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U.S. Navy Arrives on Scene of Hijacked American Ship
Fox News ^ | 4/8/2009

Posted on 04/08/2009 6:28:05 PM PDT by tsmith130

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To: stboz

Your concern for the innocents who die is touching. You are a real brilliant person, aren’t you?


21 posted on 04/08/2009 6:40:07 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
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To: LeoWindhorse

my point made ....


22 posted on 04/08/2009 6:40:48 PM PDT by Gone_Postal ("Men who say it cannot be done, should not interupt those doing it.")
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To: LeoWindhorse
why do not every vessel have a cabinet full of Uzis? Some scoped .308 rifles ? a box of grenades ?

...international law...but otherwise most ports won't let ships with armed sailors come into ports....

24 posted on 04/08/2009 6:42:12 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: CindyDawg

I think that was his point. Clinton and Obama and the rest of the liberals don’t constitute “America”. It is folks like these.

And I have a real difficult time calling Obama an “American”.


25 posted on 04/08/2009 6:42:47 PM PDT by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: GSP.FAN

Why don’t these ships carry weapons if they know they have to pass through this area? Even a few high powered rifles with good scopes could have helped them avoid being hijacked. I don’t know why the owner would announce to the world that the ships never carry weapons.


26 posted on 04/08/2009 6:43:16 PM PDT by peeps36 ( Al Gore. Is A Big Fat Lying Hypocrite. He Pollutes The Air By Opening His Big Mouth)
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To: tsmith130
"What I understand is that he offered himself as the hostage," said Gina Coggio, 29, half sister of Phillips' wife. "That is what he would do. It's just who he is and his response as a captain."

Big brass ones, this guy. Prayers for a good resolution.

27 posted on 04/08/2009 6:43:34 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: tsmith130

personally...I’d like to see an F-15 or a Cobra gunship find that pirate mothership


28 posted on 04/08/2009 6:44:59 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Ramius
Big brass ones, this guy. Prayers for a good resolution.

I'll say...and ditto on the prayers too.

29 posted on 04/08/2009 6:45:29 PM PDT by tsmith130
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To: Doogle

Cobra gunships have a some what limited range.


30 posted on 04/08/2009 6:46:05 PM PDT by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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To: peeps36

Well, something sank the pirate ship. It seems strange to me that the pirates would sink their own vessel.


31 posted on 04/08/2009 6:46:52 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: bitterohiogunclinger

They got elected, so they represent the majority.


32 posted on 04/08/2009 6:47:20 PM PDT by FightThePower! (Fight the powers that be!)
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To: SonOfPyrodex
good points..
I'm ready ..been ready...first we need to take back our country then we need to unleash the dogs of war on any, that even attempts harm to this great nation domestic or foreign
33 posted on 04/08/2009 6:47:54 PM PDT by Gone_Postal ("Men who say it cannot be done, should not interupt those doing it.")
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To: usmcobra

just saying, I’d like to see it....*smiles*...a few hellfire missiles....besides a preditor or two in the area would do wonders


34 posted on 04/08/2009 6:48:24 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: peeps36

I was listening to some guy being interviewed on Fox,he said they carry high pressure water cannons,but no lethal weapons..
It might be something to do with insurance?

Do not bring a water cannon to a gunfight.


35 posted on 04/08/2009 6:49:14 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
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To: LeoWindhorse
why do not every vessel have a cabinet full of Uzis?

I understand Israeli vessels have that and more. Pirates know not to mess with them.

36 posted on 04/08/2009 6:50:45 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
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To: GSP.FAN

“I was listening to some guy being interviewed on Fox,he said they carry high pressure water cannons,but no lethal weapons..
It might be something to do with insurance?”

Then congress should pass a law that that every US flagged ship must carry fire arms which it can use to defend itself.


37 posted on 04/08/2009 6:52:28 PM PDT by FightThePower! (Fight the powers that be!)
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To: tsmith130

Muslim pirates? I'm at your service!

38 posted on 04/08/2009 6:52:31 PM PDT by meandog (The only "Bush" sounding surname worth a damn belongs to NASCAR's Kurt&Kyle Busch--not GEORGE!)
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To: GSP.FAN; tsmith130; stboz; al baby; FightThePower!; ken21; LeoWindhorse; Gone_Postal; ...
“We are deeply concerned and we are following it very closely,” Clinton said.

Saying out loud: they are following, not leading.

39 posted on 04/08/2009 6:53:36 PM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: tsmith130

If they harm the Captain, no quarter.


40 posted on 04/08/2009 6:54:22 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Ayers Lied, People Died. No Justice, No Peace.)
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