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U.S. ship captain held by pirates off Somalia, has been freed,
CNN ^

Posted on 04/12/2009 10:25:08 AM PDT by Ladycalif

U.S. ship captain held by pirates off Somalia, has been freed, senior U.S. official says. Three of four pirates killed.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 444; alabama; maritime; navyseals; owned; piracy; pirates; rescue; richardphillps; seals; somalia; somaliapirates; somalipirates; usnavy
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To: SkyDancer

Oh thank God.


41 posted on 04/12/2009 10:31:30 AM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Ladycalif

Excellent news! Our servicemen who executed this operation to rescue him and kill the pirates deserve very high honors!


42 posted on 04/12/2009 10:31:32 AM PDT by MadIsh32 (The token Muslim :))
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To: Ladycalif

You need one live perp to tell US the story of who is behind them, finances them, locations.

Sounds like a SEAL deal


43 posted on 04/12/2009 10:31:32 AM PDT by MindBender26 (The Hellfire Missile is one of the wonderful ways God shows us he loves American Soldiers & Marines)
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To: al baby
Being sarcastic without having a sarcasm tag in your post will lead you to troubles.
44 posted on 04/12/2009 10:31:35 AM PDT by jveritas (God Bless our brave troops)
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To: holyscroller

Actually, it might serve to have him rat out their buddies on land.


45 posted on 04/12/2009 10:31:41 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The death cult wants death, the Israelis want peace. I, for one, see only one solution.)
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To: Kansas58
This STILL took entirely too long.

Also, if there is no retribution, towards the pirates on shore and in the other pirate boats, this stuff will only get worse.

Gimme a break. This is the best outcome anyone could hope for. Hostage situations always require patience.

3 of the 4 pirates killed, the 4th captured, the Captain safe. What more could we want? And do we really think any pirates will want to attack another American ship after this? This was a fiasco for them.

46 posted on 04/12/2009 10:32:13 AM PDT by saquin
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To: al baby

>>I knew Obama would come though he is a true leader

LOL


47 posted on 04/12/2009 10:32:18 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks.)
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To: Ladycalif

Read the link... still doesn’t say who or how.
I’m assuming the pirates didn’t die of old age or something...


48 posted on 04/12/2009 10:32:19 AM PDT by djf (Live quiet. Dream loud.)
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To: Ladycalif
BRAVO ZULU!!!
49 posted on 04/12/2009 10:32:53 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
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To: BradyLS

CNN reporting that Captain Phillips family has known for several hours that the Captain is free. The news is just now being released to national media.


50 posted on 04/12/2009 10:32:58 AM PDT by lonevoice (This tagline is identical to the one you are reading)
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To: TribalPrincess2U
Wouldn't surprise me if 0 asked, "how much, guys?" He had to get this out of the news so he secretly paid off his fellow cult members.
51 posted on 04/12/2009 10:33:05 AM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Welcome to 0bama's America... Be afraid, be very afraid)
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To: Kansas58
This STILL took entirely too long.

Three out of four pirates dead, captain safe, ship and crew safe, no ransom paid. What difference does it make if it took one day or five? The end result is what is important, and short of four dead pirates I don't know how it could be any better.

52 posted on 04/12/2009 10:33:05 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Ladycalif

Excellent!


53 posted on 04/12/2009 10:33:15 AM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jveritas

oh please how could it not be sarcastic I like to stir the pot


54 posted on 04/12/2009 10:33:23 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Ladycalif

No let the bombing begin till the rubble bounces and none of it stands taller than one foot.


55 posted on 04/12/2009 10:33:31 AM PDT by junta (Not even respectable mainstream conservatives can save liberalism.)
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To: Ladycalif
USA!!!!
56 posted on 04/12/2009 10:33:48 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife ("Never give in, Never give in, Never give in" Winston Churchill)
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To: Riley

AMEN


57 posted on 04/12/2009 10:33:48 AM PDT by bmwcyle (American voters can fix this world if they would just wake up.)
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To: Ladycalif

Fox has nothing!!


58 posted on 04/12/2009 10:33:57 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: MindBender26

Yep, it smells really specop-y. :-)

To the operators who pulled it off- OUTSTANDING.


59 posted on 04/12/2009 10:34:13 AM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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