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2 Maersk Alabama guards dead (former USN SEALs)
Fox ^ | 2/19/2014

Posted on 02/19/2014 7:28:35 AM PST by logi_cal869

Listening to domestic-extremist/right-wing-AM-radio, heard a news report about 2 guards being found dead on the Maersk Alabama in Seychelles. The report identified the guards as 'former Navy SEALs'. Tragic.

If it's posted anywhere, I can't find it and it's not indexed in search engines yet.

I can't say with certainty whether it was Bloomberg news or Fox News, as this station mixes it up and I didn't catch that.


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KEYWORDS: maersk; maerskalabama; maritime; seals; seychelles; specialforces
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Mod: Not posting this in news as I have no citation. If confirmed in replies, move to News, maybe?

Update: From the radio station:

FOX News (feed) sez:

Two former Navy SEALs working as security contractors aboard the Maersk Alabama were found dead Tuesday aboard the container ship, a day after it was docked near an island northeast of Madagascar, according to the Trident Group, the security firm that employed the men.

The company said families of the two contractors have been notified and requested that their names not be released.

A spokesman from the shipping line only confirmed that two people had been found dead, citing the ongoing investigation.

The Maersk Alabama was featured in the movie 'Captain Phillips,' which was based on a pirate hijacking off the coast of Somalia in 2009. It had been docked in Victoria, Seychelles, which is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean.

1 posted on 02/19/2014 7:28:35 AM PST by logi_cal869
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To: logi_cal869

I’m too much of a paranoid, conspiracy theorist to attempt a reply, but I’ll be paying attention to this thread.


2 posted on 02/19/2014 7:31:02 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: logi_cal869

Fox News (Martha McCallum) reporting this right now.


3 posted on 02/19/2014 7:31:16 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: logi_cal869

Bookmark! Prayers Said.


4 posted on 02/19/2014 7:35:20 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: logi_cal869; All

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/19/2-american-contractors-found-dead-aboard-ship-featured-in-movie-captain-philips/

Wasn’t there a few minutes ago. Was browsing tweets when I found the story.


5 posted on 02/19/2014 7:35:52 AM PST by logi_cal869
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To: logi_cal869

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

For those who haven’t seen it, the movie ‘Captain Phillips’ is worth watching.


6 posted on 02/19/2014 7:38:26 AM PST by Starboard
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To: logi_cal869
Listening to domestic-extremist/right-wing-AM-radio

You consider Fox/Bloomberg to be "extremist/right-wing"???

7 posted on 02/19/2014 7:40:55 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Starboard

Crew responding to the movie said the captain was a jerk. The movie was not true, fantasy yes.


8 posted on 02/19/2014 7:40:59 AM PST by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice.)
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To: logi_cal869

Theory ... Killers were in a container? Loaded to ship with supplies and escape means?


9 posted on 02/19/2014 7:43:27 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Starboard

“LONE SURVIVOR” would be a better choice.


10 posted on 02/19/2014 7:43:39 AM PST by Howie66 (John Wayne McCornyn...he's just like US! Honest!)
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To: logi_cal869

Nothing on Lloyds news yet.

Just speculating, but I’d guess this was a long-planned revenge hit for the first Maersk Alabama episode.


11 posted on 02/19/2014 7:43:50 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor)
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To: SkyDancer

Captns are not paid to be friendly.


12 posted on 02/19/2014 7:43:51 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: SkyDancer

That may be true, and thanks for mentioning it as I’ll look into this, but underlings usually see anyone in charge as jerks. I’ve not known many people that praise management.


13 posted on 02/19/2014 7:45:21 AM PST by Starboard
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To: no-to-illegals

Those ships are fairly easy to board. They probably just drove a boat up and snuck on. Might have had inside help.


14 posted on 02/19/2014 7:47:34 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

whooooo DID it .... whoooooo DID it !!!!


15 posted on 02/19/2014 7:47:54 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: Howie66

Thanks. I’m waiting for the rental to come out. (I hate going to movie theaters with all the attendant hassels.)


16 posted on 02/19/2014 7:48:22 AM PST by Starboard
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To: driftdiver

I too am thinking inside help.


17 posted on 02/19/2014 7:48:51 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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First web posting I could find:

Fox picked it up later 30 minutes later via Twitter. The first broadcast was apparently what I heard via their breaking news feed into the radio station and the web 'blurb' showed up seconds prior to my posting it above.

18 posted on 02/19/2014 7:50:10 AM PST by logi_cal869
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19 posted on 02/19/2014 7:50:56 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Cementjungle; logi_cal869
ou consider Fox/Bloomberg to be "extremist/right-wing"???

I think he was joking. That's what the Left thinks of it.

20 posted on 02/19/2014 7:53:33 AM PST by WXRGina (The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
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