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U.S. ship captain held by pirates off Somalia, has been freed,
CNN ^

Posted on 04/12/2009 10:25:08 AM PDT by Ladycalif

U.S. ship captain held by pirates off Somalia, has been freed, senior U.S. official says. Three of four pirates killed.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 444; alabama; maritime; navyseals; owned; piracy; pirates; rescue; richardphillps; seals; somalia; somaliapirates; somalipirates; usnavy
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To: jveritas

Thanks for your insightful views. You are “spot on”.


321 posted on 04/12/2009 11:10:35 AM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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To: TET1968

>>>Warner brothers will hire Oliver Stone to make a movie about this.

But in that version the Captain will be one of pirates who has been a mole for years. At the last second a shot will ring out and the Captain will fall...


322 posted on 04/12/2009 11:10:36 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks.)
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To: Ron C.
Thank God for REAL men like Captain Phillips and our brave SEALs. Easter Blessings.

Why do the news outlets continue to state that Captain Phillips was "freed?" BULLSHIT.

323 posted on 04/12/2009 11:10:42 AM PDT by Miss Behave
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To: Ladycalif
I just heard this on the radio at the top of the hour. What a relief.

Thank God.

324 posted on 04/12/2009 11:10:44 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: fella
Because this was not a planned operation, It just sort of happened through fate and luck and most likely some big help from above.

I don't think the military sits around hoping for fate and luck and divine intervention. I'd bet this was planned in detail. The only open item was when the time would be right to implement it.

Both the WH and military are scrambling to put the correct PR spin on the story and not step on each others toes.

Makes sense, if they're main concern is figuring out how to spin it to give Obama the credit.

325 posted on 04/12/2009 11:10:45 AM PDT by Wissa (I despise the liberal media.)
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To: AH_LiveRight

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1162751/posts


326 posted on 04/12/2009 11:11:02 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Very simple:

The MOST important thing to keep in mind is the FUTURE!

And it is not at all clear that, had the Captain not jumped out of the boat a 2nd time, that Obama would have EVER done anything.

You concentrate on the hostage.

The hostage is and was important, but the FUTURE is even more important.

We need some massive retaliation now.

327 posted on 04/12/2009 11:11:43 AM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Ladycalif

FANTASTIC!!!! GOD is with US on EASTER!!
The NAVY told ZERO HUSSEIN to get LOST!


328 posted on 04/12/2009 11:11:53 AM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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To: 70th Division
GOD BLESS OUR SERVICE MEN!

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Absolutely!

329 posted on 04/12/2009 11:12:07 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

Good point - but, the captain will tell the tail, as he experienced it, I’m thinking.


330 posted on 04/12/2009 11:12:23 AM PDT by Ron C.
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To: Ladycalif
Job well done U.S. Navy, Captain Phillips and most likely SEALs.

Awesome.

Thank you Mr. President for trusting our Military. They are the best and will be your best and trusted friends.

331 posted on 04/12/2009 11:12:27 AM PDT by Chgogal (Don't look at me, Comrade. You elected him, our very own President Mugabe!)
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To: HollyB
Obama didn’t do anything.

He didn't prevent it. I will give him credit for that - he was willing to let a viable rescue go down. If this were Carter, we'd be reading about this story for several more months. If it were Clinton, he'd have bombed Khartoum by now.

332 posted on 04/12/2009 11:12:42 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Chode
If the warships in the area would stop the illegal fishing and dumping of toxic wastes of the coast of Somalia, the piracy would stop as well.

That is so pathetic. Some folks need their ass kicked for being so stupid.

333 posted on 04/12/2009 11:13:06 AM PDT by eyedigress
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To: Bahbah

Great news, eh!

Happy Easter Bahbah.


334 posted on 04/12/2009 11:13:15 AM PDT by fanfan (God, Bless America, please.)
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To: Queen of Excelsior

Though I am not an admiralty lawyer, I note the following:

United States Code § 1651. Piracy under law of nations

“Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life.”


335 posted on 04/12/2009 11:13:23 AM PDT by Aldebert
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To: bert

LOL.

That was bad....

It would be, they were Muslim like you.


336 posted on 04/12/2009 11:14:08 AM PDT by fanfan (God, Bless America, please.)
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To: jveritas
Al Qaeda terrorists, The Taliban terrorists, the Iranian terrorist regime, the North Korean terrorist regime, Hizballah terrorists, Hamas terrorists, etc... not to mention Russia and China.

Not to mention THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. (according to the O)

337 posted on 04/12/2009 11:14:16 AM PDT by bigheadfred (Negromancer !!! RUN for your lives !!!)
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To: al baby

We’re all stuned.


338 posted on 04/12/2009 11:14:20 AM PDT by ichabod1 (I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet (GOP Poet))
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To: lonevoice

Yes, he is. He “made” opportunities for our Good Guys. Job well done, one and all.


339 posted on 04/12/2009 11:14:33 AM PDT by Chgogal (Don't look at me, Comrade. You elected him, our very own President Mugabe!)
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To: Riley

Touché ........ ;)


340 posted on 04/12/2009 11:14:58 AM PDT by STARWISE (They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
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