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Four Americans Killed on Yacht Hijacked by Somali Pirates (Breaking on FoxNews.com)
FOXnews.com ^ | February 22, 2011 | Fox News Staff

Posted on 02/22/2011 7:36:09 AM PST by NCDragon

DEVELOPING STORY: Four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates have been killed, Fox News has confirmed. U.S. forces responded to gunfire aboard the yacht Quest at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday, but discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors. Despite attempts to save their lives, all four hostages died of their wounds. “We express our deepest condolences for the innocent lives callously lost aboard the Quest,” said Gen. James N. Mattis, U.S. Central Command Commander in a news release. Two pirates died during the confrontation and 13 were captured and detained, along with two pirates already in custody. U.S. forces also found the remains of two other pirates already dead aboard the vessel and believe a total of 19 pirates were involved in the hijacking. The yacht Quest was hijacked on Friday off the coast of Oman and U.S. forces had been closely monitoring the vessel.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: somalipirates
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Breaking on FOX, more to follow as they learn more. This is horrible!
1 posted on 02/22/2011 7:36:12 AM PST by NCDragon
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To: NCDragon

What in the hell were those four doing in that area anyway?
You go play in deaths backyard, you take your chances......


2 posted on 02/22/2011 7:38:49 AM PST by 9422WMR (Illegal is not a race.)
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To: NCDragon
US forces then sank the yacht and strafed the water -- didn't they?

Didn't they???

3 posted on 02/22/2011 7:39:24 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: 9422WMR

I was thinking of taking my granddaughters on a camping trip near the Mexican border.

What could go wrong?


4 posted on 02/22/2011 7:40:17 AM PST by digger48
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To: NCDragon

DROP MOABS ON EVERY ONE IN SOMAILI.


5 posted on 02/22/2011 7:40:34 AM PST by troy McClure
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To: NCDragon

DROP MOABS ON EVERY ONE IN SOMAILI.


6 posted on 02/22/2011 7:40:46 AM PST by troy McClure
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To: NCDragon
Two of the vermin killed, 13 detained.... I have no words...

Mike

7 posted on 02/22/2011 7:41:23 AM PST by MichaelP ("Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.)
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To: NCDragon

Terrible to hear.


8 posted on 02/22/2011 7:41:23 AM PST by Amberdawn
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To: NCDragon

Pick four random ships in their harbor and reduce them to flinders at high noon, no warning, no comment, no apology.


9 posted on 02/22/2011 7:41:40 AM PST by DBrow
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To: NCDragon

Beyond horrible, it was inevitable. That’s why “to the shores of Tripoli” is in the Marine anthem. They will have to start killing them all.


10 posted on 02/22/2011 7:41:48 AM PST by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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To: digger48

“I was thinking of taking my granddaughters on a camping trip near the Mexican border. What could go wrong?”

Or send then to Aruba for fun and frolicking!
They might meet a nice boy?!?!?!


11 posted on 02/22/2011 7:42:53 AM PST by 9422WMR (Illegal is not a race.)
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To: 9422WMR

Missionaries go to a lot of dangerous places.


12 posted on 02/22/2011 7:43:38 AM PST by ozark hilljilly (Y'all had enough, yet?)
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To: NCDragon

Powder..patch..ball FIRE!

They were christian missionaries—the muzzies probably found their bibles or they attempted to witness to them.

OR

The muzzies attempted rape and were rebuked—


13 posted on 02/22/2011 7:45:00 AM PST by BallandPowder
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13 “detained”...To be brought back here for miilion dollar civilian trials with high-priced defense attorneys, and then to be placed in the US prison system at a taxpayer cost of $40-50K a year each.

We have lost our minds. Our country is being run by lunatics.


14 posted on 02/22/2011 7:45:26 AM PST by denydenydeny (Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak-Adams)
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To: MichaelP

Why were all of the pirates not killed ? What will they do with them now-bring them all to NY and try them,put them in a cushy jail cell? Maybe invite them to the WH to discuss their futures? This goes beyond the pale..


15 posted on 02/22/2011 7:45:38 AM PST by Disgusted in Texas
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To: troy McClure

Sounds good to me!


16 posted on 02/22/2011 7:46:51 AM PST by jennings2004 (Sarah Palin: "The bright light at the end of a very dark tunnel!")
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To: troy McClure

I am one of the few on this board that have been to Somalia (Naval service in the early 80s) but I join with those that say Somalia can burn.


17 posted on 02/22/2011 7:47:14 AM PST by jimfree (In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
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To: 9422WMR

They were actually out in the Indian Ocean - these pirates range as far as 600 miles away from their nests.

But it doesn’t matter why the sailors were there. We cannot simply declare a part of the sea to be off-limits to all except Muslim pirates. Piracy can paralyze trade and entire economies, even if you don’t care about the human cost.

Also, the message must go out: mess with US citizens, get dead. But that’s not going to happen with this president. Somebody on another thread suggested putting out a false rumor that these people were SEIU members - that might have gotten his attention.


18 posted on 02/22/2011 7:47:48 AM PST by livius
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To: DBrow
Pick four random ships in their harbor and reduce them to flinders at high noon, no warning, no comment, no apology.

You are remembering Reagan and W, the great Osama will never do anything like that to fellow Muslims. (and incidentally Regan and W would pick the four biggest ships that were not hostaged and a few mansions on shore).

19 posted on 02/22/2011 7:48:16 AM PST by ProudFossil
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To: 9422WMR

If we start treating the open sea like some pirate’s personal fiefdom and condemning Americans who sail the open sea as being stupid and wrong, think of what freedoms we give up

Where next to tell American sailors to avoid? Coasts of Central and South America? Coast of Asia? Java Sea? Carribbean?


20 posted on 02/22/2011 7:48:28 AM PST by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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