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Captain jumps overboard, SEALs shoot pirates, official says (breaking
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Posted on 04/12/2009 12:14:16 PM PDT by Lorianne

The American captain of a cargo ship held hostage by pirates jumped overboard from the lifeboat where he was being held, and U.S. Navy SEALs shot and killed three of his four captors, according to a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the situation.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: barackipirates; obamapirates; richardphillips; somalipirates; specialforces; usnavy
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To: Lorianne

what i don’t understand is why did it take so long? were they waiting for assets to arrive in the area?


81 posted on 04/12/2009 1:38:16 PM PDT by sten
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To: tc45a

Troll Alert.

Are the Viking Kittens still on patrol??


82 posted on 04/12/2009 1:51:10 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
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To: sten

They killed them from the Navy ship.


83 posted on 04/12/2009 1:52:39 PM PDT by navysealdad (http://drdavehouseoffun.com/)
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To: Trueblackman
The pirates met our best diplomats in the form of our Navy Seals with guns
True sentiments in any century...
84 posted on 04/12/2009 1:54:06 PM PDT by mikrofon (God Bless the USN)
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To: sten
Just a simple question.

Admiral said the Capt was tied up. How did he jump overboard?

sw

85 posted on 04/12/2009 1:56:13 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife ("Never give in, Never give in, Never give in" Winston Churchill)
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To: Trueblackman
Yeah any minute now there will be glowing sympathetic stories from the Left about how the US and Bush administration policies drove these Somalis to such extreme measures.

This is a great Easter present. God is good-- all the time.

86 posted on 04/12/2009 1:56:39 PM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: Peter Horry
"dance the hempen jig"

That's rich!

87 posted on 04/12/2009 2:25:50 PM PDT by Obamageddon (This will all end with show trials and piano wire!)
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To: Obamageddon

Post 87

“Captain Morgan’s Revenge - ALESTORM LYRICS”

At sunrise we’ll all dance the hempen jig
So raise up your pint of rum and take another swig
The curse of Captain Morgan has led us to this fate
So have no fear, and don’t look back, the afterlife awaits

We returned to port with sorrow in our chests
An evil shadow followed us on every quest
Never to feel joy again was our fate
Only misery and death, fear and burning hate

We broke the law, betrayed the code
Now time is running out
An unforgivable offence
Of that there is no doubt
Now as we stand before the gallows
Waiting for the end
I’ll say these final words my friend

At sunrise we’ll all dance the hempen jig
So raise up your pint of rum and take another swig
The curse of Captain Morgan has led us to this fate
So have no fear, and don’t look back, the afterlife awaits


88 posted on 04/12/2009 4:17:13 PM PDT by Peter Horry (Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded - John Randolph)
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To: PhilDragoo
The obamination is deeply saddened. He lost 3 comrades and the golden opportunity to realize his dream of becoming a cabin boy to the Islamists.

No worries though, he will have plenty of future opportunities. In the meantime, he will be content to apologize at every opportunity for this taking of precious Islamo-fascist life.

89 posted on 04/12/2009 5:37:00 PM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (my tagline is over-stimulated)
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To: spectre

really? guess its more quality reporting. i had read that he jumped overboard again


90 posted on 04/12/2009 6:27:45 PM PDT by sten
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To: tc45a

“Comments like this make Freerepublic look like a bunch of nutcases. Get real.”


Disparaging FR? Smooth. How ‘bout you get real and open your eyes. Can’t you detect ‘tongue in cheek’ comment.

That being said, 0bama will try to destroy what you hold dear if you are a conservative.


91 posted on 04/12/2009 6:51:12 PM PDT by GreyMountainReagan (Liberals do not view the book 1984 as a warning but as a textbook.)
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