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'Mother ship' behind pirate raids
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| 11/11/2005
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Posted on 11/11/2005 8:45:41 AM PST by 1066AD
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To: Publius6961
To: 1066AD
Farrakhan is right....there IS a mothership!!!
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posted on
11/11/2005 10:07:05 AM PST
by
Feiny
(Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult)
To: ArrogantBustard
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posted on
11/11/2005 10:09:21 AM PST
by
Erasmus
(Getting captivated by modern music leads to Stockhausen Syndrome.)
To: Mr. Lucky
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posted on
11/11/2005 10:13:47 AM PST
by
Publius6961
(The IQ of California voters is about 420........... .............cumulatively)
To: 1066AD
"'Mother ship' behind pirate raids"
Louis Farrakhan disavows involvement
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posted on
11/11/2005 10:14:38 AM PST
by
BeHoldAPaleHorse
(MORE COWBELL! MORE COWBELL! (CLANK-CLANK-CLANK))
To: Publius6961
You wanted to know why the mother ship couldn't merely be "sunk without warning". The presence of innocent hostages is a reason.
Why Britain or the US don't board the sucker escapes me as well.
To: Travis McGee
Problem is, the motherships are probably full of Western hostages, so simply blowing them up is probably not going to be an option Japanese troop ships returning to Japan often had Allied prisoners on board. That didn't stop the Fleet Boats of ComSubPac from sinking them. But of course that was then, and this is now.
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posted on
11/11/2005 10:58:22 AM PST
by
El Gato
To: MizSterious
Thanks for the ping.
Very interesting, these are not just some small time operations.
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:00:53 AM PST
by
FairOpinion
(CA Props: We may have lost the battle, but the war is not over. Support reform in CA.)
To: El Gato
I should have added, that we now have means and methods of taking such ships without sinking them. Travis is well aware of those means and methods. They aren't without risk of course, to both the hostages and the people doing the taking. Much larger risk to the pirates though.
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:01:28 AM PST
by
El Gato
To: 1066AD
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:06:01 AM PST
by
FairOpinion
(CA Props: We may have lost the battle, but the war is not over. Support reform in CA.)
To: GSlob
Just send out a fat target with an attack sub close behind.
Nuisance mother-ship becomes productive fishing reef.
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:06:31 AM PST
by
Mister Da
(Nuke 'em til they glow!)
To: 1066AD
Here's a mother ship for you.
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:08:33 AM PST
by
smartin
(The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.)
To: jjm2111
American Technology Corporation - sound devices (LRAD) are to speakers as lasers are to light bulbs
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:12:43 AM PST
by
Triple
(All forms of socialism deny individuals the right to the fruits of their labor)
To: feinswinesuksass
To: Mr. Lucky
With what hostages may go through in terrorist hands, death would be a deliverance.
Sometimes, you just have to deal with the fact that there will be innocent casualties.
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:13:44 AM PST
by
coydog
(My bathroom djinn can beat up your bathroom djinn!)
To: smartin
That looks like something the Confederate Navy would build!
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:14:40 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: 1066AD
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:16:23 AM PST
by
SGCOS
To: Publius6961
[ Am I the only one who feels that I've been transported to an alternate reality, where arbitrary and random criminal acts are met with simple handwringing? ]
A properly debriefed pirate will die a happier pirate..
Capture them.. Two choices spill your guts of information verified or swim to shore towing a fish head on a rope from your leg.. lies or unuseful information gets a fish head..
Useful information gains release back into the pirate strong hold.. which could be life threatening too..
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:18:47 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
To: 1066AD
To scare off the pirates, they deployed a military-grade sonic weapon, capable of causing permanent damage to hearing from a distance of more than 300 metres (984ft). John Browning invented a great military-grade weapon, capable of causing permanent damage to hearing (and permanent damage to many other useful body parts as well) that could have been deployed more effectively against pirates.
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:29:27 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: 1066AD
But the liner's crew took evasive action, repelling the attackers without returning fire. My guess is that they did not return fire because they had no means to do so.
That ships continue to sail unarmed through Somali waters amazes me. But hey, guns are bad, m'kay?
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posted on
11/11/2005 11:32:10 AM PST
by
Drew68
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