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Somalis say U.S. fired first in high-seas gunbattle
CNN.com ^
| Sunday, March 19, 2006
Posted on 03/19/2006 8:29:23 AM PST by river rat
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somali militiamen who skirmished with U.S. Navy vessels claimed Sunday they did not fire the first shot and that they had been patrolling Somali waters to stop illegal fishing vessels.
On Saturday, two U.S. Navy ships exchanged gunfire with suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia, killing one suspect and wounding five others. (Full story)
It said that the incident took place on international waters and the Navy had taken 12 suspects, including the wounded, into custody after the gunbattle.
Saleban Aadan Barqad, a spokesman for the militias, confirmed the casualties Sunday to The Associated Press.
He said that in total 27 Somali militiamen had been patrolling off the Somali coast before the gunbattle. Fourteen returned to shore safely, Barqad said on two-way radio from the central Somali town of Harardhere.
The militiamen, "were in an operation to protect the country's sea resources from illicit exploitation by foreign vessels," Barqad said............
SNIP....
On Friday, Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Raphael Tuju renewed a call for a peacekeeping mission to Somalia to help disarm the country's various militias.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; cockroaches; islamists; liars; maritime; murderers; pirates; somalia; somalis; usn; usscapestgeorge; ussgonzalez
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Somalia, another turd world toilet - made so by Islam.
Semper Fi
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:29:27 AM PST
by
river rat
To: river rat
I still say "Q" ships are the way to go.
Let the pirates come in close, get vidio of them firing then blast them out of the water.
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:31:25 AM PST
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
To: river rat
"Somalis say U.S. fired first in high-seas gunbattle"
I certainly hope so. Next time I hope they use one of their large guns instead of just the .50 cal. Blow em right out of the water.
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:32:32 AM PST
by
garyhope
(In vino veritas. Ars longa, vita brevis, too brevis.)
To: river rat
Shouldn't there be US Navy film footage of the incident?
I suspect it would reveal that the Somalis weren't all that innocent and peaceful.
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:34:13 AM PST
by
denydenydeny
("Osama... made the mistake of confusing media conventional wisdom with reality" (Mark Steyn))
To: river rat
Towing speedboats/launches behind a mothership in the Red Sea means one thing: piracy.
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:35:40 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: denydenydeny
Shouldn't there be US Navy film footage of the incident?You wouldn't expect CNN to run it if it showed the US to be right, would you?
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:37:19 AM PST
by
FreePaul
To: river rat
The militiamen, "were in an operation to protect the country's sea resources from illicit exploitation by foreign vessels," Barqad said............ Translation: --- These waters are for local pirates only.
We were trolling for targets.
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:37:25 AM PST
by
Dan(9698)
To: river rat
Somalis say U.S. fired first in high-seas gunbattle ...and of course the world will believe lawless, godless third world human waste over the U.S. military. Everyone knows the U.S. is always wrong.
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:37:55 AM PST
by
infidel29
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
To: river rat
On Friday, Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Raphael Tuju renewed a call for a peacekeeping mission to Somalia to help disarm the country's various militias. Ummm... somebody want to tell him we already tried that?
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:38:20 AM PST
by
killjoy
(Same Shirt, Different Day)
To: garyhope
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:39:15 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: river rat
"... Somali militiamen who skirmished with U.S. Navy vessels claimed Sunday they did not fire the first shot..."
That's ok, sweetie. We owed you this one.
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:39:39 AM PST
by
OpusatFR
To: river rat
I only regret that they were able to return to port.
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:42:09 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: river rat
Somalis say U.S. fired first in high-seas gunbattleIt's George Bush's fault????
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:42:39 AM PST
by
B.O. Plenty
(Islam, liberalism and abortions are terminal..)
To: river rat
"Somalis say U.S. fired first in high-seas gunbattle"
First, second, third, eighth, 173rd. . .whatever.
The United State Armed Forces are ALWAYS going to kick
your pirate butts. Did you guys learn ANYTHING from
Tripoli in 1796?
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:43:32 AM PST
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: river rat
Saleban Aadan Barqad, a spokesman for the militias, confirmed the casualties Sunday to The Associated Press.
Tell Saleban that the diaper is too tight on his head.
Caling Jack Bauer, Mr. Bauer please bring some truth serum to help him back to reality...
To: river rat
Somali militiamen who skirmished with U.S. Navy vessels claimed Sunday they did not fire the first shot and that they had been patrolling Somali waters to stop illegal fishing vessels.After the Cole and Clinton in 2000....it's shoot first, second AND third now.
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:44:48 AM PST
by
CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
(Toon Town, Iran...........where reality is the real fantasy.)
To: FreePaul
"You wouldn't expect CNN to run it if it showed the US to be right, would you?" Surely they could run a disclaimer and say it's alleged film footage......
To: river rat
The Navy should have blown them all away...no survivors to make calls on their short wave radios and therefore another slice of trouble from the A....rabs.
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:49:05 AM PST
by
Bret
To: B.O. Plenty
Of course it's George Bush's fault. I'm only surprised it took thirteen freepers before someone realized it.
"Stand by to repel boarders."
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posted on
03/19/2006 8:50:46 AM PST
by
pasquale
("If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful." C.S. Lewis)
To: river rat
Can you imagine being on a destoryer and being attacked by a motorized Dhow?
'You've go to be f*****g S******g me!' is what I would have said before opening up with a 5" salvo. Would have been 1 dead and 26 vaporized.
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posted on
03/19/2006 9:00:44 AM PST
by
truemiester
(If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years)
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