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Pirates vow revenge after rescue mission
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| April 13, 2009
| Abdiqani Hassan
Posted on 04/12/2009 8:35:13 PM PDT by Melissa 24
SOMALI pirates have threatened revenge after two separate hostage-rescue raids by foreign forces killed at least five comrades, raising fears of future bloodshed on the high seas. The latest raid by US forces this morning saved American hostage Capt Richard Phillips. Three pirates were killed and one was taken captive, the US Navy said.
That rescue mission and one by France last week have upped the stakes in shipping lanes off the anarchic Horn of Africa nation where pirate gangs have defied foreign naval patrols.
"The French and the Americans will regret starting this killing. We do not kill, but take only ransom. We shall do something to anyone we see as French or American from now," Hussein, a pirate, told Reuters by satellite phone.
"We cannot know how or whether our friends on the lifeboat died, but this will not stop us from hijacking," he said.
Sea gangs generally treat their captives well, hoping to fetch top dollar in ransoms. The worst violence has been an occasional beating.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: navy; notbreakingnews; pirates; somalian; somalipirates
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To: 08bil98z24
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posted on
04/13/2009 1:33:38 PM PDT
by
TenthAmendmentChampion
(Be prepared for tough times. FReepmail me to learn about our survival thread!)
To: jazusamo; freema
To: martin_fierro; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Shiverrrr me timberrrrs, matey, mighty fair graphic.
163
posted on
04/13/2009 2:05:08 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: JRandomFreeper
Actually our guys shot 3 for 3 - they weren't aiming at #4 - he was stupid enough to board our ship to negotiate.... was he really stupid enough to think we were going to hand him a wad of cash and send him back to his lifeboat?
They are telling the world he didn't want to go back and stayed willingly, but I tend to think they sat him down and "suggested" he not move.
164
posted on
04/13/2009 2:26:12 PM PDT
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(He bows to the Saudi King - we don't have Camelot, we have Camel Lot)
To: SunkenCiv
Fine. Somalia’s contribution to world civilization is zip, so I won’t miss them if every port in that country gets turned into a radioactive crater. At least Ethiopia gave us coffee, and Kenya gave us some interesting animals.
165
posted on
04/13/2009 2:56:16 PM PDT
by
Berosus
(No more Kennedys, no more Clintons, no more Bushes, no more political dynasties. Deal?)
To: Melissa 24
Millions for defense, but not a penny for tribute. Put that in your hornpipe and smoke it.
166
posted on
04/13/2009 3:57:56 PM PDT
by
oyez
(People! You're being pimped!)
To: All
OH Yeah -
The Awesome Military That Bush Built Strikes Again!
Bush-Bilt-Strong, Bush-Bilt-Tough.
Still Strong.
Still Dangerous.
Still awesomely violent.
Still removing heads without mercy from terrorist scum 3rd worlders.
Want the job done right? Send in Bush's Terminators.
Hey, thanks for giving our guys the target practice Libtards! Courtesy of your Libtard Messiah!
Obama finally admits that Bush Was Right.
Obama finally admits that violence against Scumbag Terrorist Islamofascists is the path of truth and righteousness and Bush Was Right.
That's right Libtards, admit it. Bush was right. Say it.
Obama finally admits that killing terrorist scumbags around the world without permission from the UN or "reading them their rights" is the only way to go!
Those three Somali Teenagers who are now missing their heads would love to take waterboarding and Gitmo right now as an alternative if they could "hit the reset button"! LOL!
Obama finally admits that our troops need great target practice opportunities like this - on live targets whenever possible.
Obama finally rejects the Liberal Claim that "Terrorism is a Law Enforcement Matter" and sends the military in to liquidate the terrorist scum. Embrace the violence Libtards. Embrace the War On Terror. Say it. War On Terror. American Military Violence wins the day over Libtard "Kum-By-Ya"!
The Left is defeated in their claim that "all you have to do is talk nice to them, give them hugs and money and they will love us!"
The troops walk away with the smug satisfaction of a job well done for "Taking Out The Islamofascist Terrorist Trash" and thanking Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney for all the great training and preparation that lead up to this successful beheading of the Somali Terrorist Scumbags by America's elite warriors.
Goes around comes around Islamofasict scum.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
167
posted on
04/13/2009 6:03:50 PM PDT
by
FTL
To: Prophet in the wilderness
LOL... Thanks. Someone needs to mock him up as a pirate. Maybe a dead pirate.
Will they make a movie called “Dead Pirates Society” ? (Sorry if that one has been used already — I can’t keep up with all these pirate threads!)
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