American crew regains control of pirated ship

CBS NEWS ^ | 04/08/09 | Me

[Robe]

Breaking. Per CBS radio news.. the crew has regained control of the ship throwing three pirates overboard and capturing one.. Will post more.. Breaking

[Moose4]

Latest update from CNN at http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/08/ship.hijacked/index.html says, basically:

- The pirates have the ship’s captain in the Maersk Alabama’s 28-foot lifeboat, the pirates sank their own boat after coming aboard (I guess the pirates “going overboard” means they got sent off in the lifeboat, not fed to the sharks)

- The crew exchanged their pirate prisoner for the captain after they’d had the pirate for 12 hours AND THE SOMALIS RENEGED ON THE DEAL (are we surprised?)

- They’re offering the Somalis the lifeboat and food/provisions to give back the captain and leave

- The crew hid in the room with the steering gear for ~12 hours and the pirates got “frustrated” because they couldn’t find them

- Pirates are armed with “Kalashnikov assault rifles”

- US warship is due in the area in a few hours—hope the Somalis can’t get CNN!

}:-)4

[JamesP81]

A half dozen Mini-14s or AR-15s in the ship’s armory would’ve prevented this.

[ozarkgirl]

I've always hated stopping along I-70 right before the IL. state line to separate my pistol from the ammo, lock the pistol in one box and the ammo in another box

What good is that if your ammo is one place and your pistol is another? Doesn't make sense.

And what good does it do to have either locked up? Do you tell a bad guy "hey, my gun is locked up, hold on one second whilst I retrieve it".

[ArrogantBustard]

Pirates in a lifeboat can’t outrun USS Bainbridge ...

[Star Traveler]

You asked — How about these?

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Very true when written...

[Star Traveler]

You said — LINK TO THE BBC

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I’ll check it out...

[Teflonic]

This is all Disney’s fault for glorifying piracy.

[prairiebreeze]

An interesting report on some of the crew members.

Mass. Maritime grads were aboard hijacked U.S. ship

[prairiebreeze]

Link at post 708 states the crew battled the pirates for over 5 hours. But were eventually overtaken. Intersting details about some of the crew members and their familes too.

[prairiebreeze]

A report at link 708 is saying they fought the pirates off for 5 hours but eventually succumbed (before fighting control back)

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[jerri]

Smart sailors- they knew better than to wait for Washington to make a decision.

Stupid pirates!!! We don't pay ransoms so we gotta be ready to fight.

[xjcsa]

Very true when written...

Bull. Someone did not "just make it up" when you wrote that, and it wasn't "total BS" at the time.

[GOPologist]

Nah. Better they threw them overboard. Just think: don't have to feed them, get clothes and toilet articles for them, don't have to listen to the libtards that they are being punished in Gitmo, and any othe BS. etc., etc.

[jerri]

because his post was not a hoax!

[Star Traveler]

Someone doesn’t post a link, and then posts a link from 2007... no... that doesn’t qualify as legitimate information.

Later on, when other links were finally posted — those were the legitimate thing. This one wasn’t...

[Star Traveler]

Well..., I don’t go for made-up information absent links and other verifying sources (especially when a link is produced from the year 2007). If you don’t have it, then it’s bogus. It remains bogus until there is information to back up something posted here...

[El Gato]

Earth First is going to sue the American crew for polluting.

The sharks would take care of that problem, if the pirates really were *in* the water, rather than on it, in one of the ship's own lifeboats.

[xjcsa]

Well..., I don’t go for made-up information absent links and other verifying sources (especially when a link is produced from the year 2007). If you don’t have it, then it’s bogus. It remains bogus until there is information to back up something posted here...

I guess some people just have a pathological inability to admit they were wrong about something.

[justlurking]

ST, the Admin Moderator has already warned you to drop it.

Discuss the story, or leave the thread. That is all..

[xjcsa]

ST, the Admin Moderator has already warned you to drop it.

Oops, I missed that. It's dropped.