newsbusters.org - 4/13/2009
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Amid the widespread relief that the captain of the Maersk Alabama, Richard Phillips, was freed from the Somali pirates, there is a growing feeling among the left that those pirates are "misunderstood." The idea of those pirates as really being some sort of seafaring ecologists seems ...
abcnews.go.com - 4/12/2009
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abcnews.go.com —
The light wasn't good, the murky darkness of
night just starting to lift. The sea was rolling,...
making the targets move around as well as giving the shooters an unsteady platform. A miss could be disastrous. But the trio of Navy Seals who had been ...
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Somali Pirate Standoff Ended With Just Three Shots
bloomberg.com - 4/13/2009
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bloomberg.com —
April 13 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. military is
considering attacks on pirate bases on land and aid...
for the Somali people to help stem ship hijackings off Africa’s east coast, defense officials said. The military also is drawing up proposals to aid the ...
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U.S. Military Considers Attacks on Somali Pirates’ Land ...
foxnews.com - 4/13/2009
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foxnews.com —
Monday, April 13, 2009 Somali insurgents fired mortars
toward U.S. Congressman Donald Payne's plane during a visit...
to the Somali capital in Mogadishu. The New Jersey Democrat was not injured, his spokeswoman Kerry McKenney told FOX News. "One mortar ...
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Somali Insurgents Fire at U.S. Congressman During Visit ...
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Leftwing blogosphere and Al-Jazeera: 'Somali Pirates Are Misunderstood Ecologists'
Hyscience —
Let's call this story today's contribution to Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Only the left could ignore ideology and greed as being the real motivation behind Somali pirates, while instead thinking of the pirates and little more than misunderstood ecologists.
As NewBusters writes: Amid the widespread relief that the captain of the Maersk Alabama, Richard Phillips, was freed from the Somali pirates, there is a growing feeling among the left that those pirates are "misunderstood." The idea of those pirates as really being some sort of seafaring ...
Sharpton Has Unique Term To Describe Somali Pirates
The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney —
... If you think Sharpton is alone in his sympathetic view, guess again: at NewsBusters, P J Gladnick has been compiling his own examples of pirates as "misunderstood" individuals: ...
Argument Solved, Problem Ignored
¡No Pasarán! —
And barbarism embraced as something requiring understanding. Socialists Are Fools But Not All Fools Are SocialistsSays George Handerly It has become fashionable to present reports on piracy that are wrapped in a tranquilizer. It is suggested that the solution of the problem is in Somalia. Save Somalia (throw money at it?) and all will be hanky-dory. One is tempted to suspect that the popularity of the mantra has to do with the trick of attaching an otherwise threateningly soluble problem to a ...
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Spencer: The Somali Pirates Are Jihadists
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Weird But True: HuffPoster Offers Defense of Somali Pirates
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Surprise, Surprise: The Somali Pirates Are Jihadis
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April 15, 2009
Spencer: The Somali Pirates Are Jihadists
In Human Events this morning I discuss an almost completely ignored element of the Somali pirates’ identity: they’re jihadists.
This week, we celebrate the Navy ...
Why was the Somalia pirates saga a referendum on President Obama?
crooksandliars.com 4/13/2009 — I guess he passed his first International incident by the rescue in Somalia.
U.S. Navy snipers opened fire and killed three pirates holding an American captain at gunpoint, delivering the skipper unharmed and ending a five-day high-seas hostage ...
Rep. Payne lands safely in Kenya —
First Read 4/13/2009
From NBC's Kelly O'Donnell and Mark MurrayThe day after the daring rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, Reuters reported this disturbing news: "Somali insurgents fired mortars toward U.S. congressman Donald Payne as he left Somalia on ...
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