Somali Pirates Execute 4 American Hostages
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Monday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks plaguing the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean for years.
U.S. naval forces, who were trailing the Americans’ captured yacht with four warships, quickly boarded the vessel after hearing the gunfire and tried to provide lifesaving care to the Americans, but they died of their wounds, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement.
Two pirates died during the confrontation and 13 were captured and detained, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement from Tampa, Fla. The remains of two other pirates who were already dead for some time were also found. The U.S. military didn’t state how those two might have died.
Negotiations had been under way to try to win the release of the two couples on the pirated vessel Quest when the gunfire was heard, the U.S. military said.
The Quest was the home of Jean and Scott Adam, a couple from California who had been sailing around the world since December 2004 with a yacht full of Bibles. The two other Americans on board were Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle, of Seattle, Washington.
“We express our deepest condolences for the innocent lives callously lost aboard the Quest,” said Gen. James N. Mattis, U.S. Central Command Commander.
In total the U.S. said that 19 pirates were involved in the hijacking of the Quest.
Only minutes before the military said the four Americans had died, a Somali pirate told The Associated Press by phone that if the yacht was attacked, “the hostages will be the first to go.”
“Some pirates have even suggested rigging the yacht with land mines and explosives so as the whole yacht explodes with the first gunshot,” said the pirate, who gave his name as Abdullahi Mohamed, who claimed to be a friend of the pirates holding the four Americans.
Graeme Gibbon-Brooks, the head of Dryad Maritime Intelligence, said he was confounded by the turn of events.
“We have heard threats against the lives of Americans before but it strikes me as being very, very unusual why they would kill hostages outright,” he said, adding that the pirates must realize that killing Americans would invite a military response.
The military said U.S. forces have been monitoring the Quest for about three days, since shortly after the pirate attack on Friday. Four Navy warships were involved, including an aircraft carrier.
Last week a Somali pirate was sentenced to 33 years in prison by a New York court for the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama, a U.S. cargo vessel. That hijacking ended when Navy sharpshooters killed two pirates holding the ship’s captain.
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ares338
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:58amIt’s a terrible outcome, but one which was expected. These people have no compassion for anyone, even their own people. That being said…..DON’T SAIL ANYWHERE NEAR THAT PLACE!
Report Post »southernORcobra
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:15amNo kidding people can be so incredibly stupid… see the world but there are places you DO NOT GO!!!
Report Post »Moment of Clarity
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:00amthey didn’t need common sense – they had a ship full of bibles
Report Post »HTuttle
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:57amStop trying to defame hard working members of the Pirate’s union!
Damn RIghty Union BUSTERS!
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:56amInstitute the 7.62×39 plan.
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:14am7.62×39?? why in hell do you want to use a “commie” round? besides,nothing says good-night like a nice .50 cal.kiss from ma-duece.
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:42amWhy weeblewacker you surprise me….A militant bone in your body…? Mercy me….
Report Post »Alexandra1214
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:55amGod Bless their souls and may WE NEVER forget that we live in perilous times with leaders that are lambs and not lions …. while the world is burning ….
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:55amThey died spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are not dead; they are with the Savior. As for the pirates who killed them, a pretty bleak eternity awaits them.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:07amAmen. God’s people are never dead. I hope to meet these brave souls one day.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:07amI’d kinda like to hurry up their “bleak eternity” before they do it again.
Report Post »Chet Hempstead
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 4:29pmThey didn’t deserve this, but I don’t have a whole lot of sympathy for the kind of arrogant nitwit who thinks it’s okay to go to other people’s countries and tell them to change their religion.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:54am.
Report Post »God was with them……………….
justice
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:05pmAmen.
Report Post »maannie
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:54amThats terrible,
Report Post »BrerRabbit
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:53amSend in the F-15s. The whole country is a waste land.
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:41amThe only news I want to hear is “today 4 Nukes went off over the butt wipe country of Somalia, all the pirates are now dead, and the country suffered $.25 cents worth of damage”
Report Post »OCtunesmith
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:53amYeah, because negotiations with pirates has ALWAYS worked in the past!
Report Post »publiuswarmac9999
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:53amI hope the US Navy has dispatched the pirates. No sense in taking them prisoner. As far as the dead hostages, I pray for their souls and their families.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:53amArm yourself and don’t leave the country, stay home.
Bring our military home, secure the borders.
Clean house internally without violating the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Identify and prosecute members of Congress and Senate who are working with our enemies.
Hold members of Congress and Senate accountable for renegging on campaign promises with an amendment that nullifies their membership.
Report Post »jblaze
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:53amWill the US government respond commensurate! I doubt it!
