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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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I wouldn't expect anything less from those slimey terrorists. Tomorrow's NY Times headline: "America Wakes Up Sleeping Giant" Pirates threaten retaliation.
To: Melissa 24
ZERO’s FAULT! Thought I would get that in early. Maybe using real bullets is what original shocked the WH when this happened? :)
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:37:21 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
( BOOMER SOONER! Mary Fallin for OK Governor in 2010! Vote Gary for OK GOP Chair)
To: Melissa 24
In the words of GW BRING IT ON M.FERS
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:38:43 PM PDT
by
guitarplayer1953
(Psalm 83:1-8 is on the horizon.)
To: Melissa 24
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:40:25 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(0gabe our very own Kenyan subprime president)
To: Melissa 24
"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. Give it your best shot Hussein. I thought we had a deal, you don't mess with our boats, we won't mess with you. Seems we weren't the ones who broke the deal.
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:40:43 PM PDT
by
ozarkgirl
(I'll keep my money, my freedom and my guns. You can keep the change.)
To: Melissa 24
We shall do something to anyone we see as French or American from now," Hussein, a pirate, told Reuters So he called Reuters from the White House ?
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:42:00 PM PDT
by
libh8er
To: Melissa 24
Man, I sure hope nobody tells the SEALs. Wouldn’t want them to get skeert or anything...
To: Melissa 24; freekitty; oswegodeee; 2ndDivisionVet; ZULU; Piquaboy; SouthTexas; SkyPilot; gonzo; ...
Send Zero and Hitlery to smooth their ruffled feathers. He can bow and she can giggle.
To: Melissa 24
"The French and the Americans will regret starting this killing. We do not kill, but take only ransom. " ....
Same crazy logic as those brain dead sheeple admires who call that scum who kill those 4 police officers last month " their HERO "
It proves that Liberalism, Communism, PI RAT ism , Terrorism is a mental disorder....
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:43:22 PM PDT
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
To: Melissa 24
YES! We get a mulligan on this shot. We shot 75%. We can do better next time.
/johnny
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:43:39 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(God Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: Melissa 24
One terrorist to the other 3, just before the shooting - What did you become Hinus, Habbibi? You have red dots on your foreheads!
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:44:43 PM PDT
by
truemiester
((If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years))
To: Melissa 24
...the Americans will regret starting this killing. Guess they forgot that they actually started it first, in Mogadishu. Black Hawk Down ring any bells?
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:45:19 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: ozarkgirl
" The French and the Americans will regret starting this killing. We do not kill, but take only ransom. "
It's the same crazy logic as those looters who complain about when the police were ordered to " Shoot to Kill " in New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
To: Melissa 24
They’re like “little dogs”... the smallest ones bark the loudest, but run real fast when you turn on them... LOL...
If they want to try anything again, then the U.S. can “whack them good” and give them some “payback” — like 10-to-1, until they get the message that there are easier countries to deal with (for ransoms) than the U.S. ... LOL...
To: Melissa 24
The “Maritime Community Organizers” take a blow!
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:48:55 PM PDT
by
dancusa
(The word "racist" is a magic shield word that's supposed to stop any dissent.)
To: ozarkgirl
You said — Give it your best shot Hussein. I thought we had a deal, you don’t mess with our boats, we won’t mess with you. Seems we weren’t the ones who broke the deal.
—
Yep, they would be smart to go for the wimpy countries who have been paying the ransoms all along for several years.
They better quit with the U.S. while they are ahead of the game...
To: dennisw
I say we nuke ‘em from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:51:52 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Melissa 24
"... but this will not stop us from hijacking," he said.
No, not all of you, but I'm pretty damn sure that at least 3 will never do it again.
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:52:35 PM PDT
by
txroadkill
(Medicare, Medicaid and now we have Medi-Car)
To: Melissa 24
Gee, wasn’t more of the world supposed to love the U.S. once 0bama became Pres?!
My goodness, how soon kumbaya dies...
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:54:07 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: libh8er
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posted on
04/12/2009 8:54:13 PM PDT
by
Melissa 24
(I Brake For Epiphanies)
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