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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: Syncro; dirtboy
Special Ops and SEALS are always prepared

Agreed. Here is one link that may help.

DEVGRU

821 posted on 04/12/2009 1:27:56 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Negromancer !!! RUN for your lives !!!)
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To: Syncro; All

Does Courtney look anoyed! What liberal jerks.


822 posted on 04/12/2009 1:28:25 PM PDT by jhw61 (I)
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To: Eye of Unk

So does this count as a police action or as a war? With the Zero getting the FBI mixed up in this, it’s hard to know what’s going on in this screwed up world.


823 posted on 04/12/2009 1:28:42 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: rodguy911

Probably so. He seems obsessed with making sure that Obama is not criticized unfairly. He forgets that this took five days to resolve; that the FBI was placed in charge of negotiations; and that the Annointed One refused to comment on the matter. Hopefully, we will learn all the facts and see if this rescue was successful despite Obama.


824 posted on 04/12/2009 1:29:08 PM PDT by kabar
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To: STARWISE
Absolutely Star,yet I see the DBM giving him all the credit,hope it doesn't happen but have my doubts.
825 posted on 04/12/2009 1:29:42 PM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE--GO SARAHCUDA !!)
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To: rodguy911
This guy dirtball, is probably a waste of time for you kabar.

So you are lowbrow enough to post an insult without pinging me? Thanks for confirming what I though about you from your posts to me so far.

826 posted on 04/12/2009 1:29:42 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: rodguy911

I discussed this with family a few months ago. The moonbats are satisfied with their leader now. He can now do anything he wants. We can only pray his legacy is pro-capitalist American. Early results are not good.


827 posted on 04/12/2009 1:29:47 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: longtermmemmory

The odds of the captain getting a second chance to jump out of the enclosed lifeboat would be anticipated to be slim to none.

ALL of Obama’s history would suggest Obama saw the negotiator as the only viable way out of this mess.

Yes, thank goodness for brave people.

Obama background is in community organizing.

828 posted on 04/12/2009 1:30:26 PM PDT by Syncro (Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat)
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To: dirtboy

Tenure means nothing. There are trolls that have been here as long as you have. There are FReepers that have had DU accounts for 10 years. It just means they are subtle and don’t get deleted.
I’m not the one with my nose so far up odumbos a** . You are.


829 posted on 04/12/2009 1:30:31 PM PDT by mojitojoe ( Idiots elected a Marxist ideologue with narcissistic personality disorder & America is dying.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
We have a right to be cynical about Obama just from the way he’s dealt with things in the recent past.

Cynical is one thing. Making claims about what Obama has or has not done with utterly no information is another.

830 posted on 04/12/2009 1:31:02 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: eyedigress

Maybe your family’s moonbats are giving the Zero a blanket pass, but the DU has been getting into dithers on a fairly regular basis.


831 posted on 04/12/2009 1:32:03 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

This will be manna from the heavens for Obama to milk, he will fire up the sympatico MSM machine to paint a different light on these “fishermen”.

Only the Law of the Sea should be used, firing squad on deck and then tea with Neptune.


832 posted on 04/12/2009 1:32:07 PM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: dirtboy
Again:

You obviously don't have a clue about how Special Ops and SEALs operate.

I don't watch 24.

If you get your information from fictional shows on TV, no wonder your posts are so far off from reality.

833 posted on 04/12/2009 1:32:49 PM PDT by Syncro (Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat)
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To: Syncro

Right .. they are always ready to go on
a moment’s notice, with the game plan
already memorized from their playlist.
They don’t waste a second. That’s
their mission, fergodssake.


834 posted on 04/12/2009 1:33:18 PM PDT by STARWISE (They (LIBS-STILL) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war- Richard Miniter)
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To: dirtboy

Sometimes cynical remarks are made about Obama without a /sarc.


835 posted on 04/12/2009 1:33:20 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
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To: mojitojoe
Tenure means nothing.

Uh, yeah, it does. It means you have a history on the site. Your limited history indicates you do little more than run around calling people who were here long before you DU trolls.

There are trolls that have been here as long as you have. There are FReepers that have had DU accounts for 10 years. It just means they are subtle and don’t get deleted.

I've made over 64,000 posts on FR and have gone out to many protests, even helped organize a couple. Still wanna call me a DU troll?

I’m not the one with my nose so far up odumbos a** . You are.

Since you are a newb, I guess you don't know the forum guidelines against profanity and personal attacks. I would suggest you start adhereing to them.

836 posted on 04/12/2009 1:34:09 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: HiTech RedNeck

You called that right. My family members in favor of Obama don’t care what he does. Its weak.


837 posted on 04/12/2009 1:34:28 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: trumandogz
Would you have preferred Phillips be held for 444 days if it were to destroy Obama’s presidency?

It has happened before. And, to answer your question, yes.

838 posted on 04/12/2009 1:34:57 PM PDT by surely_you_jest
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To: Syncro
Your second question, the proof is that they weren't allowed to do it.

Where is your proof for that?

839 posted on 04/12/2009 1:35:06 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Miss Didi
"Are these reporters (one from NPR) really questioning whether Capt. Phillips’ life was really in danger???

Absolutely. IDIOTS!!

sw

840 posted on 04/12/2009 1:35:24 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife ("Never give in, Never give in, Never give in" Winston Churchill)
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