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Pirates Bring German Ship Into US Stand-Off ( off Somali Coast)
Sky News ^
| 4:14am UK, Saturday April 11, 2009
| Sky News
Posted on 04/10/2009 11:46:29 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Pirates are moving a hijacked German freighter into position as a reinforcement in a stand-off with the US Navy over an American hostage.
The Hansa Stavanger is heading to the area in the Indian Ocean where cargo ship captain Richard Phillips was seized, a pirate source said.
The 20,000-ton ship, which was taken a week ago between Kenya and the Seychelles, has a crew of 24, of whom five are German.
Fox News correspondent Greg Palkot, who is in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, told Sky News: "What the pirates are saying they intend to do is transfer the American and the four pirates from the lifeboat onto this other boat.
"They think the Americans wouldn't attack one or the other because they would be afraid of killing people."
The pirates holding Phillips have demanded $2m (£1.6m) for his release and a guarantee of their own safety.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: germany; piracy; pirates; somalia; somalipirates
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To: Big_Monkey
Isn’t that lifeboat out of gas ?
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
That’s it exactly. Check out the your thread on the topic. I just posted another picture and a list of provisions. The provisions might allow this to play out for some time.
To: MetaThought
"Isn’t that lifeboat out of gas ? Apparently not. But, there is some speculation that the motor is not working either due to the Captain sabotaging it, or some other mechanical malfunction. With that model, after it's in the water, someone has to manually remove an access panel to the engine and connect the battery. The captain could have sabotaged it then. But, it's all speculation at this point.
To: Star Traveler
From that thread...(post #3)...Title at Atlas Shrugs...
DAY 3 JIHAD PIRACY KIDNAPPING: CAPTAIN MAKES DRAMATIC ESCAPE, JUMPS OVERBOARD BUT IS RECAPTURED, O-BAMBI YAWNS AS OTHER PIRATES JOIN THE JIHAD, OBAMA INACTION LEADS TO DEEPENING CRISIS
When asked about the kidnapped American captain in a blatant act of war, Obambi replied, "guys, we're talking about housing right now". When not bowing to Muslim kings, he is ducking Muslim pirates.
And there is a video...there....
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Can you post the video link..., I couldn’t find it... sorry.
To: Star Traveler
To: Star Traveler
And Cal thomas had some things to say...now if I can find the thread again...running a Beta Ubuntu OS...
CAL THOMAS: Pirate Standoff — The Tyrants Are Watching Obama
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Posted on Fri 10 Apr 2009 04:14:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Perhaps the major reason it has been 200 years since pirates dared challenge the United States of America on the high seas was the decisive action taken by Thomas Jefferson (the first Democrat) against them. Jefferson dispatched the schooner USS Enterprise in 1801 to the same Barbary Coast where today’s Somali (and as back then) Islamic pirates demanded financial tribute from the United States. The U.S. Navy soundly defeated the pirates.
The world’s tyrants are watching to see how President Obama reacts. The message they get will determine how they respond to America and whether we will be in greater peril.
To: rodguy911
To: Big_Monkey
Geez:
Lifeboats take on the Arctic
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For nearly 100 years, ocean going vessels have carried evacuation craft. Completely open to the elements, lifeboats originally were built with no apparent consideration for the human beings that would be accommodated, often waiting for days to be rescued.
Even though advancements have been made in nearly every other aspect of vessel construction and functionality, the lifeboats in use today have remained virtually unchanged for nearly a century. Fortunately, the maritime community has begun to recognize that standards need to be set not only for the safety of personnel in need of a lifeboat, but also for the usability and habitability of equipment.
The Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) convention (established in 1914 in response to the Titanic disaster) set basic lifeboat design requirements. Based on these standards and those set forth by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), changes regarding the design and requirements of lifeboats are beginning to take place.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I’m wondering when others are going to start hijacking ships. It seems to be a pretty good business. The most powerful nation on the earth can’t stop them.
To: ArmstedFragg
They apparently got lost and turned back.The story they are giving the news media is that they couldn't find them....I think they chickened out with the Navy arriving.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
That could be some of those UFO sightings that have been seen around... :-)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Navy showing the guts Hussein lacks.
Hussein steers the discussion back to housing; Hitlery cackles.
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04/11/2009 1:11:11 AM PDT
by
PhilDragoo
(Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
To: Star Traveler
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Yeah, you mention John Bolton — and he said what is the appropriate response after this is over...
Well..., I’ve been saying all along that it would have been easy to take care of, a long time ago. The solution would have been to have military jets on call for any hijacking/piracy call. Ships normally evade the pirates for a little while, and during that time, it would easy for those jets to arrive on the scene. They can blow them out of the water in no time flat.
I really don’t know why these countries around there had not done that a long time ago. I guess no one has wanted to do anything about it before...
Maybe this particular piracy event will finally get these countries “moving”...
To: PhilDragoo; Star Traveler
John Bolton calls AG Holden comments pathetic...see Youtube linked at Post #35.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I just finished it. As I was saying maybe finally these countries will start taking some action like they should have done a long time ago. I think they should have had military jets on patrol and on-call for several years now and they had not done anything about it.
It seems that too many of these other countries simply don’t want to get involved in it. I guess it will take the United States getting involved to finally do something about it.
To: Star Traveler
Obama and friends will try to take advantage of the situation to promote their Agenda...that is what is going on.....
To: All
Time to hit the rack here....nite!
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