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US unveils plan to tackle piracy
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: April 15, 2009 03:46PM

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US unveils plan to tackle piracy

Two US ships have been attacked by pirates in the past weekUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has unveiled a four-point plan to tackle piracy in the Gulf of Aden.She said an expanded international effort was needed, as well as freezing pirates' assets, and plugging gaps in the shipping industry's own defences. Improving the situation in Somalia itself was also key, she said. Pirate attacks have increased in the past few days, including on US vessels, despite anti-piracy patrols by the US and other navies. The US Navy shot dead three pirates a few days ago in the rescue of a US cargo ship captain who had been taken hostage from his own ship. The captain was unhurt and a fourth pirate was captured. The French navy captured 11 pirates on Wednesday after intercepting a "mother ship" or command vessel about 550 miles (900km) off the coast of Kenya. ... MORE ...
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Re: US unveils plan to tackle piracy
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: April 30, 2009 12:32PM

hey wait a second, no response to this at all?

did everyone blackout on the 15th?


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Re: US unveils plan to tackle piracy
Posted by: MrMephisto ()
Date: April 30, 2009 12:36PM

Pirates are so two weeks ago. Swine flu is the new media circle jerk.

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Re: US unveils plan to tackle piracy
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: April 30, 2009 12:54PM

MrMephisto Wrote:
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> Pirates are so two weeks ago. Swine flu is the
> new media circle jerk.

LOL!


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Re: US unveils plan to tackle piracy
Posted by: jhey ()
Date: April 30, 2009 01:37PM

Can we somehow infect the pirates with swine flu? Or would that be torture?

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Re: US unveils plan to tackle piracy
Posted by: Kenny_Powers ()
Date: May 01, 2009 05:44AM

can we waterboard them with swine flu?

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Re: US unveils plan to tackle piracy
Posted by: Numbers ()
Date: May 01, 2009 09:01AM

If they hijack a mexican ship, problem solved. Oh wait, Mexico doesn't have any ships. Oh well.

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Re: US unveils plan to tackle piracy
Posted by: WashingTone Locian ()
Date: May 01, 2009 09:48AM

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