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crooksandliars.com - 4/13/2009
Why was the Somalia pirates saga a referendum on President Obama?
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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 drama on Easter Sunday. Capt. Richard ...
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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Somali Pirate Standoff Ended With Just Three Shots
abcnews.go.com - 4/12/2009
Somali Pirate Standoff Ended With Just Three Shots
— 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 ... (more) Somali Pirate Standoff Ended With Just Three Shots

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rightwingnuthouse.com - 4/13/2009
OBAMA PULLS THE TRIGGER: NOW HOW ABOUT SOME FOLLOW THROUGH?
— rightwingnuthouse.com — So Captain Phillips is free and unharmed and the pirates are killed or captured. Good news all... around, although I think Michael Shear of WaPo gave new meaning to the phrase “gushing coverage:” It was one of the earliest tests of the new ... (more) OBAMA PULLS THE TRIGGER: NOW HOW ABOUT SOME FOLLOW THROUGH?

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The Moderate Voice:  Reaction To Captain’s Rescue, Pirates, And Obama Role Flood New And Old Media

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Reaction To Captain’s Rescue, Pirates, And Obama Role Flood New And Old Media
The Moderate Voice — ... –John Amato, among other things, notes the continuing negative spin put on the White House response by conservative talk radio and adds: ...

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Tuesday's Washington Post features a narrative of how Navy SEAL snipers dispatched three Somali pirates to free Richard Philips, their hostage and captain of the Maersk Alabama. In the hours following the operation, pundits hailed it as a master stroke, a surefire way (pun intended) to convince ...
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Acting on Presidential authority to kill Somali pirates only if Capt. Richard Phillips were in “imminent danger”, a US commander made that very call, and snipers simultaneously nailed three of the four pirates on the lifeboat. According to a FOX news report I just hear, one sniper ...
Pirates Reportedly Demand Ransom After Captain Phillips Tried To Escape — The Jawa Report
This tugs on my heart strings. Damn, If only our snipers had their scopes on these arseholes heads, the standoff would have been over. This sucks testes. A Somali negotiator said Friday pirates holding American ship captain Richard Phillips hostage...