Maersk Alabama captain rescued

[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]

[MARV]

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[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]
[/quote]

[:)] I also got a laugh out of this part of the story when I heard it last night.

[MikeP]

Pretty sweet outcome but - oooooh - move over Al Qaeda, there's a new terror on the block. They be mad now![xx(]

[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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[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!




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

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