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U.S. Warship Fires Warning Shots Over Vessel Boarded by Pirates Off Somali Coast
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Posted on 06/05/2007 9:34:58 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
U.S. Warship Fires Warning Shots Over Vessel Boarded by Pirates Off Somali Coast
Tuesday , June 05, 2007
The U.S. Navy has fired warning shots across the bow of a Dutch ship that has been boarded by armed pirates off the coast of Somalia, FOX News has learned.
The USS Carter Hall also fired on three small boats that surrounded the commercial ship, the "Danica White," after her crew messaged for assistance after being boarded by pirates, the Navy said.
The incident began Saturday and as of Monday the Dutch ship's crew was still believed to be held at gunpoint by an unknown number of pirates who forced the vessel into Somalia's territorial waters. There have been no reports of casualties.
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To: Sub-Driver
I bet the slug was 3 feet off the deck.
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:37:03 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Check my profile for links to anti-illegal immigration T-shirts.)
To: Sub-Driver
Do US Naval vessels still have yardarms?
L
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:37:28 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing small pox to plague.)
To: Sub-Driver
Surrender and prepare to be boarded.
To: Sub-Driver
Let the UN rescue the Dutch. Beisdes, as soon as they smoke all the Dutch pot on board, the pirates will leave anyway.
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:37:52 AM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
To: Sub-Driver
I’ve been wondering why the navy doesn’t do anything about this growing pirate problem. Blowing 10 or 12 of these guys to Davy Jones could keep them in port for a month or two.
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:38:48 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: Sub-Driver
I guess Americans aren’t such evil bullies now.
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:38:55 AM PDT
by
denydenydeny
(Expel the priest and you don't inaugurate the age of reason, you get the witch doctor--Paul Johnson)
To: Sub-Driver
There have been no reports of casualties. Maybe there should be.
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:39:48 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Sub-Driver
a French naval vessel in the area had confirmed the ship and its crew of five was hijacked but was unable to intervene because it could not enter Somali waters. Doing the job the EU won't do. The EU bureaucracy in Brussels loves to send orders down through the chain of bureaucracy to citizens of its member states, but if the citizens of any member state need help, forget about it.
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:40:24 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: denydenydeny
I think I like the Phillippine penalty for piracy best, “Electrocuted until you catch fire.”
To: Sub-Driver
The USS Carter Hall : “Working for Peace, Ready for War!”
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:43:22 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
(Americans never quit. -Douglas MacArthur)
To: Lurker
Kaffee: Sherby, does the Navy still hang people from yardarms?
Lt. Sherby: I don’t think so.
Kaffee: Dave, Sherby doesn’t think the Navy hangs people from yardarms anymore.
Semper Fi,
NYleatherneck
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:44:30 AM PDT
by
NYleatherneck
(It ain't a World War until the French surrender.)
To: Sub-Driver
Dutch ship that has been boarded by armed pirates YARR!
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:44:43 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
("Most of us live... ...two weeks from cannibalism." -- old quote from DU)
To: Sub-Driver
Piracy? Here's hoping the Captain has the nads to hang them or make them walk the plank.
I would love to see just ONE of our ships do summary executions for piracy.
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:45:24 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
To: DManA
Blowing 10 or 12 of these guys to Davy Jones could keep them in port for a month or two.Separated at birth (....er death)
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:46:42 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: theDentist
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:47:15 AM PDT
by
PeterFinn
(Oberint Dum Metuant)
To: Lurker
At need, sailors can kluge anything.
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:47:37 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors. And miss. R.A.Heinlein)
Well, at least this is one thing the US government has done in accordance with the US Constitution.
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:47:43 AM PDT
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: Sub-Driver
"On Saturday, Jorgen Folmer, a spokesman for the Danish shipping company, said a French naval vessel in the area had confirmed the ship and its crew of five was hijacked but was unable to intervene because the French vessel was unable to communicate it's surrender to the pirates."
There, that's better.
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:51:31 AM PDT
by
PeterFinn
(Oberint Dum Metuant)
To: SIDENET
More like ARRRLAH ARRGBA!
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posted on
06/05/2007 9:57:01 AM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
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