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3 Somali pirates die in Ukraine ship shootout- group
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | September 30, 2008 | Andrew Cawthorne

Posted on 09/29/2008 11:21:41 PM PDT by HAL9000

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NAIROBI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Rival Somali pirates arguing over what to do with a hijacked Ukrainian ship and its cargo of 33 tanks engaged in a shootout on board, killing three of their number, a maritime group said on Tuesday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: piracy; pirates; somalia; tanks; ukraine

1 posted on 09/29/2008 11:21:42 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

I love a happy ending.


2 posted on 09/29/2008 11:22:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Happy beginning?


3 posted on 09/29/2008 11:23:54 PM PDT by downtownconservative (Intelligence sans reason is vainglorious pulp)
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To: downtownconservative

Happy first of your last day on earth? Good start? How about; think-we’re-bad-wait-til-the-chechy/ruskies-get-hold-of-you-and-they-can’t-identify-your-remains....

Just my input, but based on past experience, thought I’d throw this out there. Think I’m kidding? Ask some Georgians...


4 posted on 09/29/2008 11:41:59 PM PDT by yankeebulldog ("Semper Viper!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Me too!


5 posted on 09/30/2008 12:00:03 AM PDT by SeaWolf (Orwell must have foreseen the 21st Century US Congress when he wrote 1984)
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To: HAL9000

Here’s a plan...

Fill a ship with ANFO, manifest it as being filled with solid gold dubloons, and sail it down the Somali coast. When the pirates attack, the crew abandons ship in a fast tender they have standing by.

When the ship reaches Kyl, detonate remotely.

The downside is that we would be providing the pirates with a brand-new harbor for future operations. On the up side, there would be no more pirates to conduct them.


6 posted on 09/30/2008 3:42:49 AM PDT by gridlock (The Democrats are attacking Motherhood. If they attack Baseball and Apple Pie, we got it made!)
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To: HAL9000

The Russians could sink that vessel killing crew and pirates.

The MSM would not say a peep.

However, if we saved the crew but had to kill the pirates, the headlines in NY Times front page for the next 14 days would read: “Brutal US kills Surrendering Pirates trying to feed their communities”.


7 posted on 09/30/2008 3:44:42 AM PDT by NoLibZone (Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac - are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' Barney Frank 9-10-03)
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To: HAL9000

Just give peace a chance!

A “Carthaginian Peace”!


8 posted on 09/30/2008 3:46:39 AM PDT by Nonperson (“So this is the way freedom dies - to thunderous applause?”)
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To: HAL9000
Wonder if the rival group was trying to free the ship and hostages? They may realize that their sweet little pirate/ransom operation is about to end badly.

I remember what happened years back when terrorists tried kidnapping Soviet citizens. Castrated bodies started to be delivered to family members of the terrorists.

9 posted on 09/30/2008 4:21:55 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: HAL9000

“But the pirate spokesman insisted the report was not true, that his colleagues were just celebrating the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr despite being surrounded by American warships and helicopters.”

Another Muslim/Islam loving terrorist organization.
Who would’ve thought?


10 posted on 09/30/2008 8:18:55 AM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight (Defeating liberalism is a strategy, electing McCain is a tactic)
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To: HAL9000

Wasn’t this the same ship where the somalis reportedly died of radiation poisoning?


11 posted on 09/30/2008 8:21:37 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Polar bears who suffer depression and anxiety due to the global warming threat are bi-polar bears)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Wasn’t this the same ship where the somalis reportedly died of radiation poisoning?

No dummy, that was an Iranian ship.......

12 posted on 09/30/2008 8:24:05 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Polar bears who suffer depression and anxiety due to the global warming threat are bi-polar bears)
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To: Hot Tabasco

No, this ship is Ukrainian, the ship you’re thinking of is IRANIAN. Which makes the mysterious poisoning all the more scary.


13 posted on 09/30/2008 8:25:09 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Hot Tabasco

No dummy? Personal attacks are not welcome on FR. You need to apologize to HT for such remarks.


14 posted on 09/30/2008 8:28:22 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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