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2007-02-26 Africa Horn

Somalia: U.S. Navy closes on pirated ship

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Posted by Ebbomong Cloting7438 2007-02-26 16:52|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Àny yardarms on Navy ships these days?

Posted by Grunter 2007-02-26 18:47|| 2007-02-26 18:47|| Front Page Top

#2 destroy any escape vessels, kill these bastards. Piracy is a capital crime on the high seas IIRC. They need to be an example....Seals ahoy!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-02-26 18:50|| 2007-02-26 18:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Every cargo ship sailing near Somalia should plainly carry a large quantity of alcoholic beverage. If the pirates are anything like the Somali taxi drivers at the Minneapolis airport, they wouldn't dare commandeer the vessel with the haraam booze on board. s/

Posted by GK 2007-02-26 18:59|| 2007-02-26 18:59|| Front Page Top

#4 wait till night, fire knock-out gas cannisters, board ship, rescue hostages then chum the warm waters with what is left.

Posted by RD 2007-02-26 20:05|| 2007-02-26 20:05|| Front Page Top

#5 The ship will probably be taken at night by SEALs who will come alongside in either CRRCs or a RIBs, and who will quickly and quietly off every bad guy on board.

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-26 21:13|| 2007-02-26 21:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Follow the booty: Looks like the UN has opened a new source of 'off-books income': Food for boats.
Seriously, I would not be surprised at all to see some UN bureaucrat involved. Isn't Kofi from this part of the world??????

Posted by USN, ret. 2007-02-26 22:31|| 2007-02-26 22:31|| Front Page Top

#7 I believe the former Secretary General hails from the great state of Ghana, USN,ret.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-26 23:21|| 2007-02-26 23:21|| Front Page Top

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