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Posted on 04/13/2009 1:44:49 PM PDT by Nachum
MALINDI, Kenya — With Somali pirates pointing an automatic rifle at a hostage American ship captain, U.S. Navy sharpshooters opened fire Sunday, killing the pirates and ending an extraordinary five-day standoff that marked the first seizure of a U.S. vessel by pirates on the high seas in at least two centuries.
Three pirates were killed, the Pentagon said. The captain, 53-year-old Richard Phillips of Underhill, Vt., was rescued unharmed and taken aboard a U.S. warship. A fourth pirate who'd surrendered earlier also was being detained and could face trial in the United States.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...
Then those mean, horrible, nasty Navy Seals killed them and took their dog too.
“these fellows were just getting their lives turned around...”
Don’t bring an empty AK47 to a gun fight.
Well, they did trade the captain for some ammo...
Hell, I can’t find any ammo either. I feel their pain.
I don't believe that I will pay them any mind tonight, okay?
Figures the media wouls do their best to try to make America look bad. Lesson learned - being a pirate means a short life span.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.31df982b8ef5619e88e7984ec0013344.501&show_article=1
Somali pirates were ‘untrained’ teenagers: US
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says.....
The Somali pirates who took a US merchant captain hostage for five days were heavily armed but inexperienced youths, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday, adding that the hijackers were aged 17 to 19.
(Would be BREAKING NEWS...were it GWB
We gave them three rounds, what else do they want?
That Obama, he’s a hawk! LOL
LMAO
Pirates, eh? Not very good at it were they?
It hasn’t taken the media long to turn this thing against the military, has it?
I’m sure these guns will be traced back to a gunshow here in the US. LOL
Should’a thought about all of that BEFORE you went out, terrorizing defenseless people on the high seas, stealing millions and millions of dollars from people.
What you do...Is NOT a game, is NOT a fun pastime. It IS a life or death situation for these Seamen.
They were victims of underfunded pirate training programs in their native land, and were unfairly denied student visas to the US.....
Not quite that generous but we did give them some free reloading components (slightly used).
My favorite line from “Judge Roy Bean”
“But, he never had a chance!?!!”
Says Roy:
“No. He never did”.
LOL!
Hopefully McClatchy Newspapers will die soon to. The idoit libs are making the islamic Somali pirates into victims.
Yeah, like I’d believe anything coming out of Kenya. And, yes, that includes the HopeyChangey.
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