”
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:58:03 PM PDT
by
LiberConservative
(0bama: worst ... president ... EVER.)
To: topfile
She should read the biography of Pompey the Great, who cleaned out the entire Mediterranean of pirates.
He didn’t do it by being a “nice” guy or just making bombastic statements.
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:58:21 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Obamanation of Desolation is President. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
To: topfile
New challenge for Obama administration
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:59:01 PM PDT
by
topfile
To: topfile
Look out...if this continues, the administration will unleash their most powerful weapon...
...the strongly worded letter!
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posted on
04/08/2009 4:59:03 PM PDT
by
NorCoGOP
(Recession: friend loses his job. Depression: You lose your job. Recovery: Obama loses his job.)
To: skeeter
There’s the Obama version of America’s Big Stick policy - better stop that or we’ll call for global action. Oh the horrors, to be resolutioned to death!
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posted on
04/08/2009 5:00:38 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, Question everyone else)
To: NorCoGOP
...the strongly worded letter! Gasp!
I almost hit the abuse button for there are children looking over my shoulder. ; )
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posted on
04/08/2009 5:02:20 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, Question everyone else)
To: topfile
Between Somalia and North Korea, we seem to be asking the UN for a lot this week.
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posted on
04/08/2009 5:04:29 PM PDT
by
edcoil
(Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner Liberty is a well-armed lamb)
To: topfile
Send 'em in
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posted on
04/08/2009 5:04:44 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
To: EGPWS
re “Who”
Yeah, that is a problem.
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