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US Warships picking up Al-Q hardboyz at sea
2007-01-11
MOGADISHU, Somalia — U.S. ships patrolling off the coast of Somalia have picked up a number of people suspected of having ties to wanted Al Qaeda terrorists who are being interrogated for any clues to the whereabouts of the group's key leaders.

For days, U.S. warships, including the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, have been positioned in the Indian Ocean to interdict vessels sailing from Somalia to make sure no terror suspects flee the country by sea. One of those warships, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland, is being used to detain anyone wanted for questioning.
After which it's off to Ice Station Zebra.
The senior military official said U.S. Navy personnel from some of the four warships enforcing a blockade off the Somali coast boarded vessels and detained less than a dozen people, including some who could be relatives of wanted Al Qaeda suspects or otherwise associated with the terror group.
Posted by:Steve White

#18  Last I read, he became a mod, and almost instantly, his posting quota dropped. Of course, he'll still show up for a good troll-thumping every once in a while.
Posted by: BA   2007-01-11 21:32  

#17  "Calling .com, calling .com!"

Say...where is .com anyway? Is he and OldSpook still having a lovers spat? And speaking of AWOL, where has Zenster been lately? He was my best source of material for bashing my Liberal associates.
Posted by: Chuck Darwin   2007-01-11 20:53  

#16  and a bunch of old folks in Berkeley get nekkid.

Jeebus, in between this comment and the one about Rosie's strap-on being named Barbara Walters, it's almost enough to make a red-blooded man leave the 'burg. "Calling .com, calling .com!"
Posted by: BA   2007-01-11 19:13  

#15  Why not just pick them up, torture them, and feed the fish without telling anyone about it ?
Posted by: wxjames   2007-01-11 16:37  

#14  it would be fun to see them go through Ramadan when the sun stayed up 24 hours a day that part of the year.

All hail Master Black!
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-01-11 14:45  

#13  I especially like the quote: "...detained." Seems we haven't learned a thing about Gitmo.
Second the dropped anchor close aboard the suspect vessel and the accompanying diminished seaworthiness....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-01-11 13:51  

#12  Question for someone who isn't on most of the commenters level of military know-how.

I remember the last, oh, 3-4 months we've been hearing about carrier groups and such heading to Iran or going to the Indian Ocean. Then there's the US airstrike and now this report we're picking up AQ at sea. Is it possible we've been planning this for over half a year and used worry over us attacking Iran as cover?
Posted by: Charles   2007-01-11 13:48  

#11  The ice station zebra idea is not a bad one. A base in the freezing weather could easily made escape proof and it would be fun to see them go through Ramadan when the sun stayed up 24 hours a day that part of the year.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-01-11 11:43  

#10  Can you say "keel haul".
Posted by: texhooey   2007-01-11 11:17  

#9  "Hey! You scratched my anchor!"
Posted by: mojo   2007-01-11 10:40  

#8  Now if we could get the nekkid Berkeley people tied to old anchors and dropped in the sea.....

We would be arrested for dumping toxic waste in the oceans.
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-01-11 10:14  

#7  Ship left out the part where the Belgians express their dismay, the French declare a national day of mourning, and a bunch of old folks in Berkeley get nekkid.

Aw, geez - and I was just about to eat breakfast. Thanks a lot, Sea.
Posted by: xbalanke   2007-01-11 08:57  

#6  Ship left out the part where the Belgians express their dismay, the French declare a national day of mourning, and a bunch of old folks in Berkeley get nekkid.
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-01-11 08:55  

#5  hehe shipman :P
Posted by: MacNails   2007-01-11 08:44  

#4  After which it's off to Ice Station Zebra.

Where in an American prison on a British base in the Indian Ocean, Israeli specialists will question Saudi Arabian terrorists captured in Somalia by Ethiopians using Russian weapondry designed by their German Scientists.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-01-11 08:37  

#3  Stopped vessels experience a RDS moment.

(Rapidly Diminishing Seaworthiness)
Posted by: john   2007-01-11 08:35  

#2  Or just a short video of them dropping anchor through the AQ boat.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2007-01-11 08:28  

#1  What I'd really like to see is
"In an unrelated item, US navy made a large purchase of chain and old anchors"
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-01-11 05:48  

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