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 ...
I'm obviously out of my depth here among all the strategic and tactical experts; but, it just may be that this whole op was run strictly "by the book" which ain't always like the movies or "24" or fevered imagination.
Nam Vet
I heart Navy SEALs!! Awesome
>> Hope the surviving pirate goes to GITMO, that would be funny.
I like your sense of humor!
This captain is like Sully. He should get a medal.
Yes...that was him, Star.
Very easy to tell why HE was the captain.
You are either a Dreamer or Inbibing in some Happy juice Friend! Probably Both!
Seems like a sane response - grade the man on this test. The semester review will be coming along soon enough.I see a new company emerging, though - Maersk-XE. Shipping protected by guys with big guns. A few pirates floating leaking blood should be all the advertisement the company needs - “We’ll make sure it gets there” as the tagline.
Are there as many sharks in the Gulf of Aden as there are in the Gulf of Suez?
If he had a visual of the ships, good old fashioned code could have been the comm.
Sleep deprivation, dehydration, and hunger are important considerations for any tactical plan. Let's give credit where credit is due. It is only a big deal to some fanatical naysayers of liberal and conservative stripe.
This is nothing more than a Racist Imperialist Neocon war for oil lead by the Bush-Cheney Cabal. They tortured and violated the rights of those Somali Freedom Fighters who are only fighting the injustices, poverty and inequality that America and its evil empire spreads around the world through its racist policies. This is ALL BUSHITLERMCCHIMPY’S FAULT!
Huh?...wait...hang on a sec....can this wait? I’m in the middle of an anti-Bush tirade.
What? Obama’s “president”?
Oh, hey I’m back. As I was saying, our wonderful Commander in Chief President Barrack Hussien Obama the Enlightend Dear Leader has personally led a victorious successful raid against the terrorists resulting in Mission Accomplished.
Agree!
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“Pirates Hijack Second US Vessel
BBC ^ | 11 April 2009 | Staff
Posted on April 11, 2009 11:35:25 AM EDT by 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.”
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First of all, the lifeboat was enclosed, which made it a much more difficult tactical situation than you claim - you just can't have a spotter relying intel about the pirates to the men approaching the raft in the water. You act like it is a simple thing to swim up to an enclosed raft in the open ocean during the night. Second, you just don't have SEALs on every ship. They probably had to be helicoptered in from the nearest base, which could have been thousands of miles away.
For cryin' out loud, this is why Internet politics can be so damn toxic and counterproductive. This was a great outcome for this country. We come across as petty and bilous as the DUmmiess were against Bush when we cannot simply say "God bless America and our military" and leave it at that, without knowing a lick about what Obama did or did not do.
then gave the story to lowal to him CNN
You gotta admit, they were right about that.
The perp will claim that Capt. Phillips tortured them and would not let them surrender!
How is that?
Ever heard of a false flag?
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