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1 posted on 04/14/2009 10:45:13 AM PDT by Sergeant Tim

To: Sergeant Tim

Somali Pirates = al Qaida’s Navy

2 posted on 04/14/2009 10:47:37 AM PDT by Slapshot68

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3 posted on 04/14/2009 10:51:35 AM PDT by Sergeant Tim (In the War on Terror, there is no place to run from here.)

To: Sergeant Tim

Small fiberglass boats VS Chain Gun fire easy to see a winner there.

4 posted on 04/14/2009 10:58:10 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Osamabama Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)

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5 posted on 04/14/2009 10:59:39 AM PDT by SJackson (Barack Obama went to Harvard and became an educated fool. Rep. Bobby Rush)

To: Sergeant Tim

Time to El Kabong Al Shabab!

6 posted on 04/14/2009 11:04:05 AM PDT by dblshot

To: Sergeant Tim

Bookmarked. Thankyou, Sgt Tim!

7 posted on 04/14/2009 11:06:32 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghÃ©ill mi do dhuine. FÃ g am bealach.)

To: Sergeant Tim

With all the money these “pirates’ have gotten from ransom, they should be living like kings.

All that money is going somewhere. Must be going to the terrorists.

8 posted on 04/14/2009 11:21:23 AM PDT by dforest

To: Sergeant Tim

Thanks for the post. Connecting dots is a good thing to show.

9 posted on 04/14/2009 11:47:21 AM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)

To: Sergeant Tim

I’m still puzzled as to why the Ethiopians invaded Somolia and then pulled back to their Country.

11 posted on 04/14/2009 12:02:00 PM PDT by Rappini ("Pro deo et Patria.)

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Great Info Rich Post.

Shane Murphy’s statement that the Maersk Alabama had been dogged for days is worrisome.

Were the pirates subcontracted by AQSomalia to get an American ship? Many analysts say there is no conclusive evidence of AQ, but Shahab is clearly allied with them, and AQ’s presence in Somalia goes back to the BlackHawkDown battles way back when.

Also worrying is the statement that the next time they capture Americans they are going to kill them.

That doesn’t sound like a commerce oriented pirate but a jihadi type threat.

I hope that contingency plans are approved at the highest level if and when something like that happens. It would be far more prudent to take decisive action now rather than waiting for a murder that forces our hand.

Also when looking at the map, one wonders if the coast of Yemen is also being used as a hideout. If it is, some political considerations are making us keep quiet about it publicly, but perhaps in the Fleet or the Djibouti base, their eyes are open....

After all, Bodanky’s book talked about AQ ferrying in fighters from Yemen into Somalia.......

12 posted on 04/14/2009 12:03:08 PM PDT by swarthyguy ("We may be crazy in Pakistan, but not completely out of our minds," ISI Gen. Ahmed Shujaa Pasha)

To: Sergeant Tim

It’s Bush’s fault /sarc

16 posted on 04/14/2009 9:21:17 PM PDT by uncommonsense (liberals see what they believe and conservatives believe what they see)

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