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washingtonindependent.com - 4/15/2009

Navy’s Confrontation With Pirates Spurs Complaints From Reformers

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Ironic as it may appear, Naval reformers think the successful rescue of Maersk Alabama captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates may have highlighted structural imbalances in the U.S. Navy’s ability to handle irregular warfare — just as difficulties experienced in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

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nytimes.com - 4/12/2009

In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates

— nytimes.com — Crew members of the Maersk Alabama celebrated after hearing that their captain, who had been held hostage... by Somali pirates, had been rescued. (more) In Rescue of Captain, Navy Kills 3 Pirates

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radioequalizer.blogspot.com - 4/15/2009

Sharpton Has Unique Term To Describe Somali Pirates

— radioequalizer.blogspot.com — 'VOLUNTARY COAST GUARD' Covering For Pirates, Al Sharpton Goes Overboard *** EXCLUSIVE CAUGHT-ON-TAPE REPORTING *** Are Somali... pirates dangerous, violent, greedy thugs, or merely misunderstood public servants? To most Americans, this matter ... (more) Sharpton Has Unique Term To Describe Somali Pirates

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breitbart.com - 4/12/2009

Obama twice approved force to rescue hostage

— breitbart.com — WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama twice authorized the military to rescue a U.S. captain held by... Somali pirates and whose life appeared to be at risk. Officials say Obama gave the OK on Friday and Saturday to rescue Capt. Richard Phillips ... (more) Obama twice approved force to rescue hostage

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The WonkLine: April 15, 2009
Wonk Room — ... Spencer Ackerman reports that “Naval reformers think the successful rescue of Maersk Alabama captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates may have highlighted structural imbalances in the U.S. Navy’s ability to handle irregular warfare — just as difficulties experienced in Iraq and Afghanistan awakened the U.S. Army to counterinsurgency requirements.” ...

All Piracy, All the Time
Lawyers, Guns and Money — Dan Drezner and I talk piracy: See also Spencer on piracy and navy reformers.

Old Pentagon Contracts vs. 21st Century Security
Open Left - Front Page — ... What's amazing, of course, is not only that spending increases are billed as "gutting" funding, but that the criticism is coming at precisely a time when world events suggest we should reconsider some of the ways we spend defense resources. Specifically, notice this piece in the Washington Independent: ...

Tomgram: John Feffer, The Piracy Problem
TomDispatch — ... is meant to patrol the planetary shallows, even if it has so far proved a production-plagued nightmare. Nonetheless, Secretary of Defense Gates has just modestly upped the craft's production -- and there's more to come from Navy "reformers." Count on a new array of smaller, shallow-water vessels that could be formed into little armadas already termed by one naval officer "Influence Squadrons." ...

John Feffer: Monsters vs. Aliens
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... regardless of cost, can only be reached by appealing to a threat comparable to terrorists on land. Why not the functional equivalent of terrorists at sea? ...