mudvillegazette.com - 4/12/2009
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Breaking : American sea Captain Richard Phillips was safely rescued Sunday from four Somali pirates, who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, a U.S. intelligence official said.
Three of the pirates were killed and one was in custody after what appeared to be ...
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Hostage captain rescued; conservatives not happy?
blueoregon.com 4/13/2009 — After a standoff lasting several days, U.S. Navy seals shot and killed 3 pirates who'd been holding an American captain hostage :
U.S. forces killed three pirates Sunday and rescued cargo ship Capt. Richard Phillips, held hostage in a lifeboat ...
"Easter Miracle"
powerlineblog.com 4/13/2009 — That's what some are calling the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips. Jules Crittenden comments:
Exactly. God helps those who helps themselves. A 5.56/7.62/9 mm miracle, by the grace of frogmen.
The details of the rescue are still not ...
Live Like an Outlaw, Die Like an Outlaw
behindbluelines.com 4/13/2009 — We’re all savoring the Navy’s Easter Sunday rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from the hands of Somali pirates. Once again, we have reason to appreciate the men and women of the navy and indeed all our service people around the world.
But this rescue only highlights the larger ...
The Second Carter Administration
bluecrabboulevard.com 4/13/2009 — Maybe Barack Obama will surprise me.
Maybe he will order the military to rescue a hero. (And make no mistake, Captain Richard Phillips
is a hero.)
Or maybe Obama will try to lawyer the pirates into submission.
Negotiations over the American captain ...
Weird But True: HuffPoster Offers Defense of Somali Pirates
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 4/13/2009 — Seems after the hostage standoff ended yesterday most of the civilized world is applauding the daring rescue of Captain Richard Phillips.But leave it to the Huffington Post to give voice to a Somali defending piracy.Seriously. You see, this piracy ...
Obama and the Pirates
swampland.blogs.time.com 4/13/2009 — It's better to be lucky than good. It's even better to be lucky and good. One can easily imagine all the different ways the rescue of Captain Phillips might have been screwed up--and the political firestorm that would have resulted. But President ...
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 ...
Sorry Libs... Obama Did Not Order the Kill That Freed Capt. Phillips
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 4/13/2009 — Sorry libs. Obama did not give the direct order to kill the Somali pirates. You'll have to wait another day for the cut-and-runner to earn his hero badge. Blackfive has the real story: I just finished listening to the press conference w/ ADM ...
Obama: Fighting 'rise of privacy' (piracy)
swamppolitics.com 4/13/2009 — by Mark Silva
President Barack Obama is taking a stand against "the rise of privacy'' in the Indian Ocean.
Say what?
The president clearly meant the "rise of piracy,'' but his brief statement on the rescue of the ...
Bainbridge's Revenge?
mudvillegazette.com 4/9/2009 — Maybe : A standoff in the Indian Ocean is continuing after an attack by Somali pirates on a U.S.-flagged container ship. Pirates fled the ship after they were overpowered by the vessel's crew, but the ship's captain, Richard Phillips, is being held hostage in a lifeboat. The destroyer USS ...
Navy 1, Pirates 0
mahablog.com 4/12/2009 — AP :
An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a U.S. Navy operation that killed three of the four Somali pirates who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, a senior U.S. intelligence official said.
Thankfully, Capt. Richard Phillips is fine. This ...
Breaking: Captain Richard Phillips rescued [Darleen Click] —
protein wisdom
Happy Easter
American sea Captain Richard Phillips was safely rescued Sunday from four Somali pirates, who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, a U.S. intelligence official said.
Three of the pirates were killed and one was in custody after what appeared to ...
CAPTAIN RESCUED —
The Page by Mark Halperin
Navy Seals and other armed snipers open fire at three pirates after a commander makes a split-second decision that an American hostage's life was in danger.
Comes after Obama twice authorized the military to use force against the pirates to rescue Captain Phillips.
Statement from the ...
Color Me Surprised —
Blue Crab Boulevard
The US NAVY has rescued Captain Richard Phillips. He jumped overboard and US Navy SEALs shot and killed three of the four pirates holding him captive.
The American captain of a cargo ship held hostage by pirates jumped overboard from the lifeboat where he was being held, and U.S. Navy SEALs shot ...
Obama Authorized Force Against Pirates —
Politics Daily
AP News Administration officials say President Barack Obama approved the military operation that rescued a U.S. captain held hostage by Somali pirates. The officials say Obama ordered the Defense Department to use military resources to rescue Richard Phillips from a lifeboat off the Somali ...
Maersk Alabama Update —
The Jawa Report
Captain Richard Phillips is still being held. The destroyer USS Bainbridge is on the scene and the FBI aiding in negotiations and rescue efforts. The Captain Phillips is aboard the lifeboat which is dead in the water. Hopefully the captain...
Last rescue post —
TigerHawk
Uncle Jimbo over at BLACKFIVE reports on his findings regarding the Easter rescue of Captain Phillips, while noting more ships have been raided:"The tests for our President continue and I now have multiple confirmations saying that the initial set of rules that Obama put on the Navy forbid any ...
More on the Navy SEAL Rescue Mission —
Weekly Standard Blog
The CNN piece I linked to yesterday inaccurately reported that the captain who was held hostage by pirates had jumped into the water prior to his rescue. In fact, he was bound inside the hijacked boat until he was freed by the Navy SEALs. Per the Washington Post :
SEAL snipers, who were ...
Pirate Rescue Fallout [Dan Collins] —
protein wisdom
Slate’s Daniel Politi on the day after Captain Phillips’s rescue by sharpshooters and the crew of the Bainbridge (link and emphasis mine):
The American service members acted when the pirates appeared to be getting nervous and recognizing they they had no way out . The LAT talks ...
Drudge Report —
News
Drudge banners: "Seals to the Rescue" and links to this story on the rescue of the cargo ship captain held by Somali pirates. Drudge also highlights this story on Virginia Beach officials lobbying for stimulus funds for beach sand.
Nature Called, Snipers Responded —
Riehl World View
Nature called. The snipers responded. Three pirates left p*ssin' into the wind. Heh!
As one of the four pirates who had been holding Capt. Richard Phillips, 53, negotiated onboard the USS Bainbridge, special forces on the same U.S. ship saw Phillips move to the side of the lifeboat to ...
Links for 2009-04-12 [del.icio.us] —
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
President Obama twice approved force to rescue hostage US Captain
President Barack Obama twice authorized the military to rescue a U.S. captain who was being held by Somali pirates and whose life appeared to be at risk, administration officials said after Sunday's rescue.
The Defense ...
FOX News Cuts Obama Out Of Pirate Rescue —
News Hounds
FOXNews.com's report on the Navy Seals' daring rescue of the U.S. captain kidnapped by pirates included a statement that, "Vice Admiral William Gortney, Commander of Navy's 5th Fleet, told journalists at the Pentagon Sunday evening a decision was made to take the shots after the pirates were ...
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