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American crew regains control of pirated ship
CBS NEWS ^ | 04/08/09 | Me

Posted on 04/08/2009 8:26:16 AM PDT by 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

(Excerpt) Read more at CBSNEWS.COM ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: eaglesup; first100days; fishfood; letsroll; maerskalabama; maritime; nothankstoobama; obama; piracy; pirates; seafarersunion; somalihijackers; somalipirates; vigilantism; whitehouse; whitehousemonitoring; worst100days
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"Even if could not carry guns, other things possible. Tasers?"

Slocom (sp) first single handed around the world used tin-tacks on deck.

I guess they may have "electrified" part of the deck, and fired up a water hose for good measure.

721 posted on 04/08/2009 2:39:24 PM PDT by spokeshave (homeless people can just buy a share of Citibank instead of a lottery ticket)
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To: liege
What's the difference between a pirate and a catfish?

One is a scum-sucking bottom feeder, and the other one is a fish.

722 posted on 04/08/2009 2:43:12 PM PDT by GOPologist (Illigitimi non carborundum.)
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To: justlurking; xjcsa; jerri

Someone posted to me; I usually give the people who post to me the courtesy of an answer. I’ve been away from this thread for a while and posting on other things, in the meantime. You can see where I’ve been posting elsewhere...


723 posted on 04/08/2009 2:43:12 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: Star Traveler
You really cannot depend on anything you hear in the first few hours. It’s always got something wrong...

But you also may not be able to depend on stories written after there has been time to get the "spin" out to the newsies.

724 posted on 04/08/2009 2:48:45 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: ozarkgirl

State of Illinois law. I break their law, I get my guns taken away in Indiana.

That’s the rules. My carry permit is no good in Illinois.


725 posted on 04/08/2009 2:51:38 PM PDT by Tenacious 1 (We may officially be too stupid to govern ourselves.)
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To: El Gato

You said — But you also may not be able to depend on stories written after there has been time to get the “spin” out to the newsies.

I have to catch up on the reading of the news on it right now, since I’ve been out and around. I just got back.

BUT, the first thing I picked up when I got back, was that there are still pirates holding someone. Now, first I was hearing that everyone was rescued and now that I get back, I hear that someone is being held hostage. So, I don’t even know what the true story is, at this point in time.

I would give it somewhere about 24-48 hours for the story to be fully put together, assuming that the whole thing is actually over (but the hostage crisis may not be over). And then I would give it a *week* for an “in-depth” story to come out and really get down to the details of what happened.

I don’t figure on ever getting the full story until a few days has passed...

What do you know of the status of the hostages at this point in time? Do you know something about it, like is there still a hostage being held, are the pirates (or pirate, or whatever) still there?

Anyway, I’ll be following up on the story later on in the day and into the evening to find out these things.


726 posted on 04/08/2009 2:52:56 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

yep, hundreds of days don’t sound appealing


727 posted on 04/08/2009 2:53:36 PM PDT by machogirl (not one of Rush's top-ten gal names)
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To: Eye of Unk
being armed does not always mean having a gun.

Indeed, a big ole wrench makes a fine bludgeon. Smack an AK-47 with one, and the AK is unlikely to fire again. A fire ax would have it's skull splitting uses as well.

728 posted on 04/08/2009 2:54:13 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: KansasGirl; machogirl
[CNN is saying that 3 pirates escaped by “jumping” into the water]

That's the crew's story and they are sticking to it!! LOL.

LOL, the poor pirates had to "jump" into the water to escape from the unarmed Americans. What a bunch of little worms.

729 posted on 04/08/2009 2:56:57 PM PDT by jerri
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To: LADY J
One pirate in custody - 3 are in the water.

Too bad the Captain is the water with them. Fortunately for the Captain, they are in one of the ship's lifeboats. Crew attempted to trade captured pirate for Captain, the pirate, being pirates, reneged. But now they are floating in big ocean in a very small raft.

Waiting for coalition and US naval forces to appear on scene.

730 posted on 04/08/2009 3:00:14 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Teflonic

It hadn’t happened to the USA for over 200 years. Who woulda thunk of a revival. Only a sap like Obama could invite that! He’s the only president the Somalis don’t fear.


731 posted on 04/08/2009 3:00:27 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: PapaBear3625
If YOU were an American crewman, would YOU want to be held by Somali Muslims?

I'm guessing that the crew decided that they would NOT be treated well, and were likely to be tortured to death once they got transported to shore.

Always remember Mogadishu!!!!

732 posted on 04/08/2009 3:01:50 PM PDT by jerri
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To: El Gato

DARN there is no way to pick off those three pirates. Battleship comes in view, they will kill the captain. We need something like a submarine and divers to appear without warning.


733 posted on 04/08/2009 3:02:11 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Even if could not carry guns, other things possible. Tasers?

Have you seen the size of some of the wrenches used on board a ship? More like a big pry bar(which they might have as well). Hit an AK with one of those, and you'd likely dent the receiver or barrel sufficiently to cause it to no longer operate properly, to say the least.

734 posted on 04/08/2009 3:11:47 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: LadyBuzz
Our son deploys on a DDG in a few weeks for 6 months and my poor daughter in law is a wreck this morning thinking that pirates may board a DDG - I’ve done my best to comfort her as well as one can do via telephone.

Unlike Merchant ships, DDGs are armed, with everything from small arms (pistols, M-14 and/or M-16 rifles, machine guns), cannon, both single barrel and Gatling type, and a big ole 3" or 5" deck gun, equiped with some very interesting ammunition. And that's mostly for self defense. For attack and defense of other ships (and themselves) they have missiles

Pirates are unlikely to attempt to board them. They mgiht try to blow them up, but not to board them. Even doing the former would be very problamatic in these "post USS Cole: days, at least until Obummer changes the rules of engagement

735 posted on 04/08/2009 3:22:34 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: justlurking

Yeah, I read that after posting.


736 posted on 04/08/2009 3:28:44 PM PDT by jerri
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To: Star Traveler
Apparently (from various sources), We tried to trade the pirate we were holding for the captain of the ship. The pirates reneged......They are now on a life raft as the pirate boats were sunk.

US Navy ships and aircraft are on the way....should be there soon

737 posted on 04/08/2009 3:30:45 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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To: xjcsa; jerri
Yeah, I read that after posting.

Don't worry about it -- I just included you because there's no way to CC: the posting.

ST has been warned again, but he hasn't dropped it. If he keeps it up, I'll notify the Admin Moderator.

738 posted on 04/08/2009 3:31:31 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: hoosiermama

Ahh..., I see... thanks.


739 posted on 04/08/2009 3:32:08 PM PDT by Star Traveler
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Former Navy Seal interviewed on FOX said they would use “none transparent” means to bring the situation to an end.


740 posted on 04/08/2009 3:34:08 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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