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What are the Pirates (holding U.S. Captain) armed with? Prediction by marktwain: Knives.
10 April, 2009
| marktwain
Posted on 04/10/2009 9:22:26 AM PDT by marktwain
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Please post your prediction as to what you believe they were armed with. If you have actual information, please post that as well.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:22:26 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
One photo I have shows an RPG, rifle, and possibly a couple SMGs.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:24:04 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(John Galt was exiled.)
To: ctdonath2
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:25:58 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(John Galt was exiled.)
To: marktwain
Small arms and possibly a grenade launcher or two.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:27:14 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: marktwain
I have no idea what type of weapons they have, but I’m sure 90% came from the U.S. /sarc
To: marktwain
My guess is they were armed with Strong Words, perhaps in ALL CAPS!
</sarc>
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:27:46 AM PDT
by
Redbob
(W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
To: Above My Pay Grade
LOL its a river of steel don’tcha know.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:29:30 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: marktwain
At best they have “small arms” — and so we become the bad guys because of our “disproportionate response”. I mean, these guys may have knives, and we show up with a guided missile cruiser! How unfair! We are such beasts. No wonder everyone hates us. [/s]
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:29:46 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(American Revolution II -- overdue)
To: marktwain
If these pirates are affiliated with the Islamist group al Shabab, they might have AK-47s.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:31:01 AM PDT
by
12Gauge687
(Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice)
To: marktwain
The media yesterday reported AK-47s.
But those jack-asses wouldn’t know an AK-47 from an F250.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:33:15 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: marktwain
Well, this is not about the pirates, but about the shipping company itself and what it’s armed with. Just fire hoses... that’s all they want their crews to be armed with (according to the President of the company...).
To: Redbob
Well we're pert'much doomed, then, I reckon.
Ain't no one come up with a good defense against Strong Words in ALL CAPS yet!
Ah'm pert' near sceart right about now, I don' know about yew.
Dang them Muslims. Dang 'em to heck.
;^)
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:36:30 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: marktwain
Soon we will be told that the weapons came from an evil gun shop owner in El Paso TX who sold them to the Mexican Drug Cartel, who sold them to the Venezuelans, who sold them to the Iranians, who sold them to the Palestinians, who sold them to the Kenyans, who sold them to the Somalians, who sold them to the pirates.
If only we had better gun control laws none of this would have happened donchano.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:37:13 AM PDT
by
mosaicwolf
(Strength and Honor)
To: marktwain
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:38:16 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
To: mosaicwolf
...all part of the evil ‘gun show loophole’ for pirates.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:38:31 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: marktwain
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:38:55 AM PDT
by
zwerni
(this isn't gonna be good for business)
To: marktwain
Defense officials say that one of the pirates holding an American captive fired an automatic weapon ...
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:39:38 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." ~Sam Brown)
To: marktwain
Inside the covered lifeboat with the captain, I’d be surprised if they had anything larger than pistols, or maybe machine-pistols. Knives almost certainly: they would be the most convenient weapon to use to hold the captain at close quarters, without risking injury to each other.
I’m going to guess switchblade or lockblade knives, the sort that are easy to carry. Machetes would have been useful for taking the ship, as they’d be something like cutlasses. Inside the lifeboat they would be much harder to use effectively.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:39:56 AM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: DieHard the Hunter
There are also hatchets and a few knives as part of the lifeboat’s provisions.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:41:52 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: marktwain
If CNN is to be believed, they are armed with rods, reels, bait, and a hatred of America instilled in them by George Bush.
But really, these are complex operations, 300 miles from shore. I’m not thinking knives. Photos of these guys shows RPGs and AK47’s usually, which I assume is what these particular pirates have.
There has been alot of conflicting information on why the cargo ships aren’t armed. Does anyone know for sure why?
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:46:47 AM PDT
by
lacrew
(Obama and cabinet: Fool and the Gang)
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