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corner.nationalreview.com - 4/13/2009
Somali Pirates Hijack U.S.-Flagged Ship
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Somali pirates have hijacked an American flagged ship, taking hostage at least 20 Americans and their cargo -- aid they were were trying to provide to the distressed Muslim people of Mombassa, Kenya. As Somali pirates have been terrorizing ships on the high seas for months now, TigerHawk is ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 4/13/2009
Want to Prevent Piracy? Privatize the Ocean
— corner.nationalreview.com — Following the freeing of American ship captain Richard Phillips from a band of Somali pirates Sunday, commentators... have turned their attention to what can be done to control and prevent future piracy. The solutions suggested so far are what you might ... (more) Want to Prevent Piracy? Privatize the Ocean

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newsbusters.org - 4/13/2009
Leftwing Blogosphere Picks Up Al-Jazeera Theme: Somali Pirates Are Misunderstood Ecologists
— newsbusters.org — 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 ... (more) Leftwing Blogosphere Picks Up Al-Jazeera Theme: Somali ...

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U.S. Military Considers Attacks on Somali Pirates’ Land Bases
bloomberg.com - 4/13/2009
U.S. Military Considers Attacks on Somali Pirates’ Land Bases
— 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 ... (more) U.S. Military Considers Attacks on Somali Pirates’ Land ...

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Wonk Room:  Conservatives Strangely Silent After Obama’s Effective Pirate Crisis Management

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Conservatives Strangely Silent After Obama’s Effective Pirate Crisis Management
Wonk Room — ... Conservatives had clearly been gearing up to exploit the situation as an argument about Obama’s “weakness” in the face of provocation. Upon the news of the hijacking last week, National Review’s Andy McCarthy tauntingly asked “what our new commander-in-chief proposes to do about it.” ...

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YES, They Are Islamic Terrorists: "Somali Pirates" Seize U.S. Ship; Americans Re-Take
debbieschlussel.com 4/9/2009 — By Debbie Schlussel For years, I've decried--on this site and elsewhere--the use of the term "pirates" in connection with the Somalians who seize ships off the coast of Africa and demand ransom. They are violent, they are Muslim, and they are ...
YAY! American Captain Freed From "Somalian Pirate" Islamic Terrorists, But Crew Says Obama Waited Too Long
debbieschlussel.com 4/13/2009 — By Debbie Schlussel " The Best Crew I've Ever Sailed With. The Captain Never Gave His Crew Up. Not Once. . . . Now we know how to beat 'em, and word's out. " Well, it's a good day for the family and crew of newly freed Richard Phillips, ...
Somali Pirates Hijack 3 More Ships — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
MOMBASA, Kenya — Undeterred by U.S. and French hostage rescues that killed seven bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked three more ships in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway that's become the focal point of the world's fight against piracy. The latest trophy for the pirates was the ...
Somali Pirates Hijack More Ships in Gulf of Aden — CNSNews.com Headlines
The M.V. Irene E.M. was hijacked early Tuesday, but it was not immediately clear where the ship is based or who owns it. On Monday, Somali pirates also seized two Egyptian fishing boats in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia's northern coast, according to Egypt's Foreign Ministry.
The Gutless Pussy In the White House Forgets American - and Muslim - History — Daily Pundit
Pirate Says Implementation of Deal on U.S. Captain Postponed - Bloomberg.com April 12 (Bloomberg) — A tentative deal to free the American container-ship captain who is being held captive by Somali pirates has been put off by a day, one of the pirates said. The process was postponed ...
Let's say it: Yes, those Somali pirates are Islamic terrorists — Hyscience
As Debbie Schlussel explains , they are violent, they are Muslim, and they are tied to Al-Qaeda. However, we'll surely never hear that from the MSM and the Barack Obama administration.
Here We Go....Somali Pirates Hijack American Flagged Ship, 20 US Citizens On Board — Ace of Spades HQ
Given all of the ships that have been hijacked recently, this was just a matter of time. Somali pirates hijacked a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday with 20 American crew on board in a major escalation in attacks at...