Posted on 08/27/2009 1:06:50 PM PDT by TheBattman
A U.S. Navy helicopter conducting surveillance off the coast of Somalia was fired upon Wednesday by pirates aboard a Taiwanese-flagged vessel, where some 30 crewmembers are being held hostage, according to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.
The Somali pirates fired what appeared to be a large-caliber weapon at the U.S. Navy SH-60B but didn’t strike it, according to the Navy. No one was injured in the incident and the crew did not return fire, the Navy said.
The Taiwanese ship Win Far was seized April 6. Since then, it has been used as a "mother ship" for the launching of other pirate attacks, most notably against the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama a couple of days later, according to the Navy.
The helicopter was conducting a routine surveillance flight of the Win Far, which is anchored by Somali pirates south of Garacad, Somalia, according to the Navy.
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Why haven’t we went in and sank all these pirates?
Unfortunately, it isn’t called that when the ones doing the shootin’ are both “brothas” and “bretheren” of the POTUS>.....
“the crew did not return fire, the Navy said.”
WTF?
“Why haven’t we went in and sank all these pirates?”
Because our lifeless, souless teleprompter in chief literally has no balls.
Well thank Goodness for that. Otherwise we would have had Zero giving a prime-time televised press conference apologizing to the Somalis for our careless scratching of their projectiles with our aircraft.
My understanding - the rules of engagement for our forces in that area - they may not fire under ANY circumstances without direct orders from the President himself.
I cannot vouch for the authenticity of this info - it is 3rd or 4th-hand info - so basically a rumor that seems to be playing out in reality.
We haven’t went in and sank all these pirates because they hold hostages.
“..fired upon Wednesday by pirates aboard a Taiwanese-flagged vessel, where some 30 crewmembers are being held hostage.”
Don’t bother me with minutiae. I’m riding my bicycle in Martha’s Vineyard.
Obamarules........no shooting back.
In this case, I call it a **really** strong desire to die.
Has the crew of the helicopter been charged with civil rights abuses yet?
Sink them? 0bama will bow to them and apologize.
It doesn’t matter what you call it when you have spineless lefties in charge.
To them it is always a chance to apologize for our arrogance and to offer them scholarships to our American Universities, so that they can become lawyers.
LOL!
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