Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

US destroyer watching hijacked ship off Somalia
Associated Press ^ | September 27, 2008 | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN

Posted on 09/27/2008 6:02:31 PM PDT by george76

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-67 next last
To: SandRat
Thus with the U-boat effectively lured towards the apparently abandoned vessel the Q-Ship would run up the white ensign and the deck structure would be collapsed by the remaining ship’s crew revealing a series of up to four manned guns, which would immediately open fire.

Which directly and predictably led to the German's treating ALL ships as potential Q ships, and simply torpedoing them. Which led to the German torpedoing of the RMS Lusitania, with the deaths of over a thousand civilians, and the entrance of the United States into the war

The whole point of the Q ship was to create civilian casualties to make it easier to sell having the US enter the war.

I have a simpler solution. Have an AC-130 cruise along the length of Somalia's coast, and destroy EVERY Somali boat. Repeat every few nights. The pirate incidents will stop.

41 posted on 09/27/2008 6:38:47 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: SandRat
the Q-Ship would run up the white ensign and the deck structure would be collapsed by the remaining ship’s crew revealing a series of up to four manned guns, which would immediately open fire.

I'm not seeing the honor at all in using the French flag like that.

42 posted on 09/27/2008 6:41:17 PM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: PapaBear3625

I would think a reasoned, relatively cheap approach would be to put a couple of Marine harriers in DJ, with a tanker; and give all commercial maritime traffic the freq to call for help. But what do I know?


43 posted on 09/27/2008 6:44:31 PM PDT by Salvavida (Restoring the U.S.A. starts with filling the empty pew at a local Bible-believing church.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: Reeses

Pirates aren’t honorable, so it’s all good. It cancels the other out. :-)


44 posted on 09/27/2008 6:47:23 PM PDT by Salvavida (Restoring the U.S.A. starts with filling the empty pew at a local Bible-believing church.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: george76

How ‘bout, after the crew is rescued/released, the ships are sunk so as to block the harbor and the populace of the town is given 12 hours to evacuate before said town and any harbor facilities are leveled?

Repeat as necessary.


45 posted on 09/27/2008 6:48:41 PM PDT by dynachrome (Mohamed yunikku khinaaziir)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: claymax
GWB has openly joined the Demonrats in destroying our country.

I truly regret that I ever voted for him but look at who the alternatives were......

46 posted on 09/27/2008 7:02:15 PM PDT by proudofthesouth (Homosexuality IS a choice! There isn't any biological reason for it. They CHOOSE to be that way!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: xkaydet65
My Mistake. I hope that we have USN SOG on that ship before another hour goes by.

Red Cell 6 to be exact.

47 posted on 09/27/2008 7:04:38 PM PDT by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, (http://www.theobamafile.com/))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: JrsyJack
Use it for live fire exercise and send it to the bottom of the ocean. Don’t let the Ruskies get the tanks and ammo back.

No. Burn the town of Hobyo to the ground, leaving not so much as a flea alive. Serve notice that the same shall happen to any part of Puntland that shelters pirates.

48 posted on 09/27/2008 7:06:46 PM PDT by BlazingArizona
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: palomonte

A ship is its flag not its cargo, admiralty law. If the Ukies don’t want the Russkies then the Russkies have no standing in law. The final vote may come down to who actully owns the vessel. If it’s a private company in Ukraine than the company has the call. If it’s a Russkie company flagging its ships with Ukrianian registry because of better port facilities than the owners can accept or refuse help as they wish.


49 posted on 09/27/2008 7:06:54 PM PDT by xkaydet65 (Freedom is purchased not with gold, but with steel.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: george76; SunkenCiv; BGHater; null and void

http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/freeproducts/somalia/Piracy/UNOSAT_Somalia_Pirate_Attacks_Map_2008_Lowres_v5.pdf


50 posted on 09/27/2008 7:15:39 PM PDT by redstateconfidential ("Go to the mattresses")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: PapaBear3625
"I have a simpler solution. Have an AC-130 cruise along the length of Somalia's coast, and destroy EVERY Somali boat."

They can. If every 3rd shot is WP. I fixed all the Ku and X-band antennas for the bunch. The fire-control was done by other people.

51 posted on 09/27/2008 7:15:51 PM PDT by BobS
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: george76

Any number of nations have the power to stop these pirates. Why do we and others allow it to continue?


52 posted on 09/27/2008 7:18:18 PM PDT by ladyjane
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ladyjane
Why do we and others allow it to continue?

Uh, Rodney King was put in charge of Pirate Affairs at the UN?

53 posted on 09/27/2008 7:40:29 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Palin for President! (PUMA))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]

To: claymax

Sorry to sound so cruel but WE DONT NEED SOMALIS here in the USA.


54 posted on 09/27/2008 7:42:06 PM PDT by tflabo (:)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: GAB-1955

It would be funny of we end up working with the Russians on this one. The pirates better watch out. Russia doesn’t take this sort of stuff. All I can see is that lots of people are going to die. I bet the pirates saw the Ukrainian Flag and thought it would be easy pickings not knowing it was filled with a Russian cargo. It might even help Russian and Ukrainian relations in the end? Somalia should be seized by a power and ran as an territory. Let the French or the Germans or even the Russians rule it. They would stop pirates and terrorists.


55 posted on 09/27/2008 8:26:50 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Forward the Light Brigade

I don’t know if the Russians will take military action. In February of 2008, a Russian tug was hijacked and the Russians paid the ransom while the US Navy fired missiles at the pirate village responsible for the hijacking (also, the Puntland forces attacked the same village).


56 posted on 09/27/2008 8:37:23 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: xkaydet65

you are no doubt correct...however I believe that the russians don’t want 33 of their battle tanks and spares getting pirated and ending up who knows where - especially if they haven’t been paid for.


57 posted on 09/27/2008 8:49:45 PM PDT by palomonte (see the light or feel the heat)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: george76

A warship manned by Russian sailors? Now this should be funny to watch...I’ve read Russia has a pretty lousy group they call a military.


58 posted on 09/27/2008 8:56:44 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: tflabo
You are not cruel in saying that, Somalis, well....belong in Somalia. Their religion and beliefs do not fit the same as Americans and I think they need to have some beliefs we hold true to us to be here. Just my opinion.
59 posted on 09/27/2008 11:29:12 PM PDT by claymax (Vote for a HERO...........not for the ZERO!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: SandRat; Salvavida
I found out the "white ensign" flag is the British Navy flag and is not a fancy way of saying surrender flag.


60 posted on 09/28/2008 6:02:58 AM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-67 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson