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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:55 pm
by GORDON
An American one this time...
Except things aren't going to plan when they take Americans prisoner... hehehe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7990566.stm
US crew members have retaken their hijacked ship but their captain is still being held by Somali pirates on a lifeboat, reports say.
Fuck yeah.
Pure speculation, but I bet these sailors' absentee ballots for McCain were disqualified for one reason or another.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:16 pm
by Vince
Nice to see there are still Americans left that don't wait around for the government to "fix" things.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:28 pm
by GORDON
Thomas Jefferson approves.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:48 pm
by Malcolm
Someone explain why we can't just send in enough naval ships to escort convoys/hunt the bastards down?
C'mon, we got a half-black dude in the White House now. It's got to be ok.
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:12 pm
by GORDON
Because we need to go through the UN. Amerikkka is not the world's policeman. International law needs to be taken into consideration. And many, many other liberal platitudes.
On the other hand, it seems American-flagged vessels don't need the navy to take care of their pirate problems.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:48 am
by Troy
The Dread Pirate Roberts would never let this sort of thing happen.
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:03 am
by thibodeaux
Good thing those merchant ships are completely unarmed. I mean, somebody might get hurt!
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:30 pm
by TheCatt
It's over.
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.
Capt. Richard Phillips was helped out of the water off the Somali coast and is uninjured and in good condition, the official said. He was taken aboard the USS Bainbridge, a nearby naval warship.
At the time of the shootings, the fourth pirate was aboard the USS Bainbridge negotiating with officials, the source said. That pirate was taken into custody.
Maersk Line Limited issued a statement saying it was informed at 1:30 p.m. by the U.S. government that Phillips had been rescued. John Reinhart, president and CEO, called Phillips' wife, Andrea, to tell her the good news.
The ship's crew was "jubilant" when they received word, the statement says.
"We are all absolutely thrilled to learn that Richard is safe and will be re-united with his family," Reinhart said. "Maersk Line Limited is deeply grateful to the Navy, the FBI and so many others for their tireless efforts to secure Richard's freedom."
"We look forward to welcoming him home in the coming days," Reinhart added.
USA! USA! USA!
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:40 pm
by Vince
Sweet! I was starting to get a little embarassed.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:04 pm
by TheCatt
Seriously, things like this are why the USA is better than anyone.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:18 pm
by thibodeaux
It's a shame our military has no tradition of destroying African pirates.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:15 pm
by GORDON
I was amused when I heard an Marine amphib vessel was called to the scene.
They planning on storming the raft?
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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:42 am
by thibodeaux
Maybe they'll storm the pirate HQ and wipe 'em out.
By the way, why don't they just let these merchies arm themselves? For heaven's sake, a bunch of dudes in a rubber raft should not be able to take over a big ship. Put a Ma Deuce on the fantail and blow those assholes out of the water.
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:00 am
by GORDON
I don't know. Not sure where the maritime authority gets its teeth. I checked the Constitution... nothing there.
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:35 pm
by Cakedaddy
They say that if you arm one, then the pirates will shoot at all of the others thinking they are armed. As it stands, they know they can just walk on. If some ships have guns, then the pirates will shoot first and find out if they needed to later. Not only does this hurt people, but it could poke holes in the ships making them leak, or blow up.
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:14 pm
by thibodeaux
Great, they ALL need to be armed anyway. And they can shoot the pirates before they even get close. QED.
Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:29 pm
by Mommy Dearest
Cakedaddy wrote:They say that if you arm one, then the pirates will shoot at all of the others thinking they are armed. As it stands, they know they can just walk on. If some ships have guns, then the pirates will shoot first and find out if they needed to later. Not only does this hurt people, but it could poke holes in the ships making them leak, or blow up.
Then the smart ships will not return fire and they can see the whites of their eyes. I think that has happened before
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:28 am
by Leisher
US Navy pirate hunters.
Coming soon to Spike TV.
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:35 am
by Leisher
Somali pirates back at work.
Three more ships overnight. Remember the old days when this would have been Bush's fault for provoking the pirates with violence?
By the way, I watched a hijacking on one of the morning shows. These clowns rode up to a tanker in an inflatable life raft. You don't need to arm these crews like commandos to stop these pirates. A grenade dropped in the raft when they come to dock would have stopped that hijacking. A high powered rifle would sink their boat long before they got close to the ship.
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:07 am
by thibodeaux
Exactly. "onoez we can't have guns on our shipz somebody might get hurt!!1!!"
Now you're vulnerable to a bunch of assholes armed with slingshots.