Pirates Hijack Second US Vessel

BBC ^ | 11 April 2009 | Staff

[BarnacleCenturion]

Somali pirates have hijacked a US-owned tugboat in the Gulf of Aden with 16 crew on board, reports say.

Maritime industry sources say the tug, which sails under an Italian flag, was towing two barges at the time of the attack, at 1100 local time (0800 GMT).

The crew are said to be unharmed. The US and Italian governments have not confirmed the hijacking.

Meanwhile pirates holding a US captain hostage have warned that using force to rescue him could result in "disaster".

The pirates said they hoped to transfer Capt Richard Phillips from a lifeboat to a bigger vessel, as US and other naval ships made their way to the area.

He is being held by four pirates hundreds of kilometres off Somalia.

 

In other developments:

- Sailors on a Panama-flagged bulk carrier repulsed a pirate attack with water hoses. Nato officials on a nearby Portuguese warship said an unexploded rocket-propelled grenade landed in the commanding officer's cabin

- On Friday, one Frenchman and two pirates were killed in a rescue operation by French troops on another vessel captured off Somalia. Four others, including a child, were freed from the yacht

 

[KTM rider]

LOL, yep, the only capitalism that Obama supports is Piracy

[Dustoff45]

One shot from one bofors 120mm

Yep that will work.

There just have to be a bunch of Quad-50s in storage that could quickly be mounted on maritime vessels.

I'm sure some sailors would volunteer to man the rigs.

[dalereed]

“He voluntarily went with them in agreement the rest of the crew would not be taken.”

They already had a hostage and his weapon, he stupidly sacrificed himself instead of fighting, write him off!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The Three Stooges Live!

[manc]

French special forces go in and rescue their citizens meanwhile America is still watching 4 Somali’s hold an American in a drifting boat and have given them food and water

I do not know if to laugh and cry while this idiot is too busy getting ready for his homo, cross dressing egg hunt

[EGPWS]

? I don’t think I understand what you mean?

I'm referencing the longest election campaign known to man.

Your stated promotion for TOTUS to keep his mouth shut then would have been a preemptive action.

[BarnacleCenturion]

“I believe that if you’ll look a little more closely, there were several U.S. owned ships hijacked”

Can you name one?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

i was surprised to hear Charles Krauthammer agree completely with her last night!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Obama will say these aren't Pirates at all but simply disgruntled Fishermen protesting arrogant American overfishing of their traditional waters.

Either that, or he thinks they're the Pittsburgh Pirates winning a road game.

[manc]

when that idiot said guys were talking about housing I nearly threw the remote att he TV

I swear he is the most dumbest idiotic out of depth president we have had for a long time.

He won’t even denounce the pirates/terrorists for crying out loud

He has no concept of what is going on abroad because he is too busy trying to take over this country with his Marxist views and the left are just too dumb to even question him.
He bows tot he king and they say no no he was just leaning and the left actually believe

This just shows how dumb the left is and how much they follow like in a cult.

N Korea is acting up
Russia is acting up
Iran is acting up and he wants to talk, which is exactly what the Iranians want to do , i.e. bide time to when they get weapons

American is arrested and held in Iran
Somali’s holding Americans

and this idiot is getting ready yo host his homo cross dressing pervert egg hunt

Can you believe the demos and outrage if the media actually did their job and reported all these gaffs, his waste of time abroad and his media whoring in France, i.e. town hall meeting in friggin France

He was laughed at to his face off Sarkozy and other leaders when he bowed

Whether the left want sot face it or not we are being laughed at right now and are not respected overseas

[Obadiah]

Pirates, and the world, thumbing their nose at the weak and inept Obama. Maybe Obama can apologize to them, or offer to talk about their roots causes. Maybe Obama will tell them it’s all America’s fault for being evil, arrogant, and greedy.

Mark my words, Obama is eventually going to get a lot of innocent people killed.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"THAT'S NOT A BOW! HE TRIPPED!"

<./ White House Official Press Statement>

[topfile]

So it's just a matter of time until the official WH spin will be "disgruntled Fishermen" protesting arrogant American overfishing of their traditional waters.

[ozarkgirl]

:) I see and agree.

[Windflier]

Hellooooo....these are poor black Muslims who are spreading the wealth from rich white guys. With whom do you think BO sympathizes?

BINGO!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Piracy is good business when you have appeasers in charge of government.

[paws_and_whiskers]

Well,he DOES have to make sure things go smoothly at the Whitehouse Easter egg-roll for all those rainbow “families” he held tickets for....

Yes, he has to keep his priorities and paybacks straight.

[calex59]

You said that armchair quarterbacks(BTW, several FReepers have sent me FReepmail praising my comment to you)were advocating that the captain be killed by the US taking action. Rather than have me take reading comprehension course you might want to a writing course so that your thoughts are actually put on paper instead of something you didn't intend. Personally, I think you did intend it just the way I read it. You think Bozo should not do sh** while we continue to have ships hijacked all over the pacific, "because the captain might be killed!". I don't want him killed, but the time for action is way past due.

The reason the military isn't doing anything is that the CIC(puke)has told them not to. They aren't doing their jobs, that is the crux of the problem and why people are being "armchair quarterbacks".

You should be a politician, you have the spin factor down.

[kitchen]

If this inaction keeps up they’ll soon be seizing ferry boats on Lake Champlain.

Possibly, but the season there is only 3 or 4 months long. The rest of the year they'd have to hijack 18 wheelers driving on Lake Champlain.

[manc]

indeed the French are showing balls and going in while we are being laughed at throughout the world even obama was laughed at to his face when he bowed to the Saudi king(check picture and you will see leaders laughing to his face for crying out loud)

I have just talked to my sister in England they are saying over there that obama is now looking weak, he seems out of his depth and that he looks like he is not understanding world affairs or the role what America has been