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To: stationkeeper

Any time the good guys have the means {guns} to defend themselves, the cowards that are attacking unarmed vessels or little old ladies, turn tail and flee.


13 posted on 11/18/2009 5:48:46 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: USS Alaska

Fox News
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The captain of a chemical tanker who was shot when his ship was hijacked earlier this week has died, Sky News reported a Somali pirate as saying.

“The captain of the chemical tanker died last night from gunshot wounds he got during the hijack,” a pirate who gave his name as Mohamed said.

“The ship is headed for Haradheere with the dead captain.”

The a Virgin-Islands owned chemical tanker MV Theresa VIII was hijacked earlier this week with its 28 North Korean crew members.

The ship was sailing to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, but had turned around after being seized near the Indian Ocean archipelago.


14 posted on 11/18/2009 6:53:22 AM PST by varina davis (Life is not a dress rehearsal)
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To: USS Alaska

Security measures have ramped up......surprised the Somalis went after the Alabama again considering how the last attempt panned out.


17 posted on 11/18/2009 8:37:20 AM PST by stationkeeper
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