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Officials: Pirate Fired Weapon in Foiled Escape
Wztv.com ^ | April 10, 2009 | Staff

Posted on 04/10/2009 9:35:05 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion

Edited on 04/10/2009 9:39:25 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Defense officials say that one of the pirates holding an American captive fired an automatic weapon when the hostage tried to swim to safety.

Defense officials say it's not clear whether the pirate fired at the fleeing hostage, or into the air. The officials spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the sensitive, unfolding operation.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hostages; maritime; richardphillips; somalipirates
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1 posted on 04/10/2009 9:35:05 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: BarnacleCenturion
First Carter. Now Obama.


2 posted on 04/10/2009 9:37:33 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: BarnacleCenturion

He needs to swim under their boat if they are goonna shoot at him.


3 posted on 04/10/2009 9:37:57 AM PDT by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Where were the SEALs? The Navy and Marines are told to stand down. This is the left humiliating America in front of the world.


4 posted on 04/10/2009 9:38:04 AM PDT by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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To: P8riot

LOL


5 posted on 04/10/2009 9:40:00 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (We've gone from Jefferson to the Jeffersons)
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To: Frantzie

From what I understand there are only 4 captors holding this guy. A SEAL team would make short work of these fools.

Take the fight to them...terminate their situation with extreme prejudice and send the message.

If you mess with us...you die.


6 posted on 04/10/2009 9:40:06 AM PDT by surfer
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To: Frantzie

Obama will not let the Seals rescue the hostage and has not even allowed them to enter the water. Instead, Obama has assigned the FBI to negotiate a settlement with the terrorists.


7 posted on 04/10/2009 9:40:52 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: BarnacleCenturion

So why the eff wasn’t the Phalanx released to turn the lifeboat into toothpicks?


8 posted on 04/10/2009 9:41:00 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: surfer

The boy king will not authorize any action against these Muslim “maritime organizers”.

Isa 3:4 I will make boys their officials; mere children will govern them.


9 posted on 04/10/2009 9:41:31 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, Bowman later)
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As soon as he jumped in the water at night the Navy or SEALs should have iced the pirates.

The Navy probably could have done it but O, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Dems will never allow the Somalis to be harmed.

This happened in BlackHawk Down. The Army was denied tanks as backups before Blackhawk Down because the CBC told Clinton NO NO NO tanks could be used against Africans.


11 posted on 04/10/2009 9:42:21 AM PDT by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Hate to second guess Washington - but this is beginning to have Jimmy Carter written all over it.


12 posted on 04/10/2009 9:42:59 AM PDT by Hans
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To: MrB

Set the raft ablaze.

Five people will jump into the drink. Pull one out. The other four can visit Davy Jones locker.


13 posted on 04/10/2009 9:42:59 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Bow down to me. I am TOTUS.)
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To: jimbo123

> Instead, Obama has assigned the FBI to negotiate a
> settlement with the terrorists.

This is in keeping with the leftist doctrine that terrotism is a law enforcement issue, not a military one.

Maybe they should send Lon Horiuchi, from the FBI standoff with the Weaver family. At least Lon wasn’t afraid to take a shot with a sniper rifle ... at a woman ... holding a baby.


14 posted on 04/10/2009 9:44:06 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: F15Eagle

This is what Obama, fellow Muslims (Saudis), the left and CBS/CNN/MSNBC/ABC/et al want. Not a spectacle but a humiliation.


15 posted on 04/10/2009 9:44:22 AM PDT by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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To: mgc1122

“So why the eff wasn’t the Phalanx released to turn the lifeboat into toothpicks?”

Cuz the hostage was probably only a few feet from the boat. Also, any action has probably got to be approved by Our Dear Leader before being carried out.
Personally I like: Night. Fog. Seals with rebreathers under the boat. Flash bang grenade tossed in. Kill the pirates. Rescue the hostage. And tell the world that the pirates are missing.


16 posted on 04/10/2009 9:45:34 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
Carter Rabbit Pictures, Images and Photos

Jimmy's rabbit has been waiting 30 years for a rematch...

17 posted on 04/10/2009 9:45:42 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Hans

18 posted on 04/10/2009 9:45:56 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Obummer is about to get his Butt kicked again.


19 posted on 04/10/2009 9:46:26 AM PDT by jocko12
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To: BarnacleCenturion

“President Sarkozy’s office says one French hostage has been killed in an operation to free a yacht from pirates in the Gulf of Aden.”


20 posted on 04/10/2009 9:47:58 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR. ....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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