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Japanese Ship Hijacked In Africa
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| 10-29-2007
Posted on 10/29/2007 8:16:36 AM PDT by blam
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:16:36 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:17:22 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
To: blam
Hard to believe there are still pirates in the world. Even when I was a kid I thought they were the stuff of legends.
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:20:07 AM PDT
by
Rennes Templar
("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
To: blam
I’m still amazed they don’t put guns on the decks of these ships.
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:23:36 AM PDT
by
Terpfen
(It's your fault, not Pelosi's.)
To: Rennes Templar
Someone around here has a chart showing global warming is caused by a lack of pirates and charts the loss of pirates with the increase in temp.
So, I’m glad to see them come back and save the planet.
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:24:28 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: null and void
Honor would recognize a Q ship. Not the IMB.
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:25:44 AM PDT
by
Amadeo
To: blam
To: blam
nijas vs pirates. Looks like the pirates win this time. arrrrrgh
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:31:42 AM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
To: blam
A brace of 20mm guns is enough. How hard is it to mount those?
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:38:29 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(Attila the Hun... wasn't he a liberal?)
To: Rennes Templar
There have always been pirates, and always will be as long as there are men who go down to the sea in ships.......
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:38:45 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we have consensus.......)
To: blam
Of all the nations on the Earth, I think the Phillipines have the best punishment for pirates. The law on the books says “electrocuted until they catch fire.”
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:43:28 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(Before the government can give you a dollar it must first take it from another American)
To: null and void
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:44:29 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we have consensus.......)
To: blam
Off the coast of Somalia??? I put money on the probability that they are Muslim pirates.
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:45:30 AM PDT
by
Anti-Hillary
(Anyone but Hitlery)
To: blam
How about the US Navy quietly creating a Qship that looks like a normal tanker/freighter, but contains a couple of squads of heavily armed Marines along with a couple of concealed M2’s and a 40mm cannon? Then send it in trolling in these areas.
To: Amadeo
"Honor would recognize a Q ship. Not the IMB."
She would then proceed to chase it down and obliterate it with a massive broadside of bomb-pumped laser warhead torpedoes!
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:52:01 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(Never Forget!)
To: Seruzawa
It's not hard at all, and they've got a naval variant of the more modern 25mm Bushmaster:
I saw part of a documentary on the History Channel last week about the return of pirates; they had some sea lawyer on it who stated that it was against "International Law"© to arm merchant ships -- the international version of "gun control."
We can see how well that's working...
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:56:40 AM PDT
by
JMK
(One of the lucky few -- escaped from NJ during the Florio years!)
To: Anti-Hillary
Off the coast of Somalia??? I put money on the probability that they are Muslim pirates.Yup, just doin' the lord (Allah) work. (In their eyes, anyway.)
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posted on
10/29/2007 8:57:11 AM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: Pistolshot
Better pirate medicine would be to have a Predator-B flying high, and just taking out any craft that looks like a pirate craft approaching a merchant ship
To: BuffaloJack
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posted on
10/29/2007 9:00:35 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(millions crippled by the war on poverty....but we won't pull out)
To: JMK
Stick the guns on any how and tell the lawyers they can arrest the crews themselves. I’d pay to see that.
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posted on
10/29/2007 9:04:17 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(Attila the Hun... wasn't he a liberal?)
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