Report Post »starman70
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:46amThese so called pirates are more than likely Muslims. Do you really think that the Muslim in chief really will do anything? It takes GUTS to handle a problem like these pirate thugs and GUTS is a commodity severely lacking in Washington these days. The administration would rather have the UN issue a letter of condemnation to the pirates, scolding them for their actions. HUMPH!
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:53amIs that It !! why didn’t they run then down
Report Post »starman70
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:51amMay GOD rest their souls. Here is another reason to start blowing out of the water anything which looks like a pirate vessel. The only thing those SOB’s understand is a bigger stick than they have.
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:51amObama will do nothing, as always!!!!
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:10amhmm, i think there are 4 other pirates that might disagree with you on this matter.
Report Post »Muslim in Chief
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:51amAnd yet…people still want to try these mutants as civil humans? Now I knwo why they Made them walk the plank, hung them, Keel Hauled them…so on. They are not human
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:39amYou are profoundly correct….They are devoid of all humanity, and should be treated as we would treat an insect….
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:00pmI agree that these “pirates” should be shot on sight, BUT, the people who were murdered had been warned that this could happen. They took their chances. They did not deserve to be murdered! But they did decide to take that chance.
Report Post »tankerBigRed1
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:51amThey were close enough to hear gunshots- and the pirates??? did they let them go or did they morandize them?
Report Post »Arminianism
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:04amI was thinking the same thing. I was expecting, “so US soldiers killed all the pirates involved.”
Report Post »Arminianism
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:07amThe update answered our question
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:34amhave you ever been out on open water? sound can and does carry for miles! especialy gun-fire.
Report Post »DonaldH
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:50amWhat will the “brotha” do to them now,, nothing!! as the pirates all ready knew….
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:50amStop calling them pirates. They muslims engaged in booty taking, a long-cherished tradition of the muslim people. If the Americans where not so ignorant of Jihad, they would not have gone anywhere near this muslim-controlled waters.
Report Post »BrerRabbit
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:54amU R so right!
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:05amIt appears they were vanguards of The West, and knew the dangers of entering into the House of Islam.
Report Post »RiteOne
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:53amMay I offer edification and request clarification?.
Report Post »1) They are Islamists engaged in Jihad – not Muslims.
2) Such booty seeking is a core tenet of violent Islamist Jihad dating to 622.
3) How do you know the Americans were ignorant of Jihad?
4) “Muslim-controlled waters?” Is there any reporting of such a thing, or did you read something in that was not there? Perhaps I’ve missed some other reporting or some old media nonsense?
iheartusa
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:49amGod rest their souls
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:54am……..†….r.i.p…..†……
Report Post »expatinontariocanada
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:49amHail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:49amIf the USA does not respond with rapid retribution, this will only continue to happen. We should have sent in the Israelis in to take care of them! How sad that we still allow these pirates to take control of anything, let alone private, US citizens. CUT OFF all aid to the home countries of pirates. That ought to take care of the problem ASAP!
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:04amYou are correct, but I can’t imagine why we even attempt to negotiate with these people, a SEAL team should have been allowed to conduct a rescue, that’s what there trained for.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:48am.
Report Post »Did we kill the Killers?
Pocono Countryboy
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:05am“Two pirates died during the confrontation and 13 were captured and detained,”
Not enough of them evidently. There should have been no survivors.
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:08pmhmmm, now how would a person stop someone from killing you?
How would you protect yourself? Would it be proper to take a self defensive posture? hmmm, I wonder.
Oh, what to do, what to do?
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:47amI think it’s time to start dealing with these “pirates” as hostile enemies, blow them out of the water.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:59amMy thoughts exactly.
Report Post »Live_Free_orDie
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:09amNope…we need to sink every freakin’ boat at the dock. Problem solved!
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:29amI do believe this was the reason the USMC was established.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:45amYeppers…torture them for all intel…then put them back aboard the same boat, tom them out to shark infested waters…and shoot holes in the hull. Drink beer, eat chips with salsa and watch them get eaten alive when the ship finally sinks.
Report Post »what4
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:55amSomolia looks like a good place for a parking lot. MOAB’s away! Who care’s if the parking lot never gets used!
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:08pmThe article should have ended by saying “The remaining pirates escaped by jumping overboard”. We don’t need to bring this filth home to be tried by the Am.Communist Lawyers Union
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:04pmThe story should have read 4 innocent victims of pirates and 15 pirates were killed.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 6:03pmThese terrorist pirates should never be brought to justice , they should be killed execution style in front of cameras to let the world see that & then let’s see how many pirates will dare to venture out in sea .
Report Post »booger71
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:46amYou cannot negotiate with terrorists, ever
Report Post »maannie
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:53amthey want you dead and thats that .they still kill in the end.
