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[RedDog382]

When and how did the life raft get hooked to the warship?

Negotiators were able to get the pirates to agree to this to "tow them to calmer water".

 

[Roger 1]

When and how did the life raft get hooked to the warship?

The Navy cleverly disquised some tow lines to look like jumper cables and the pirates hooked themselves up.

 

[Sean Stinson]

When and how did the life raft get hooked to the warship?

I would bet that the pirates had already been shot in the head at that point in time!!!!!

 

[RedDog382]

I would bet that the pirates had already been shot in the head at that point in time!!!!!

See post #61

 

[Sean Stinson]

See post #61

I did see it I am not buying it however!!!!

 

[Dreamer]

the life boat ran outta fuel in the days leading up... think it has some propulsion system... they were then adrift and were hooked up for a day or two... that is when the injured pirate came aboard for med treatment and negotiations

 

[Steve 1]

This went on for five days.

 

[RedDog382]

I did see it I am not buying it however!!!!

Consider these modern day Blackbeards ranged between 16 to 19 years old. They were not exactly space shuttle engineers ...

 

[cuda]

to all the gung ho guys.... they just attacked a us congressman at the somali airport


that and they have 14 other vessels in their control... almost 200 people!!!!

So what would you suggest? Send them home with a cookie and a warning?

 

[Steve 1]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pirates14-2009apr14,0,7994401.story

Looks like Zippy played it both ways.

 

[fund razor]

I read the whole thing, but I don't know who Zippy is.

 

[03darkshadow]

http://www.slate.com/id/2216031/?GT1=38001

this retard. if someone needs people to go sit on boats and shoot pirates coming aboard i will do it. if someone endangers an american life in hostile waters like this place, then shoot them, they dont deserve to live. i know we should be better then them but nothing will teach them more then just shoot the *******s.

 

[catastrophe]

Does anyone think the 16-18 year olds get 5 cents of the ransom
We have to whack the leaders of all this crap REAL HARD

Cut the snakes head off.

 

[catastrophe]

3 more ships taken today

 

[Dreamer]

Meanwhile, undeterred Somali pirates went on a hijacking spree, brazenly capturing four more ships and taking over 60 crew members hostage in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway at the center of the world's fight against piracy.

Pirates have vowed to retaliate for five colleagues slain by U.S. and French forces in recent hostage rescues — and the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday he takes those comments seriously.

 

[cuda]

At one bullet per pirate, do you think we will run out of bullets before Somalia runs out of pirates?

 

[RedDog382]

At one bullet per pirate, do you think we will run out of bullets before Somalia runs out of pirates?

I'm sure if the Seals wanted to play, they could raise the bar and time their shots to take out more than one per round ...

 

[boatme]

They need rocket launchers on every freighter (yea i know what that means )

 

[fund razor]

Meanwhile, undeterred Somali pirates went on a hijacking spree, brazenly capturing four more ships and taking over 60 crew members hostage in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway at the center of the world's fight against piracy.

Pirates have vowed to retaliate for five colleagues slain by U.S. and French forces in recent hostage rescues — and the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday he takes those comments seriously.

They have also vowed to die "defending" their waters. I wish them great success with keeping that vow.

Bullies up their talk when they are stood up to, but historically... it's the beginning of the end.

You can call another pirate a "colleague" but that doesn't give him honor.

Yesterday they made an attempt on another US flagged ship (the Liberty Sun) and they ran away before the Bainbridge got there, so this group must not have "vowed" as much as their "colleagues."