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U.S. Navy rescues captain held by pirates
MSNBC ^
| 4/12/09
| AP
Posted on 04/12/2009 11:16:18 AM PDT by Nachum
MOMBASA, Kenya - An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a swift firefight that killed three of the four Somali pirates who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, the ship's owner said.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 444; captain; navy; pirates; rescue; rescues; richardphillips; somalipirates; usnavy
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The MSNBC story.
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:16:19 AM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
God bless the EASTER SEALS!
To: Nachum
swift firefight , only way to deal w/scum ever.
Destroy by fire!
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:18:25 AM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: Nachum
Obama is the man he is a great war time president
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:18:54 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: norraad
..as in , ready, aim, fire!
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:19:04 AM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: Nachum
Just heard on Fox that the Somalia pirates still hold 250 hostages.
To: Nachum
The minute we got the captain to safety, we should have blasted the motherships.
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:20:55 AM PDT
by
umgud
(I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
To: cruise_missile
From where? Who are the 250?
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:21:13 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(the complete list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
Thank you for the good news!
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:21:14 AM PDT
by
Califreak
(Obama is Swahili for "Death to America")
To: al baby
Obama is the man he is a great war time presidentYes, he can. Obama is the black superman.
To: Califreak
I there are 4 posts in the last 5 minutes on this.
I hope the mod. leaves them all up as they are from different news sources.
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:22:19 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(the complete list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: al baby
You’re killing me, al baby. I think your beeber needs to be calibrated. ;-)
This was a swift reaction by the SEALS, precipitated by the captain jumping overboard again. I bet Obama was as surprised as the pirates.
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:23:57 AM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(HOPE and CHANGE? More like BAIT and SWITCH.)
To: The_Media_never_lie
Obama is a joke.
He basicly kept quiet so he could attack the military if things went south. Obama first action would be to appologize to the pirates.
Consider how Obama is now treating this as an FBI case!
Obama has only demonstrated his weakness as leader.
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:26:22 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: The_Media_never_lie
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:27:28 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
To: Nachum
Wonder how long before Obama charges the Navy with murder?
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:27:35 AM PDT
by
Always Right
(Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
To: umgud
The ones with hostages on them?
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:27:43 AM PDT
by
Textide
To: Nachum
Oh my!
Three Rag Heads dead, I think ol’ Barry is going to have a conniption and ask for the resignation and Courts Martial of all military involved.
Can't have Muslim terrorist pirates getting killed while threatening Americans now, can we? (you all ought to know this is sarcasm).
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:27:50 AM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: al baby
It now appears a Navy Officer ignored Obama’s orders to negotiate and took matters into his own hands. Want to bet the Navy Officer gets demoted by Obama?
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:28:04 AM PDT
by
HD1200
To: al baby
>he is a great war time president
Indeed. He is the magic negro.
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:28:12 AM PDT
by
bill1952
(Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: longtermmemmory
I’m watching the crew on Fox... they are seriously P.O.’d that it took so long.
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posted on
04/12/2009 11:28:43 AM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(HOPE and CHANGE? More like BAIT and SWITCH.)
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