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2009-10-20 Africa Horn

Somali pirates seize Chinese ship with 25 crew

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Be interesting to see what the Chinese do.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2009-10-20 00:24|| 2009-10-20 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Indian Navy as well since this is in their back yard.

Posted by tipover 2009-10-20 02:24|| 2009-10-20 02:24|| Front Page Top

#3 What else would the Chinese do? They're going to use it as an excuse to expand their naval power. They're cranking out all these brand-new destroyers and nothing to do with them.

Posted by gromky 2009-10-20 03:14|| ]">[ ] 2009-10-20 03:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Pirates have threatened to kill the crew so we may find out what the Chinese will do sooner rather than later.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-10-20 08:57|| 2009-10-20 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 First India, then the French, now the Chinese. Very interesting, its almost as if the Pirates are daring these Great Powers (but not Superpowers) to engage in the region.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-10-20 09:16|| 2009-10-20 09:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Band together and turn the coastline into craters.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-10-20 12:37|| 2009-10-20 12:37|| Front Page Top

#7 One or two ARCLIGHT strikes that leave nothing standing in the pirates' home port higher than a six-inch pile of rubble would put an end to this. We just don't have the courage to go against "public opinion" (mostly from the Euroweenies). Thus, the pirates keep pirating.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-10-20 14:58|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-10-20 14:58|| Front Page Top

#8 OP - the home towns would be ideal for napalm...

Posted by 3dc 2009-10-20 18:31|| 2009-10-20 18:31|| Front Page Top

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