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2008-09-23 Africa Horn

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 According to Zapatero doctrine it is an unarmed P3. Pirates are shaking in their boots.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-09-23 06:32|| 2008-09-23 06:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Is Moron their BEST base?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-23 09:28|| 2008-09-23 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 What this whole pirate thing cries out for is a history lesson. I believe in WWII they were called Q-boats. Ships that were disquised as mild mannered merchant vessels yet when the German U-boats would pop up to shell them, portals would swing open and MANY artillery pieces would fire salvos at the offending vessel. Let's face it, a few "bee-hive" rounds not to mention HE vs whatever these scaliwags brought to the party would provide Davy Jones a few new souls......

Posted by Everyday a Wildcat(KSU) 2008-09-23 09:29|| 2008-09-23 09:29|| Front Page Top

#4 You really want something in the air as well to figure out which is the pirate mother boat so you can go after that one too. Of course you'd want to keep quiet about your operations, so the rest of us might not notice for a while.

Posted by James">James 2008-09-23 11:23|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2008-09-23 11:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Update: the unarmed P3 has developed mechanical problems and is back to Spain.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-09-23 11:42|| 2008-09-23 11:42|| Front Page Top

#6 What this whole pirate thing cries out for is a history lesson. I believe in WWII they were called Q-boats.

Yeh... that's been flogged here for years, and continues to get flogged every time one of these articles comes up.

Posted by Pappy 2008-09-23 13:45|| 2008-09-23 13:45|| Front Page Top

#7 I still say sinking every vessel in a couple of Somali ports would have a salutary effect.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-23 13:58|| 2008-09-23 13:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Wasn't yesterday "Talk Like A Pirate Day"? ARRRGH!

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-09-23 14:24|| 2008-09-23 14:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Usually flogged wit a 9-iron.

Posted by .5MT 2008-09-23 14:50|| 2008-09-23 14:50|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm beginning to think the best we can do is have a carrier strike group work over one of the "Somali" ports for a couple of days. These are people that only respect the strongest horse. The US has failed miserably at showing how nasty it can be, and these continued snipes around the periphery are the result. Piracy is working like a charm for these idiots, and they're getting rich from it. The only thing that will stop it is to make it far too expensive to even try. The only way the West can do that is to take offensive action against their bases. Bomb one city back to the stone age, with maybe 5% of the population surviving, and there won't be a pirate in all of Somalia the next morning. Too many people think they'll be next. Anarchy is ugly. Whenever it raises its ugly head, it needs to find an axe imbedded in it.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-09-23 14:58|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-09-23 14:58|| Front Page Top

#11 A P-3 would be a nice ride for pirate hunting. You've got your surface search radar and with an anti-shipping missile loadout, it would be a great way to spend a lazy afternoon looking for the mothership. Argh, indeed!

Posted by SteveS 2008-09-23 15:23|| 2008-09-23 15:23|| Front Page Top

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