icehog3 08:44 AM 04-13-2009
Originally Posted by Associated Press:
NAIROBI, Kenya – Bracing themselves on a rolling warship in choppy seas, U.S. Navy snipers fired three flawless shots to kill a trio of Somali pirates and free the American sea captain being held at gunpoint, a Navy commander said Monday.
Angry pirates vowed retaliation for the deaths, raising fears for the safety of some 230 foreign sailors still held hostage in more than a dozen ships anchored off the coast of lawless Somalia.
"From now on, if we capture foreign ships and their respective countries try to attack us, we will kill them (the hostages)," Jamac Habeb, a 30-year-old pirate, told the Associated Press from one of Somalia's piracy hubs, Eyl. "(U.S. forces have) become our No. 1 enemy."
Nuke 'em.
:-)
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Rockestone 08:46 AM 04-13-2009
Do they never learn....You Don't Mess with the U. S.!!
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Smokin Gator 08:46 AM 04-13-2009
Originally Posted by icehog3:
Nuke 'em. :-)
Twice just to be sure
:-)
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Footbag 08:52 AM 04-13-2009
My friend and I were up until 4 AM Saturday night just talking about the hopstage situation and how the Navy should simultaneously snipe the pirates holding the captain.
This just shows off the talent and skill of our servicemen.
I got to announce to our Easter table that they got the pirates. Times like these your proud to be an American.
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Blueface 08:53 AM 04-13-2009
Those Navy snipers were unreal.
Two separate boats rocking. Critical shots only to be taken once.
Nailed them!!!
Oh what joy!!!
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BC-Axeman 08:58 AM 04-13-2009
Originally Posted by Footbag:
My friend and I were up until 4 AM Saturday night just talking about the hopstage situation and how the Navy should simultaneously snipe the pirates holding the captain.
This just shows off the talent and skill of our servicemen.
I got to announce to our Easter table that they got the pirates. Times like these your proud to be an American.
:-) And if they think they want to avenge and escalate the situation, then they should be careful what they wish for.
:-)
:-)
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BamBam 09:02 AM 04-13-2009
Originally Posted by :
"(U.S. forces have) become our No. 1 enemy."
Do these people not watch the news.
You are a "PIRATE" and you wanna pick a fight with the greatest military ever assembled.
You throw as much as a rock at one of our ships and we will crush your entire organization like a bug.
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TripleF 09:03 AM 04-13-2009
Originally Posted by BamBam:
Do these people not watch the news.
You are a "PIRATE" and you wanna pick a fight with the greatest military ever assembled.
You throw as much as a rock at one of our ships and we will crush your entire organization like a bug.
Yeah, what he said
:-)
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Don Fernando 09:05 AM 04-13-2009
Originally Posted by Rockestone:
Do they never learn....You Don't Mess with the U. S.!!
Or the French, who did a succesful rescue mission too.
the UN should send a full army on Sudan, the pirates are protected by the murdering warlords that run the country by killing all non muslims and my surpressing the locals. Time to stop the murdering son's of *****es.
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hotreds 09:11 AM 04-13-2009
elderboy02 09:16 AM 04-13-2009
Originally Posted by Blueface:
Those Navy snipers were unreal.
Two separate boats rocking. Critical shots only to be taken once.
Nailed them!!!
Oh what joy!!!
:-) Those guys are awesome!
:-)
Bring it on pirates! (where the heck is the gun smiley?)
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md4958 09:21 AM 04-13-2009
Footbag 09:22 AM 04-13-2009
icantbejon 09:23 AM 04-13-2009
It certainly is a great story for our boys. What shots! Glad that boat captain is going to make it home safely to his family. What an Easter gift for them right?
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elderboy02 09:30 AM 04-13-2009
Originally Posted by Footbag:
MILITARY CONSIDERS ATTACK ON PIRATE LAND BASES
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aYhvgOfyTmYA
They asked for it! Most Somali pirates live in small coastal villages, so we're not talking about Mogadishu here. What do you guys think?
:-) Lets do it. They said they would kill us, so it would be justified.
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BlackDog 09:47 AM 04-13-2009
The pirates seem sort of suprised that some of their own got shot. Someone please tell them that pirating can be a dangerous job.
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Darrell 09:49 AM 04-13-2009
Originally Posted by Footbag:
MILITARY CONSIDERS ATTACK ON PIRATE LAND BASES
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aYhvgOfyTmYA
They asked for it! Most Somali pirates live in small coastal villages, so we're not talking about Mogadishu here. What do you guys think?
This sounds like a worthy cause to me. I support it!
:-)
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rack04 09:51 AM 04-13-2009
Originally Posted by BlackDog:
The pirates seem sort of suprised that some of their own got shot. Someone please tell them that pirating can be a dangerous job.
Intimidation will only get you so far. Sometimes you just pick on the wrong person.
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Footbag 10:02 AM 04-13-2009
US congressman Donald Payne barely escapes mortar blast at airport in Somalian capitol. Update: Unknown whether Americans were the targets. -CNN
Apparently mortars go off there very frequently.
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