U.S. Cargo Ship Hijacked Near Somalia Coast [Update - attempted hijacking foiled]

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[OJDIDIT2]

Long Island based ship, Liberty Sun, was carrying humanitarian aide. The 20 man crew is apparently unhurt as USS Bainbridge makes its way towards distressed vessel.

[LayoutGuru2]

NY company’s ship damaged in Somali pirate attack
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_re_us/piracy_liberty_sun

[Old Sarge]

The One (piss be upon him) is the proper address...

[LayoutGuru2]

US food aid ship escapes Somali pirate attack
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/piracy

But wait... Thers’s more...

Ron Paul’s plan to fend off pirates
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090415/pl_politico/21245

[EQAndyBuzz]

“The One is being tested, as promised. He’s 1 for 2, did ok on the Phillips hijacking but failed with North Korea.”

1 for 3. Failed also on Iran. 1 for 4. Failed to secure much in the way of military for Afghanistan from Europe.

[Hulka]

You are right. . .my mistake.

[sunny48]

ilgipper posted “I am sure the anger at the slow action we saw from the SEAL on tv reflects the situation well. It could have been over sooner with decisive action.”

Where did you see that?

[Neoliberalnot]

Are you telling me that 3 bullets and hours of rhetoric did not dissuade the Pirates of Penzance from continuing their lucrative career? Let’s send ACORN and other community organizers to Mogadishu to filibuster with their leaders! After all if they can get a muslim marxist elected President this should pose no challenge for them.
Change is coming (in 2010) - Stop drinking the Kool Aid and have a Tea Party! Hail to the THIEF!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

This is a classic case of “You get more of what you subsidize.” In this case, lack of affirmative action is the subsidy. Once these pirates start seeing extreme prejudice, this crap will stop. Like I said, countermeasures such as flame throwers sill surely discourage unwanted boarders. Other situations will require different solutions, along with rising expenditures as warranted. These people are after money. When they start reaping death instead, they'll find something else to do.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I don’t like the idea of short range weapons. That puts the crews in range of the pirate’s guns and RPGs. I prefer we use something that doesn’t let these guys get close enough to use those.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The UN does fulfill one important function: They park their cars in front of NYC fire hydrants, parking meters, no parking zone signs, they double-park, and generally make sure nobody else can find a place to park in NYC

They also support a thriving top-end prostitution industry.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I prefer we use something that doesn’t let these guys get close enough to use those.

So do I, and there are many excellent chioces available, given the will to pay for and use them. Still, there's nothing like flame thrower or buckets of burining gasoline to discourage miscreant boarders at the gunnels.

[Victory Rocks]

If I were President I would recommission one of the Iowa class battleships, send it to the coast of Somalia fully armed with a big banner hanging from the side of the hull with the message “TRY TO HIJACK THIS COWARDS”!. I wonder how brave these so called pirates would be staring down the barrels of nine sixteen inch guns.

[FDNYRHEROES]

This is a classic case of “You get more of what you subsidize.” In this case, lack of affirmative action is the subsidy. Once these pirates start seeing extreme prejudice, this crap will stop. Like I said, countermeasures such as flame throwers sill surely discourage unwanted boarders. Other situations will require different solutions, along with rising expenditures as warranted. These people are after money. When they start reaping death instead, they'll find something else to do.

I received an email this morning originally posted by a member of the Alabama crew listing many of the lessons learned. It was quite a good read of what they did right and how the whole thing actually played out. But, Sorry Folks, I'm not gonna put all that out there in the public domain. Maybe someday by someone else, but not me and not now. Loose Lips sink ships, and those dead pirates tell no tales.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

time for WWII style convoys??

Or, some other WWII innovations:

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Again Mad Tom, you’re tryin’ to throw a bucket of gas, and they’re shooting AKs and RPGs at ya!
BTW, at the Pirate name site, there were a lot of Rackhams as I recall. We were both there the same day, I believe.
Eric The Enforcer

[devolve]

[stan_sipple]

someone let those pirates know that bullet holes leak

[potlatch]

Love your post devolve. The text is really neat!!

[devolve]

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Thanks potlatch

You photograph works great here!

Obama highjacks the American taxpayers and demands trillions in ransom!

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