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Have the Pirates Read the Market Right?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... For the first time ever, Somali pirates have seized a US-flagged vessel - one operated by one of DoD’s primary shipping contractors, according to the New York Times. ...
The Ramifications of Weakness: American hostages taken by Somali pirates
Doug Ross @ Journal —
Somali pirates captured Maersk Alabama , a U.S. flagged container ship, along with 20 American crew members on Wednesday. This ship was reportedly carrying millions of pounds of relief aid to Kenya's port of Mombasa. [image] The hijacking is the first to involve a United States-flagged ship and American crew members . TigerHawk has several questions. Why has this not happened before? Why were these pirates not deterred by the prospects of a response from the United States Navy (the very first mission of which was to stop piracy from ...
Somali pirates, U.S. crew, Rush Limbaugh, and Barack Obama.
Althouse —
... And then he was slipped the news that the U.S. crew had taken their ship back, defeated the pirates. And Rush should have turned that big show around instantly. It should have been: Yay, America! Americans don't lie back and wait to be rescued. We're ready to fight. We're self-reliant. The government isn't the answer to everything. There were lots of great alternate Rush Limbaugh templates to mobilize right then. This is why we need to have our own guns. This is why the bitching about Bush after Katrina was all wrong. Etc. etc. ...
On Obama's 'Down' Day, Tracking Pirates
The Caucus —
... taking office – at least on a weekday – President Obama was out of sight on Wednesday. No photographs, no TV appearances, no formal readout of his day. After returning to the White House shortly before 3 a.m., following the conclusion of his first overseas presidential trip, Mr. Obama had no public events listed on his schedule. He had planned to turn his focus back to the economy – which aides said he did – but he also spent time tracking developments off the coast of Somalia, where pirates seized a United States-flagged container ship with 20 American crew members aboard. ...
Yo Ho Yo Ho, It’s The Risk Management Life For Thee
Firedoglake —
... matey. Scary! And we should rightly be worried about this pirate problem, because CNN, MSNBC and the print have been relentlessly telling us so. First it was the seizure of the quasi American flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama, and now the pesky pirates have snared an ...
Late Night: High Seas Hijinx – Pirates and Monkeys Attack!
Firedoglake —
... Arrrrr. Thats right matey, teh pirates be back. It was just last April that US flagged ship the Maersk Alabama was seized by Somali pirates causing a five day standoff finally resolved when Navy snipers took out the pirates which by then had the Maersk captain hostage in a lifeboat. The Maersk, its captain, crew and cargo were all intact and saved. ...
Maersk Alabama Attacked By Pirates Again
Clayton Cramer's BLOG —
... LONDON — Seaborne raiders in a high-speed skiff tried again on Wednesday to commandeer the Maersk Alabama, the American-flagged ship seized by pirates in April, the ...
