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2006-04-04 Africa Horn

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Posted by Fred 2006-04-04 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Choong said the pirates were holding the ship inside Somalia's territorial waters and this could pose a problem should the foreign ships want to intervene

because we all respect Somalia's central gov't sooooo much. Kill them. String them up on Mog's docks as a warning

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-04-04 00:09|| 2006-04-04 00:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Blackwater has announced an openly mercenary division of their company recently. I'm pretty sure it includes ex-SEALs. Perhaps the UAE would like to hire them.

Posted by anon 2006-04-04 07:20|| 2006-04-04 07:20|| Front Page Top

#3 UAE registered, but who actually owns it?

Keel-haul the scurvy swine!

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-04-04 10:45|| 2006-04-04 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Notice how there's no mention of our Navy taking down a pirate vessel in battle. Amnesia?

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2006-04-04 14:03|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2006-04-04 14:03|| Front Page Top

#5 The "pirate vessel" is now officially a patrol boat of the vaunted Somali Fishing Authority.

Try and keep up with the memory hole, huh?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-04-04 16:20|| 2006-04-04 16:20|| Front Page Top

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