THIS is how you deal with scumbag pirates...

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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited April 2009
    USA rulz... pirates pwn3d.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2009
    Unfortunately the damage has already been done. I'd bet this happens again....and again.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited April 2009
    We should creatively return the 4th pirate :D
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited April 2009
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Unfortunately the damage has already been done. I'd bet this happens again....and again.


    I'll ride money it will happen again, but there gonna check flags on there targets before they do. they might be mad, but there livelyhood depends on easy targets. US Flags will most likely be a no go for a hijack.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2009
    I don't understand why people on ships can't arm them selfs. They are asked to use water canons to their APG and AK47's, they are like here it is come and get it. Send 100 thugs out and 40 come back, next day fewer and fewer until they wise up.

    Like this be a lesson to all of us, if they disarm us in this country, why wouldn't the thugs just come and get it?

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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited April 2009
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    I don't understand why people on ships can't arm them selfs. They are asked to use water canons to their APG and AK47's, they are like here it is come and get it. Send 100 thugs out and 40 come back, next day fewer and fewer until they wise up.

    Like this be a lesson to all of us, if they disarm us in this country, why wouldn't the thugs just come and get it?

    I think we have the United Nations and their wonderful vision for the laws governing the international maritime shipping industry. The UN must be getting a cut of the pirate loot.
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited April 2009
    Outstanding. This story has been pissing me off. Happy to see we finally got some balls and took care of business.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited April 2009
    The most important thing is that the Captain is being returned to his family on Easter...can't ask for a better outcome than that! Great job by the BOYS!

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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited April 2009
    I believe that one of the reasons crews on ships haven't historically been armed, is that it discourages a mutiny. I know that may not be the case today, but old habits die hard; or maybe not with pirates...
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited April 2009
    All of this came as a shock to Hilliary Clinton, who was preparing papers to surrender the United States to the Somali pirates and France.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2009
    schwarcw wrote: »
    all of this came as a shock to hilliary clinton, who was preparing papers to surrender the united states to the somali pirates and france.


    :):):):)

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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited April 2009
    I do think this will lead to armed security onboard in hostile watters.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2009
    zarrdoss wrote:
    I do think this will lead to armed security onboard in hostile watters.

    There are a couple of problems with this from what I read. Supposedly the maritime insurance rates are significantly higher if there are armed guards on board. Secondly there are many country/ports that will not allow ships with armed security personel to enter.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2009
    shack wrote: »
    Secondly there are many country/ports that will not allow ships with armed security personel to enter.


    I heard on Foxnews that some shipping lines are adding armed guards after they leave port, and removing them before docking at new port. Working in a Grey area for sure, but effective as the pirates know which ship do and who doesn't.

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  • sophie
    sophie Posts: 511
    edited April 2009
    what do these guys have for a plan when they take over a ship? do they think they will sell the ship? do they want to trade hostages for cash? why can't we just give them whatever they want then as soon as all the crew is off the ship sink it? i don't see how this could ever end good for the pirates.

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,987
    edited April 2009
    Do you know how much the ship [fully loaded] would cost to replace? Not an option.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited April 2009
    Great to hear the Navy Seal's rescued the Captain.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited April 2009
    3 less pirates.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,151
    edited April 2009
    http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/13/somalia.pirates.revenge/index.html?iref=newssearch

    Some extracts:
    ... "We have decided to kill U.S. and French sailors if they happen to be among our future hostages," ...
    ... "From now on, after the killings by the U.S. and France, we will add some harsher steps in our dealings with hostages, particularly American and French hostages," Nur told a journalist. ...

    They sure do have a funny perspective on things:
    ... "The killing of our boys was aggression, and the U.S. will see what they get from their operation," he said.
    And taking hostages is not aggression?!
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited April 2009
    The way I see it, the Navy killed 3 Somalian pirates. Now theyre good Somalian pirates. The only tragedy in all of this is that they didnt kill ALL those scumbags!

    What kills me is that theyre acting like theyre just harmless small business people trying to earn a buck by hijacking ships and kidnapping the crews to be held for ransom. They were just minding their own business carrying out their own form of terrorism when the big bad American Navy came along and killed them. What a joke.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited April 2009
    engtaz wrote: »
    3 less pirates.

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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited April 2009
    What bothers me is the news coverage of this whole incident. All I wanted to hear was that the Navy took care of the situation. The news is blowing it up to seem like the CIC just invaded Normandy and Omaha beaches.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited April 2009
    My suggestion would be to arm a couple of freight vessels to the teeth and disguise the weapons and mercenaries aboard to appear like business as usual. Then wait for the pirates to make their move, and enjoy all the "Pink Mist",other pirates might just think twice about boarding any more ships ! AHRRRGGGG !!:D
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited April 2009
    MacLeod wrote: »
    The only tragedy in all of this is that they didnt kill ALL those scumbags!

    I blame all this pirate activity on the failed policies of the Bush Adminstration. The real crime here is that the pirates weren't offerred safe passage to the US, Citienship, Social Security, Medical benefits, and no interest mortgages in California. Where is Nancy Pelosi when we need her?
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,679
    edited April 2009
    schwarcw wrote: »
    I blame all this pirate activity on the failed policies of the Bush Adminstration. The real crime here is that the pirates weren't offerred safe passage to the US, Citienship, Social Security, Medical benefits, and no interest mortgages in California. Where is Nancy Pelosi when we need her?


    We used to pay tribute to Barbary pirates; in fact, Payments in ransom and tribute to the privateering states amounted to 20 percent of United States government annual revenues in 1800..

    Those dam liberals Jefferson and Washington !!!! :rolleyes:
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2009
    These dumbasses just don't learn do they....

    Screw around with all the rest...but leave the USA alone!

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/piracy

    It's time to find the all of the so called "mother ships" that these thugs (it's an insult to Jack Sparrow to call them pirates) operate off of and send them to the bottom of the ocean. No questions asked...no leniency offered…just swift justice.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2009
    They've basically declared war on America by boasting of seeking out American vessels and "slaughtering the Americans."
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited April 2009
    They need to send a sub in undercover. When they try to board a vessel, blow up their boat!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited April 2009
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    They've basically declared war on America by boasting of seeking out American vessels and "slaughtering the Americans."

    In a time now long past, we would of just started sinking anything looking like a pirate vessel :D It's time to flag all the vessels in that region out of Israel and see how well that works for the pirates :eek:

    Even the French picked up their weapons and took on the pirates. When the French come out of their hiding places with their big-boy (and big-girl too!) panties on, it's time to recognize there's a problem!
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,151
    edited April 2009
    dkg999 wrote: »
    ... Even the French picked up their weapons and took on the pirates. When the French come out of their hiding places with their big-boy (and big-girl too!) panties on, it's time to recognize there's a problem!
    Francophobia aside, the article below (which happened today) is actually the fourth time the French have attacked the pirates. In the first operation, about a year ago, they paid the ransom and then pursued them into the desert with an assault helicopter to get it back, reportedly shooting out the engine of their escape vehicle from the air.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8000447.stm
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