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2009-04-12 Africa Horn

France frees yacht off Somalia, hostage killed

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Posted by anonymous5089 2009-04-12 01:38|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 So, who'll be "cheese eating surrender monkeys" now?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-04-12 06:12|| 2009-04-12 06:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Lovely! We've now been out JSOC'd by the French.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-04-12 06:42|| 2009-04-12 06:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Why were some of the pirates captured instead of killed? That sets a bad example.

Posted by Keystone 2009-04-12 07:31|| 2009-04-12 07:31|| Front Page Top

#4 If the French captured them to put them in one of their allegedly notorious jails, fine by me.

That approach is better than what we're doing off of Somalia right now.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-04-12 07:41|| 2009-04-12 07:41|| Front Page Top

#5 That's setting the bar pretty low.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-04-12 09:05|| 2009-04-12 09:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Good for France. It is very sad that one hostage was killed, but it was better than allowing the fear of a non-perfect response to be the pirates best weapon. The message sent to pirates today was loud and clear: Attack Americans and French and expect to die.

The French showed spine and despite it not being a perfect operation, they should be applauded for their actions.

Posted by Gluting Fillmore6653 2009-04-12 15:58|| 2009-04-12 15:58|| Front Page Top

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