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| US Navy Frigate Captures 5 Pirates and Mother Ship |
| 2010-04-01 |
| U.S. naval forces say they've captured five pirates after exchanging fire with them, sinking their skiff and confiscating a mother ship. The USS Nicholas came under fire early Thursday from pirates in an area west of the Seychelles. The U.S. Africa Command said the five pirates seized would remain in U.S. custody on board the frigate for time time being. The Nicholas is home-ported in Norfolk, Va. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #21 True - a mothership is acceptable only if they got George Clinton and Bootsy Collins popping out of it. Tear the roof off the mutha... /P-Funk |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-04-01 21:12 |
| #20 I'm assuming it wasn't this mothership: |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2010-04-01 21:09 |
| #19 MAN I wish we still had a couple of Missouri-class battlewagons. Can you imagine what a skiff or a dhow would look like after being run over by a BB? No shots would have to be fired. The toothpicks that float to shore somewhere wouldn't even be noticed. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-04-01 20:26 |
| #18 Should have sunk the mothership and then moved along. No need for prisoners. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-04-01 19:54 |
| #17 End of that captain's career. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-04-01 18:19 |
| #16 Good Lord...first we had three SEALs to court martial, now we have a whole crew.... Glad I'm not the Attorney General! |
| Posted by: Kelly 2010-04-01 18:16 |
| #15 Don't send them to the Seychelles. It might tip over. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2010-04-01 18:03 |
| #14 More from Yahoo news.. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100401/ap_on_re_af/af_piracy From this article Last May, pirates chased a U.S. Navy warship and fired small arms at it. The ship, which had recently served as a prison for captured pirates, increased speed and evaded the attack. Was the the USS Sir Robin? |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2010-04-01 14:43 |
| #13 Correct! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-04-01 14:05 |
| #12 Yes. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-04-01 13:45 |
| #11 Begs the question, is it better to be blown in the water or out? |
| Posted by: Unique Battle 2010-04-01 13:32 |
| #10 Could these priates be probing the US Navy defenses for someone? |
| Posted by: Gromoling the Weasel7090 2010-04-01 13:24 |
| #9 I look forward to anytime after November this year when people say "What's a Democrat"? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-04-01 12:17 |
| #8 Seychelles will take them off their hands. According to yesterday's story, they look forward to either putting pirates on trial or blowing them out of the water. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-04-01 12:14 |
| #7 these pirates will be brought to US and tried in fed court, the case tossed because they were not properly mirandized, restitution of 7 figures paid to each pirate for false imprisonment and they will move to minneapolis and bring in 150-200 additional family members to live on the dole with them. Plus all of them will get the nationality (without taking the oath) and all of them will vote Democrat. |
| Posted by: JFM 2010-04-01 12:02 |
| #6 Some guys were so stupid that they opened fire on a USN frigate from a skiff - how on earth did we miss electing them to Congress? |
| Posted by: Matt 2010-04-01 11:53 |
| #5 these pirates will be brought to US and tried in fed court, the case tossed because they were not properly mirandized, restitution of 7 figures paid to each pirate for false imprisonment and they will move to minneapolis and bring in 150-200 additional family members to live on the dole with them. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-04-01 11:33 |
| #4 Dollars to donuts says that if they don't the Chiefs will have the BM's (Boatswains mates) rig one in a hurry. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-04-01 11:15 |
| #3 They still have yardarms? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-04-01 10:57 |
| #2 Experts say piracy will continue to be a problem until an effective government is established on Somalia's lawless shores. The Somali government is incapable and has therefore abdicated its authority to whomever will do it for them. It ain't hard. Sink the friggin' pirate ships and be done with it. Get to work. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-04-01 10:50 |
| #1 Sink the ship, hang the pirates. NEXT! |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-04-01 10:30 |