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Maersk Alabama captain rescued

PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:27 am
by Frau_Blucher
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04 ... index.html

It's been in the news a lot, so not a big deal to repeat it here. But what I liked best was this line:

"At the time of the shootings, the fourth pirate was aboard the USS Bainbridge negotiating with officials, the source said."

Don't you hate it when you're a pirate, you're sitting on a Navy warship, and your negotiating leverage goes poof? "Tell me what you want again...bitch?" [:D]

PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:34 am
by MARV
<B>GOT RID OF 'EM</B> [^]

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:39 am
by marie3
[quote]Originally posted by Blir
[br]http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/12/somalia.pirates/index.html


Don't you hate it when you're a pirate, you're sitting on a Navy warship, and your negotiating leverage goes poof? "Tell me what you want again...bitch?" [:D]
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[:)] I also got a laugh out of this part of the story when I heard it last night.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:26 am
by MikeP
Pretty sweet outcome but - oooooh - move over Al Qaeda, there's a new terror on the block. They be mad now![xx(]

PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:51 am
by phillyidol
When you have multi billion dollar ships going around getting attacked, don't you think it would cost less money to hire armed merchant marines for the ships instead of paying a teenager millions in ransom? Doy!




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PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:48 am
by cookie
[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>When you have multi billion dollar ships going around getting attacked, don't you think it would cost less money to hire armed merchant marines for the ships instead of paying a teenager millions in ransom? Doy!




Worlds GREATEST Photographer!
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That is what I was thinking, Put a few armed escorts on the ships.

Life's what you make it.