U.S.-Owned Tugboat With Italians Aboard Hijacked Off Somalia

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,514461,00.html ^ | 4/11/09 | AP

[papasmurf]

I thought it was my dog farting again. Guess I have to stop blaming her for troll odors.

[KentStateInfidel]

"Why isn’t our President doing anything about this? Why is no one holding him accountable for not addressing this issue. What a weakling."

I keep repeating this: He's still not sure which side he's on.

[KentStateInfidel]

Funny, has CNN even reported this yet. And will someone on the news please call the pirates by their appropriate title: Muzzies.

[papasmurf]

No, but, DU is doing backflips over it. The internal strife over there is heart warming. LOL

[dusttoyou]

Why isn’t our President doing anything about this?

Hey! oBOWma is busy with the carbon footprint pizza and can’t be bothered with he’s brothas working hard collecting more ships.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

some folks simply NEED to be killed

You from Texas? That's a legal defense.

Not disagreeing with you in the least, if it were up to me the shooting would have started the first time they tried to grab a ship.

Regards,
GtG

PS Are they still having problems with pirates in the South China Sea?

[Hugin]

If you don’t think these terrorists know all of that before they set out to hijack a ship, or that they don’t plan their hijackings before hand, then I’ve got some GM stock I want to talk to you about.

I don't think that, and there is no reason to think they do. They aren't some vast international organization with access to shipping manifests and ownership registries. They are a bunch of thugs who haopen to live nest to one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. They go out at night in small boats, look for the running lights of ships, and grab whateer they can. At least that's the MO as I've heard it described by security people I've heard interviewed.

If you think these guys are some super sophisticated operation consider the Alabama hijacking. Four pirates pulled up in a rubber boat with AK47s at hight, climb up with grappling hooks, took the crew and left one guy to guard 16 of them. When they jumped him and took his gun they immediately fled with the captain. Not exactly professionals. More like muggers who don't expect to come accross a CCW holder.

[Hugin]

Any idiot with an internet connection can find out, in seconds, who owns a ship, who the Master is, the type of cargo they carry, etc., etc.

OK, so tell me, what ships are off the coast of Somalia right now, and who owns thems? After all, you claimed that they knew before hand, not after they grabbed the ship.