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US navy captures Somali pirates.
BBC ^

Posted on 01/22/2006 8:44:39 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME

The US navy says it has captured a number of suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia.

The guided missile destroyer USS Winston S Churchill went in pursuit of a suspect vessel after receiving a report of piracy, the navy said.

When other efforts failed, the Churchill fired warning shots to bring the boat to a halt.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: captured; gwot; maritime; pirates; skinniesatsea; usn; usswinstonchurchill
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To: sam_paine

Now, that is a great picture. Is the larger boat the "mother ship" they references after these guys attacked the liner? If so, this is a big haul.


21 posted on 01/22/2006 8:51:08 AM PST by Steelerfan
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To: Blueflag

“It was never a fair fight”

Oh contraire.

It was a very "fair fight" - all of our troops came home alive and uninjured. That, in an warrior’s opinion is a very "fair fight".


22 posted on 01/22/2006 8:51:59 AM PST by Nip (SPECTRE - Whistling death from the darkness of night.)
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To: SteveMcKing

Vessels are much more difficult to search if you sink them.


23 posted on 01/22/2006 8:52:12 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: xcamel

Wasn't it to hang the pirates from the mast of their vessel, or to drown them by tossing them overboard?


24 posted on 01/22/2006 8:52:37 AM PST by GSlob
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To: Starve The Beast

Somalis have taken over the airport in Minnespolis.


25 posted on 01/22/2006 8:52:39 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: keat
The "Mother Boat" is in the lead behind are the "Whale Boats" (there are two of 'em) that they used to board other vessels..
26 posted on 01/22/2006 8:52:52 AM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Somalis have taken over the airport in Minnespolis.

Better than Hari-Krishnas.

27 posted on 01/22/2006 8:53:14 AM PST by LdSentinal
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To: MARKUSPRIME

God Bless ALL the Sailors aboard. Using the Churchill, they are taking excellent care of us.


28 posted on 01/22/2006 8:53:21 AM PST by JOE43270 (JOE43270, God Bless America and All Who Have and Will Defend Her.)
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To: sam_paine

#2 removed because of a copyright complaint from Getty.


29 posted on 01/22/2006 8:53:58 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: namsman

Navy ping!


30 posted on 01/22/2006 8:55:28 AM PST by SW6906 (5 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, guns and ammunition.)
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To: MARKUSPRIME

And will they apply to them the customary treatment for pirates?

Hanging?

The only conceivable reason I can see they "capture" these scum is to sail the pirate vessel into the nearest port with pirates hanging from the booms.


31 posted on 01/22/2006 8:56:20 AM PST by Redbob
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To: muir_redwoods

I keep thinking about that FEDeX commercial where the pirate is in the job interview...ROTFL


32 posted on 01/22/2006 8:59:13 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (There is an Amber Alert out for my tagline. If you find it, FReepmail me.)
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To: RightOnline
Whew.......having a guided missile destroyer from the US Navy chasing you down. Man..........can you say "pucker factor"???

Modern Hollyweird's version: "Thoth thilly piwateth. They made the pretty warthip mad."

33 posted on 01/22/2006 9:00:24 AM PST by Wolfstar ("We must...all hang together or...we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin)
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To: MARKUSPRIME

Three cheers for the Navy!


34 posted on 01/22/2006 9:00:46 AM PST by skr ("That book [Bible], sir, is the rock on which our republic rests."--Andrew Jackson)
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To: Northern Yankee; MARKUSPRIME; keat
Here's a pic of the dhow and their skiffs, from the Navy's website.

MARKUSPRIME, here's the same pic from the Navy's website.


35 posted on 01/22/2006 9:03:14 AM PST by csvset
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To: samtheman

"And Pelosi and Kerry will scream that their human rights have been violated."

Get their Washington D.C. residence addresses. Launch missles one AND two. THEN listen to them scream.


36 posted on 01/22/2006 9:03:18 AM PST by righttackle44 (The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
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To: Starve The Beast
Grateful world pauses to consider what a dangerous mess shipping would be if the US Navy didn't patrol the oceans like a bunch of big, friendly neighborhood cops.

For just a moment. Then it starts whining again.

37 posted on 01/22/2006 9:05:24 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: csvset

You know the somalis were like "oh sh*T the US navy is following us". God I would love to see their faces. :-)


38 posted on 01/22/2006 9:06:25 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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To: Blueflag; MARKUSPRIME

Well that sux! I guess AM's don't like my comment.....or don't let BBC pic posts....


39 posted on 01/22/2006 9:06:27 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Admin Moderator
#2 removed because of a copyright complaint from Getty.

Arrgh! Me bad, Matey! Mark the ire'nee of ye copy rites on a pirate thread!


40 posted on 01/22/2006 9:09:59 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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