Pirates, Warships Race to Hostage Scene

Wztv ^ | April 10, 2009 | Staff

[BarnacleCenturion]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Pirates and U.S. warships are racing to the spot in the Indian Ocean where an American sea captain is being held hostage by a handful of pirates.

A Nairobi-based diplomat says the pirates holding Capt. Richard Phillips have summoned assistance. He says skiffs and motherships are heading toward the area from the coast.

[evad]

Pirates, Warships Race to Hostage Scene

Target Rich!!

[anglian]

‘These pirate boats that are racing to the scene are putting Americans in jeopardy. They should be sunk.’

Andrew Mwangura, of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, told the BBC at least 18 vessels were now being held in Somali waters, with at least 267 crew members held hostage.

The other hijacked ships racing to the scene with hostages aboard to support the pirates on the lifeboat.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7993765.stm

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[anglian]

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

In this case, I’m afraid You’re expecting a cockroach to turn ino an eagle.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

He’s waiting fo Soros to program his teleprompter.

[Constitution Day]

Death to pirates!

Where is our Lieutenant Robert Maynard?

[CaptSkip]

Put a US-Navy Seal Team in the water, kill those 4 skinnys with extreme prejudice and end this bullshit!!

[AmericanInTokyo]

This the problem with terrorist acts are treated as "criminal acts", rather than "acts of war or aggression" (to be answered by American military might, NOT the FBI beyond our borders) and this was the whole fallacy of the Clinton Administration which built up alQaeda in order for them to smack us early on in the Bush Administration (and Clinton did everything to try to pull that docu-drama off the air, remember?)...

Same foolish policies are now in play, the same disastrous results are going to occur.

DAMN are these people as dumb as a bag of hammers, and dont know ANYTHING about how the real world works out there.

[444Flyer]

“can we condemn Hillary for giggling through her opinions on the pirating situation?...”

I wonder how often she and Bill giggle about Waco.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Talk about buyers remorse all across the American electorate. Sheesh. Think of wavering relatives you might have had who actually did the unthinkable, were somehow swayed by the smooth talk and media telling them so, voted for Obama thinking he would turn everything around, and how sheepish some of them must start to be feeling these days...perfect scenario for a lot of "I Told You So's" at a lot of upcoming Easter dinners across the land.

[Non-Sequitur]

There are pirates...and then there are Pirates!!!!

[Redbob]

If our Navy allows them anywhere near the pirate lifeboat, the Navy needs new leadership.

[CRBDeuce]

This is Obama’s “Jimmy Carter” moment

So true!...and he's had his "Hoover" moment as well, when he singlehandedly almost CAUSED the next Great Depression! With Bowgate abuilding, many see him now as the Supplicant-in-Chief. Not even Jimmuh reached that crowning achievement. But then Jimmuh wasn't campaigning for Caliph-in-chief!

[ClearCase_guy]

I like the way you think.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I wonder when the whispers within the US military, at lower grassroots levels, becomes a little more discernable and at a louder volume, and coming from increasingly higher ranks.

I know they are not supposed to get involved in politics.

But they ARE supposed to get involved in protecting our nation and they also by and large know a phoney incompetent in a leadership position when they see one.

I recall those two guys uniform confronting John Kerry in that coffee shop. Great photo, said it all.

Anybody see some trouble up ahead? This is all happening so fast, just in three months and I would say Jimmy Carter cannot hold a candle to Obama. The incompetence and fundamental lack of judgement and leadership (military and otherwise) on the part of this common thug from Chicago, is just shy of heart stopping.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Some have left Minnesota to go back to Somali...as I understand...

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

There are pirates...and then there are Pirates!!!!

And then there are Liberal pirates.

[Quix]

In this case, I’m afraid You’re expecting a cockroach to turn ino an eagle.

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LOL . . .

imho,

you are tooooooo generous . . .

1. I’m not expecting that pile of slug sh__ to do anything but be a clueless incompetent DESTROYER FROM HELL..

2. Were I ‘expecting’ anything along the lines you outlined, I’d be expecting the

MICROBE on the butt of the cockroach to turn into an eagle from Heaven.

[dr_who]

Wow, this might degenerate from a small hostage crisis into a “Blackhawk down” situation. Anyone remember that incident that happened in a port in Yemen about a decade ago?