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Somali Pirates Attack U.S.-Flagged Ship Again
FOX News ^
| 11/18/2009
| FOX News
Posted on 11/18/2009 2:54:53 AM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
NAIROBI, Kenya — The EU's anti-piracy force says that Somali pirates have again attacked the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked last spring.
The EU Naval Force says pirates fired automatic weapons at the ship, but that guards on board the craft fired back and thwarted Tuesday's attack.
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TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: maersk; maerskalabama; maritime; somalipirates
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Shot back? The endless cycle of violence continues. Obama will hear of this.
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11/18/2009 11:35:53 AM PST
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Eleutheria5
(www.publishedauthors.net/benmaxwell/index.html, http://sites.google.com/site/thevuzvuz/)
To: SkyPilot
The pirates were just suffering from never having enjoyed a good beer.
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posted on
11/18/2009 11:38:12 AM PST
by
Eleutheria5
(www.publishedauthors.net/benmaxwell/index.html, http://sites.google.com/site/thevuzvuz/)
To: Non-Sequitur
The Air Force isn’t real busy, bomb them back to the stone age...oops, they’re already there.
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posted on
11/18/2009 11:41:01 AM PST
by
oneolcop
(Lead, Follow or Get the hell out of the way!)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
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11/18/2009 1:09:51 PM PST
by
chuck_the_tv_out
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To: ricks_place
This was about the heavist loaded container ship, I saw on my cruise.
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11/18/2009 2:30:54 PM PST
by
razorback-bert
(We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.)
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