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Is it a US flagged ship?
NO?
Then it's not up to us to solve the problem, is it?
Actually it is a US flagged ship. The new ship that was just taken today is US owned but not US flagged. The MOSLEM TERRORIST HOLD 12 SHIPS AND OVER 200 PEOPLE.
Think cowards, not the terrorists but our Secretary of State, Mrs. Bill Clinton, Somalia, Somalia, ringing a bell, US citizens murdered, thier bodies drug through the streets, Mr. Hillary Clinton was president, he tucked tail and committed the biggest offense of any president in our history, he left men behind.
How about your take on the Gunny.
U.S. Captain Is Hostage of Pirates; Navy Ship Arrives
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An undated file photo of the Maersk Alabama container ship.
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LinkedinDiggFacebookMixxMy SpaceYahoo! BuzzPermalinkBy MARK MAZZETTI and SHARON OTTERMAN
Published: April 8, 2009
WASHINGTON A high-seas drama unfolded off the coast of Africa on Wednesday, as Somali pirates seized a United States-flagged cargo ship and held 20 American sailors hostage. The crew managed to retake the ship within hours, but not before the pirates had spirited away the ships captain and held him for ransom.
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Andrea Phillips holds a photo of her husband, Richard Phillips, captain of the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama.
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John Reinhart, the President and CEO of Maersk Line, during a news conference in Norfolk, Va. on Wednesday.
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The unarmed container ship, the Maersk Alabama, was the first American vessel to be captured in a wave of pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa, one of the most notoriously lawless stretches of international waters.
An episode that at times seemed ripped from the pages of a Robert Louis Stevenson novel had its own 21st-century twists: the pirates conducted ransom negotiations using satellite telephones, and a United States Navy guided missile destroyer and other warships were sent to aid the hostages.
Black Hawk Down, Mogadishu, 1993
No wonder our secretary of state was laughing when asked about our response to the current fiasco. The Clintons just keep on giving.