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2009-02-06 Africa Horn

US Navy watches as Somali pirates nab $3.2 million

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Posted by gorb 2009-02-06 03:10|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 just send in a sub and blow up that natural gas carrier they hijacked. Explosion should be like a very small atomic bomb and take out the pirate warren

Posted by 3dc 2009-02-06 10:55|| 2009-02-06 10:55|| Front Page Top

#2 well if the navy done anything about it hen the rest of the world would have tried too bring everyone on board too a war crimes trial

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-02-06 12:33|| 2009-02-06 12:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Not to worry, the pirates are certain to be followed and the funds tracked. Key leaders will quietly be dealt with and never heard from again. Game over with no press.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-02-06 12:58|| 2009-02-06 12:58|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd rather they were dealt with publicly and loudly, Pan.

The messier the better.

(Doesn't have to be by us - China or Russia are welcome to do it. They don't give a rat's ass in hell what the "rest of the world" thinks. Not that I do either, but with Bambi as our "leader".... Oy.)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-02-06 13:02|| 2009-02-06 13:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Not to worry, the pirates are certain to be followed and the funds tracked.

How does one track cash, 49 Pan? Surely nobody is tracing serial numbers in Somalia these days. I like the idea of quietly dealt with, though.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-02-06 13:05|| 2009-02-06 13:05|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd rather the pirates be dealt with in a VERY NOISY and deadly way - by the sudden appearance of a rain of iron bombs from a dozen B-52s, staggering through the air with every weapon they could carry. The whistle of the bombs falling would be the first sound the pirates heard - and likely the last, to boot. As for the "world court" or "public opinion", how many divisions do the morons of "public opinion" have, and how well armed are they? Two Boy Scout pacts armed with BB guns could probably defeat them. If the United States wants to be respected, then do something to gain that respect - or at least, deadly fear.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-02-06 13:34|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-02-06 13:34|| Front Page Top

#7 why should the us incur the bullshit..just how many us ships have been hijacked??? cause and affect...the world dumps on the US and the affect is a more staple world as the US slowly pulls back...
40 years ago this would of been dealt with...and hell pompeii was able to clear the med..but he did not have to deal with PC bullshit...but today why should the US deal it? to be crapped on regardless of what we do? let the UN deal it or the countries affected

Posted by Dan 2009-02-06 14:30|| 2009-02-06 14:30|| Front Page Top

#8 uuuumm mean less staple word...damn enter button

Posted by Dan 2009-02-06 14:31|| 2009-02-06 14:31|| Front Page Top

#9 Bomb them ashore, and destroy them and their families. It is the only language they understand.

I am of Viking descent.

Posted by Lagom 2009-02-06 14:32|| 2009-02-06 14:32|| Front Page Top

#10 I agree that the more public the hit the better. It works as a great message to the lower level guys to think twice. I am speculating here, but with that sum of money there are other organizations at work here supporting the pirates. We need to find out who is organizing and executing these strikes. The money is the key ticket to do this. They will spend the money, it has no real value in Somalia and will be spent outside Somalia. That is where we will catch it and trace it back to key leaders and organizations that are supporting this.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-02-06 15:26|| 2009-02-06 15:26|| Front Page Top

#11 The US should not be wasting billion dollar warships and hundreds of crew on this penny ante escort enterprise. Let those affected deal with it until a US ship get taken, then start killing very publicly. US ships will then be known to be off limits the world over.

Two Aegis destroyers operating off the Horn probably costs more than the all the ransom the Somali pirates took in last year. None of it from US ships.

Posted by ed 2009-02-06 15:50|| 2009-02-06 15:50|| Front Page Top

#12 "Ukrainian freighter....There are still 147 Mariners held hostage" > read, MULTIPLE FOREIGN GOVTS.

I'm a'guessin that US DepSTATE [sub-read, USDOD-USN]didn't get universal consent to send in the SEALS-DELTA FORCE. As for the Soviet Tanks + other heavy arms, these can be hit and destroyed by International SPECOPS + AIRPOWER once they begin to unload ashore.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-06 18:23|| 2009-02-06 18:23|| Front Page Top

#13 start by publicly announcing that $6 million was paid, and watch the intramural festivities when the gangs try and explain where the other $2.8M went

Posted by Frank G 2009-02-06 19:51|| 2009-02-06 19:51|| Front Page Top

#14 #11, among other reasons for US naval patrols off the Horn, you can count the Iranian attempt to ship radioactive sands through the canal to be used against Israel. There's a lot going on there and protecting against overt piracy is only one reason for being there.

Posted by lotp 2009-02-06 20:44|| 2009-02-06 20:44|| Front Page Top

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