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US ship, choppers, shadow hostage captain, pirates
Associated Press ^ | April 12, 2009 | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY and KATHARINE HOURELD

Posted on 04/12/2009 10:23:56 AM PDT by libstripper

U.S. warships and helicopters stalked a lifeboat holding an American sea captain and his four Somali captors Sunday as a Somali official and others reported negotiations for his release have broken down.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hostages; maritime; obama; pirates; richardphillips; somali; somalia; somaliapirates; somalipirates; usnavy
Please read the whole article. This cluster f**k is obviously being run, and horribly messed up, by the Usurper himself from the WH. The Naval officers involved are nothing but bystanders, errand boys, and potential scapegoats, thanks to the Usurper.
1 posted on 04/12/2009 10:23:56 AM PDT by libstripper
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2 posted on 04/12/2009 10:24:28 AM PDT by Kansas58
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I cannot believe we are actually considering paying a “small” ransom?

I can hardly even breathe right now...


3 posted on 04/12/2009 10:25:06 AM PDT by Boiling Pots (The Politicians think we're all stupid, and they're largely correct.)
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CNN is reporting that Captain Phillips has been released. Breaking news!


4 posted on 04/12/2009 10:25:13 AM PDT by lonevoice (This tagline is identical to the one you are reading)
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CNN reporting that the captain is free.

The pirates are dead.


5 posted on 04/12/2009 10:26:52 AM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at I00 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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6 posted on 04/12/2009 10:53:56 AM PDT by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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Heh heh. Ain't nobody left to negotiate with.

He's free.

7 posted on 04/12/2009 11:00:32 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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