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US cites Indian success against pirates to signal global action
The EconomicTimes ^ | 20th Nov., 2008 | The EconomicTimes

Posted on 11/20/2008 5:24:17 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins

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1 posted on 11/20/2008 5:24:17 AM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
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And again, they have certain obligations under certain circumstances involving piracy. So things are being done.

I guess that answers all my questions.

2 posted on 11/20/2008 5:26:59 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Outfit all ships that pass thru these waters with gatling guns......


3 posted on 11/20/2008 5:27:45 AM PST by Red Badger (Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Perhaps installing a few gibbets on shore and decorating them with captured Somali pirates might give pause to reflect to others contemplating a life of Piracy on the High Seas...


4 posted on 11/20/2008 5:28:06 AM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Let the world deal with it unless a US ship is seized

The world wanted change and Obama- welcome to it

First change- US not a cowboy, not a super power
stands ready to support, not lead


5 posted on 11/20/2008 5:29:54 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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"The issue of piracy has been with us, as an international system, unfortunately, for quite some time."

the piracy problem on the Somali coast has been around at least 10 years. For some reason, it has now made the threshhold and is being reported. I recall several years ago a cruise ship being fired upon.

India has the right attitude. Sink the pirate ships.

6 posted on 11/20/2008 5:30:16 AM PST by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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the United States is not going to solve this alone. No one country is going to solve it alone," McCormack said.

What a bunch of panty-waists. What do we have a navy for then? Our Navy protects our interests. All the time, every time. Other countries? Not so much.

7 posted on 11/20/2008 5:31:27 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: Red Badger

Honestly, why wouldnt a Saudi supertanker have its own security force onboard? Why is their only emergency plan to call 911 and ask for the USA?


8 posted on 11/20/2008 5:31:37 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: silverleaf

Haven’t need them until now.............


9 posted on 11/20/2008 5:34:32 AM PST by Red Badger (Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

We’ll see more of this “piracy” as Obama guts our Navy.

The world better wake up soon. Pirates do not obey UN resolutions.


10 posted on 11/20/2008 5:36:33 AM PST by ChetNavVet (Build It, and they won't come!)
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To: Red Badger
Blackwater has outfitted a ship for anti-piracy work and accepting contracts - the good ol’ American way - private enterprise.
11 posted on 11/20/2008 5:38:21 AM PST by elpadre (nation)
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Blackwater has outfitted a ship for anti-piracy work and accepting contracts - the good ol’ American way - private enterprise.
12 posted on 11/20/2008 5:38:23 AM PST by elpadre (nation)
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I remember instances of pirates threatening tankers in the Straits of Malacca- so the shipping industry is aware
Just incredibly naively unprepared to authorize their crews to run down any small boat trying to impede their navigation for hostile or unknown purposes, or to defend their own control center onboard ship?

Not OUR problem


13 posted on 11/20/2008 5:39:41 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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Blackwater has outfitted a ship for anti-piracy work? Theirs as an escort or a customer’s ship?


14 posted on 11/20/2008 5:40:14 AM PST by Red Badger (Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
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No US ships have been attacked yet, is it because they know the US won't pay the jizya ransom?
15 posted on 11/20/2008 5:40:32 AM PST by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: elpadre

As one poster said, outsource it to India.


16 posted on 11/20/2008 5:45:35 AM PST by RummyChick
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US cites Indian success against pirates to signal global action

Next years World Series prediction..

17 posted on 11/20/2008 5:46:25 AM PST by BerniesFriend
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We CANNOT meet their $$$ demands. It will just enable them to challenge us with more sophisticated means. The time is NOW to blast them out of the water (or anywhere else they are) and before they are richer or stronger.... can you say URGENT/COORDINATED EFFORT of all free nations????????

Given a free hand, these stateless thugs will have us back in the 1500's with no trade or travel except on THEIR terms!!! Has 'tolerance' put us in a position where we have to reinvent the F&;^%ing wheel every day now??????

18 posted on 11/20/2008 5:48:02 AM PST by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else" Lucius Septimus Severus)
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They will hand ‘The “Mr. I Hate America” President’ this challenge too, and real quick.

THEN we’ll see what this BS politico is made of.... I am NOT optimistic.


19 posted on 11/20/2008 5:50:35 AM PST by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else" Lucius Septimus Severus)
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To: Red Badger

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114503/posts

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/10/blackwater-well.html


20 posted on 11/20/2008 5:51:13 AM PST by Loud Mime (Good is Evil and Evil is now good. The alarm has rung.)
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