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April 09, 2009
“(Captain Phillips Hostage Situtation Update) Somali Pirates: “Please Pray For Us””
SNIPPET: “Naturally Reuters are in direct contact with the arseholes holding Captain Phillips hostage:
[...]Reached by Reuters via satellite phone, the pirates on the lifeboat sounded desperate as they watched a US warship and other foreign naval vessels close to them. “We are surrounded by warships and don’t have time to talk,” one said. “Please pray for us.”[...]
Sorry aresholes, my prayers are for the captain.”
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225937/posts
Bush Administration Had Issued Plan for Pirates in December
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 04-09-09 | PETER SPIEGEL
Posted on April 9, 2009 4:16:51 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
WASHINGTON — In the waning days of the Bush administration, the National Security Council issued a detailed yet little-noticed plan for combating piracy off the coast of Somalia.
The 14-page blueprint, issued in December, committed the U.S. government and its military to securing the sea lanes of the Gulf of Aden — through which, the plan noted, nearly 12% of the world’s oil is transported — and laid out more than a dozen specific policy initiatives that the White House would take to make sure Somali pirates did not choke off the world’s commercial shipping.
But the vast majority of the tasks laid out in the plan either were aimed at making sure pirates never reached commercial vessels — encouraging ships to travel at night, increasing intelligence sharing, destroying vessels that appear outfitted for piracy — or ensuring that there were consequences for pirates that were ultimately caught.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...