Pirates Take German Ship Towards Comrades Off Somalia

Radionz.co.nz ^ | 11 April 2009 | Staff

[BarnacleCenturion]

Pirates on Friday sailed a hijacked German freighter and its crew toward a lifeboat off Somalia where an American hostage is being held.

They are reportedly doing so an attempt to help their comrades in a standoff with the US Navy.

Four pirates are holding the American captain of a cargo ship, Richard Phillips, in a drifting lifeboat and demanding $US2 million for his release and a guarantee of their own safety.

They have been holding him since a foiled attempt on Wednesday to hijack the 17,000-tonne, Danish-owned Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean.

A destroyer, the USS Bainbridge, is close by.

Another group that hijacked a 20,000-tonne German container vessel, the Hansa Stavanger, a week ago is reportedly heading to the scene of the standoff.

[kromike]

Aside from the hostage’s families, I also truly sympathize with the U.S. Navy. I can only imagine the frustration that our men & women must feel being embarrassed by that babbling lightweight metrosexual milquetoast in the White Hut.

[driftdiver]

What are they doing? Making announcements about the seal hunts.

[Cementjungle]

I haven’t seen any minute by minute coverage.

Not needed any more (for a distraction). Everyone has already forgotten about Obama's dismal failure at the G20.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

LOL!

IT’S A QUAGMIRE!

[LibLieSlayer]

Because the cic will not issue the order to do so... he is a muzzie after all.

LLS

[KittyKares]

I don’t understand how it is that the whole world is afraid of a bunch of mangy pirates. They should have been blasted out of the water years ago.

[thecabal]

Please, for the love of God, tell me that the US Navy will not allow this to happen.

[Lion Den Dan]

U.S. Navy Seals could, after some hours of make ready, reduce this situation to a non event avter about 15 seconds of drama and trauma. Odds are the American Captain would come home safe. Damn this surrender monkey we have in the White House.

[Jemian]

There needs to be a malfunction with all communications. It is easier to apologize for a past action than ask permission for a planned action.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/hostages.phtml

[Eye of Unk]

We have EMP devices, we used them in Iraq. Could also disable a ship for a brief time until they get manual control.

[cookcounty]

The Captain tried to precipitate his own rescue by jumping overboard.......that should have given the Navy the chance to take out the pirates at that moment.....but they probably were caught by surprise,...too bad.

[LibLieSlayer]

To quote Patton when ordered in a radio dispatch to stop his march to Messina and allow Monty to get there first... he said, “No, that is what you THINK it says... tell them the message was garbled... ask them to resend it. That should take at least half a day”.

I pray to GOD ALMIGHTY to supply us with leaders like that once again. Amen.

LLS

[1000 silverlings]

If there were little Christian children being held hostage they’d send in Janet Reno

[Prophet in the wilderness]

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-zQ4CCQRDxKo/reagans_record_1980_political_commercial/

[Cementjungle]

The Captain tried to precipitate his own rescue by jumping overboard.......that should have given the Navy the chance to take out the pirates at that moment.....but they probably were caught by surprise,...too bad.

They probably couldn't get the OK from the CIC fast enough to do anything... he was busy bowling or something.

[RC2]

Easy fix. The US Navy should take one of their cargo ships, paint it like the one above, but.........have it loaded for bear and take out the priates. A sleeper if you wish.

[Jemian]

Wait a minute while I do a search and learn what EMP devices are.