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Somali pirates move to aid comrades, hostage recaptured
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Evil Apr 11 2009, 03:51 AM Post #1
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The top story right now:

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Pirates sailed a hijacked German freighter toward a lifeboat off Somalia early on Saturday to help four comrades holding an American ship captain hostage under the gaze of a U.S. destroyer.

Separately, French special forces stormed a yacht held by pirates elsewhere in the lawless stretch of the Indian Ocean in an assault that killed one hostage, but freed four others.

Two pirates were killed and three were captured.

More U.S. warships have been sent toward the lifeboat drifting in international waters off Somalia, where pirates have been holding American captain Richard Phillips since an attempt to hijack his ship, the 17,000-tonne, Danish-owned Maersk Alabama, on Wednesday.

Phillips apparently volunteered to get in the lifeboat with the pirates in exchange for the safety of his crew, who regained control of the ship, which is carrying food relief to Kenya.

Phillips leapt into the sea during the night and tried to swim away but at least one pirate quickly followed and he was hauled back onto the lifeboat, a U.S. official said.

"He didn't get very far," the official told Reuters.

Close by, the destroyer USS Bainbridge launched drones that monitored the incident and kept radio contact with the pirates. The Bainbridge, which is leading negotiations for Philips' release, is seeking a peaceful outcome to the standoff with the assistance of FBI experts, a U.S. official said.

The pirate gang holding Phillips remained defiant despite the arrival of U.S. and other naval ships in the area.

"We are not afraid of the Americans," one of the pirates told Reuters by satellite phone. "We will defend ourselves if attacked."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_somalia_piracy;_ylt=AhPlvF3rujpPPO2ZroJW3I0DW7oF


I may try to RP something like this at some point. It creates an interesting situation.
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Haha

Stupid Pirates
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We haven't heard from our pirates (in the RP) since TD bought them off. Perhaps this would be a good time to have a little "surge."
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We haven't heard from our pirates (in the RP) since TD bought them off. Perhaps this would be a good time to have a little "surge."


I am sure Naplemania got some after destroying Tunisia and replacing it with Enrica :)
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What amazes me is how a DANISH ship has AMERICAN sailors on it. Since when don't ships have low wage workers who don't complain about conditions?
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3 Pirates died
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...And they got the captain back.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7996087.stm
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Wow, I wasn't expecting that. I thought this would end up dragging on.
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Three shots. Three kills. All headshots.

That is the United States Navy SEALs, gentlemen.
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Three shots. Three kills. All headshots.

That is the United States Navy SEALs, gentlemen.
Don't forget, the lifeboat was rocking back and forth. and the shots were all simultaneous.
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Aye, quite amazing.

What do you think the best way is to address the piracy problem? Work on the problems in Somalia? Increase security on ships?
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Have someone (other then the United States) invade Somalia, place it under foreign rule. Then have India and Persian Gulf states put some warships near Somalia.
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I think Canada should do it.
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No, we got better things to do then messing with that shit.
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Like what?
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Somebody at some point in time is going to have to send troops into Somalia. They may be pirates, and thus call the sea home, but the port a pirate uses as his base is just as important as his ship. Right now, the only nations that have taken direct military action against the pirates have been the United States and France. While the latter could possibly be willing to go in (I'm not sure if that is actually a possibility for the French, but France at least has shown it has the balls to take action), there is still very, very little chance the US would intervene on the ground. That's not so much to do with our obligations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but more with what happened in Mogadishu. We don't want a repeat of that, and we're still a bit afraid of it happening again.

So, for the time being, I think the most we'll be able to do is step up our patrols, and maybe even do some raiding of our own. But this won't end until we go in and take those ports. Even with taking the needed economic approach (making it more lucrative to pursue a career other than piracy), we just can't send in developers or drop bags of cash. All the pirates will do, especially now that the ante has been upped, will seize everything and everyone we send in.

We have to take those ports.
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