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Somali Pirates Hijack Ship, Some Crew Escape (ANOTHER ONE!!)
The Voice of America ^
| November 28, 2008
Posted on 11/28/2008 5:36:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Seems like this is happening every few days!
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Somali pirates released a Greek ship they captured in September" i.e., they were paid some multi-million $$ ransom
This pirate cesspool needs to be drained - what a mess.
Wonder how much of the ransom money is going to fund Islamo-fascist activity?
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posted on
11/28/2008 5:41:04 PM PST
by
Enchante
(Countless Innocents in Mumbai, India Now Face the "Religion of Peace" in Action)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
it is time to ask who is dumb enough to insure these boats? All any boat needs are two guys and a radar. The two guys spot and fire 50Cal armor piercing incindiary rounds at ANY small boat they choose.
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posted on
11/28/2008 5:43:37 PM PST
by
Broker
(Robin)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sounds like they are getting greedy.
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posted on
11/28/2008 5:44:25 PM PST
by
doc1019
To: 2ndDivisionVet
once, twice...but routine?
time to get real.
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posted on
11/28/2008 5:45:06 PM PST
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Pirates are demanding $15 million for the tanker.”
lol they went down $10 million from $25 million in a few days talk about falling gas prices.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Seems like this is happening every few days!Why shouldn't it, when the Indians are the only one with enough guts to try to do something about it.
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posted on
11/28/2008 5:45:28 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Is this the CHANGE they HOPED for?
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posted on
11/28/2008 5:46:01 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(I will stand with the Muslims ~B Hussein Obomunist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verito Possumus~Verified Sleeper!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why are there any little boats near Somali ?
Or towns within 100 miles of the ocean ?
or...
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posted on
11/28/2008 5:53:52 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
11/28/2008 5:54:25 PM PST
by
GOPGuide
To: GOPGuide
>>>An international coalition of warships patrols the area off Somalia to prevent hijackings.<<<
Not doing a bangup job.
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posted on
11/28/2008 6:08:23 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
To: Broker
it is time to ask who is dumb enough to insure these boats? All any boat needs are two guys and a radar. The two guys spot and fire 50Cal armor piercing incindiary rounds at ANY small boat they choose.Two guys is NOT enough, the need at least three. One on the bridge, one at the stern and the third at the bow section to cover all sides!!!
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posted on
11/28/2008 6:10:13 PM PST
by
danamco
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is a disease that needs to be contained and eliminated before it spreads. Treat the immediate infection and then go to the heart of the operation. Reduce the swelling and then proceed immediately to the cause.
If it works on living people, it'll work on a living world.
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posted on
11/28/2008 6:10:32 PM PST
by
budwiesest
(If it works on living people, it'll work on a living world.)
To: danamco
Then they should also train and manning all the fire fighting water guns on deck to drown the attackers
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posted on
11/28/2008 6:12:46 PM PST
by
danamco
To: danamco
They need to send a fleet of Q-ships there to sucker some pirates in for a little lesson on “why pirating can make you wind up dead”.
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posted on
11/28/2008 6:15:56 PM PST
by
TheOgre
To: 2ndDivisionVet
After 9-11, the Bush Admin did a dynomite job of drying up and freezing the accounts and assets of the terrorist networks.
Me wizened pa shared with me his thought there is a link between the pirates and what is also going down in Mumbai: The terrorist groups are starved for money. I wonder how much of Mumbai was a ransom/looting demand. And when I add a few more dots, I see fascinating connections.
And really, just a matter of time considering how many "legal" non-terrorist companies and organizations are bleeding for funds.
The rats eventually rise, too.
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posted on
11/28/2008 6:38:02 PM PST
by
Alia
To: danamco
They need to start sinking ships... They will reconsider if they know that they will be in the midst of the business end of many tomahawk missiles
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posted on
11/28/2008 6:44:52 PM PST
by
mdunn121
To: little jeremiah
“Not doing a bangup job.”
Western navy ships can’t even blockade the Somali ports because of “international law.”
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posted on
11/28/2008 6:59:39 PM PST
by
GOPGuide
To: 2ndDivisionVet
According to Drudge and My Way News:
"Still on board were 25 Indian and two Bangladeshi crew members, said diplomats who could not be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media. The British security guards escaped by jumping into the water, said a news release issued by their company, Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions." If accurate, that does not reflect well on the "British Security Guards" who one would expect (though after their little naval surrender, fiascos with Iran, one only knows) they would be armed? And if so, there is something here that does not compute!!!
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:15:42 PM PST
by
Conservative Vermont Vet
((One of ONLY 37 Conservatives in the People's Republic of Vermont. Socialists and Progressives All))
To: Conservative Vermont Vet
Yes, this seems very strange to me, too. Why would you hire three British “security guards” (pretty expensive, I would think) who were unarmed, and who jumped into the sea at the first sign of a pirate attack?
It certainly sounds like those cowardly Brit sailors who surrendered to Iranian gunboats.
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posted on
11/28/2008 7:24:16 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
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