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2008-10-03 Africa Horn

Somali pirates say they will fight commando raid

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 You'll lose.

Posted by Spanky Jairong5704 2008-10-03 00:32|| 2008-10-03 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 "In the midst of life we are in death. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust."

-- burial service, Book of Common Prayer

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-03 09:37|| 2008-10-03 09:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Um, when the warships show up and have you surrounded its game over dumbass. A ransom is the least of your worries now.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-10-03 09:49|| 2008-10-03 09:49|| Front Page Top

#4 "We have nothing to do with insurgents or terrorist organizations."
We just be pirates! Arrgh!

Posted by Darrell 2008-10-03 09:51|| 2008-10-03 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 i like the idea floated here earlier about SEALS and underwater activity; cut some holes in the hull and watch the thing slowly sink. it would be hard to get to them since there are all those tanks and stuff in the way.
no guns, no explosions, just the "ship slowly sinking in the west as the sun pulls away from the shore" (old Spike Jones line)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-10-03 11:29|| 2008-10-03 11:29|| Front Page Top

#6 The pirates pay us $20 million and we will let them go, heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-10-03 11:29|| 2008-10-03 11:29|| Front Page Top

#7 ...and lots of them will probably die.

Posted by tu3031 2008-10-03 13:09|| 2008-10-03 13:09|| Front Page Top

#8 The only real question is how to avoid crew casualties, not whether these mokes have a prayer against a special ops raid....

Posted by Cromort Sinatra7735 2008-10-03 14:17|| 2008-10-03 14:17|| Front Page Top

#9 How has it been managed in the past. When the special ops team attacks, you don't have a lot of time to run around killing hostages. You can either give up, run, or try to fight. But they will be shooting at you while you are thinking, so think fast. Reality is, some hostages will probably die in a raid, but some might get killed anyway. It is time to disassemble this entire criminal network in Somalia.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-10-03 16:49|| 2008-10-03 16:49|| Front Page Top

#10 Or follow the vermin back to the nest and 'fumigate' it. Then place their heads on stakes at the entrance.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-10-03 18:38|| 2008-10-03 18:38|| Front Page Top

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