Report Post »smallstuff7
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:55amI’ve read the Scott and Jean Adam were on a mission to tell them the gospel of Jesus Christ for the redemption of men. If that is true, they knew well the danger and did not die in vain. The word of God will not return void.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:55amNever, ever negotiate with terrorists.
But make sure you know how to identify the terrorists.
We have more than a few terrorists within our own government.
We ought not negotiate with them either.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:58amAmen!!
Unfortunately our POTUS sees terrorists as freedom fighters.
chickenlittle
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 9:59amGunshots were heard; and when U.S. forces reached the yacht, they found four all four hostages had been shot.
That’s it??????? We were close enough to hear gunfire… what happened to the hijackers?
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:01amIf they work to apostate the suffering, then they did not die in vain.
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:04amThe first WAR America fought against RADICAL ISLAM was in 1805 the Barbary Coast Wars.
In March 1785, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams went to negotiate with Tripoli’s envoy in London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman (or Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). Upon inquiring “concerning the ground of the pretensions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury”, the ambassador replied:
It was written in their Qu’ran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every Muslim who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise. He said, also, that the man who was the first to board a vessel had one slave over and above his share, and that when they sprang to the deck of an enemy’s ship, every sailor held a dagger in each hand and a third in his mouth; which usually struck such terror into the foe that they cried out for quarter at once
ishka4me
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:12amsimply put, they were fools for being there. it is not like there has not been prior warning. if you stick your hand in a hornets nest,you will most likely get stung.
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:16amThey’re not terrorists, they’re pirates. They are not attempting to affect political change in our nation through violence or threats of violence, that’s what a terrorist does. We label far too many things as “terrorism” these days.
Pirates are generally considered enemies of humanity and dealt with accordingly. They’re not political, they’re opportunistic violence prone looters.
Report Post »rappini
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:18amAs soon as a the Pirates capture a US Hostage the US should assign a Seal Team forthwith. For those in Washington and Rio Linda that’s immediately.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:19amIt would not be politically correct to kill a Muslim pirate.
Report Post »MontanaRob
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:23ammike_trivisonno
Posted They are not terrorists. They take booty from the unbelievers, a traditional pass-time of jihad loving muslims.
They are the modern day version of the Barbary pirates.
Report Post »GEW
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:26am@Mike
…and you do not believe what the pirates are doing is NOT terrorizing the entire area over there, right? Know wonder we are in trouble today!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:27amNICKDERINGER, unfortunately I am beginning to believe the POTUS is a terrorist in his heart. The fact that he is dealing with people calling for a revolution within the US is just as bad as Islamic jihad on the US. The names are different but the goal is the same. When will people wake up and recognize that they are being used against their own country?
yomogo
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:34amTo 79USMC83
Thank you for this little bit of history I had not heard before.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:01amWhat in Gods name were these idiots expecting? God does not want us to be suicidal, that is a sin.
Shame on them for putting their families through this.
Showtime
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:01amI am just sick. I woke up this morning and listened to Neal Boortz tell about it. He said that we should declare the area a war zone and tell the Somali pirates that, if they come more than 12 miles off shore, we will blow them out of the water. We can’t do that, though, because we would be saccused of declaring war against Islam.
The world views the United States as a weak country and Obama as Caspar Milquetoast.
I don’t know if the United States can survive until November 5, 2012.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:07amPitiful. We have the power to stop this.
Our leadership sadly, is not willing or capable of addressing the problem.
Our leadership is the problem, not the solution.
This is a war and as Patton said:
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
Report Post »stacybernardslay
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:22amIt’ll be interesting to hear the media on this one. I mean after all if it wasn‘t for Obama ordering the Navy snipers to shoot the last time why didn’t our brave and heroic pResident give the order this time? Was he just to busy today? The media gave Obama the credit last time – he should get the credit this time.
Report Post »AmericanPower
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:31amwe should behead them, right their on the boat, and throw their worthless bodies to the sharks.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:39amI hope everyone here finally understands that the world of Islam is at war with all other religions. If you are not a muslim, you are beneath filth and not fit to stay alive. If you do not convert, you will be killed, simple as that. This backward and brutal politico-religion is growing and reaching inroads into our society. Our Administration and it’s journalists are too politically correct to question what their goal is (or maybe they know, Muslim-in-chief and all that) and are allowing this abomination to infest our society. Islam is evil, pure evil. Never, ever trust a muslim unless he denounces Islam,
Report Post »This is how the world ends. Islam will take over and they will kill all who do not convert.
It will be hard times, very hard. Do not take the mark on your arm nor your forehead, if you want to really live. I was hoping this wasn’t going to happen in my lifetime, but it seems it will.
The only consolation is that good will triumph over evil in the end.
AriBenTZion
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:42amWhy in the world would anyone even come near a G-d forsaken place like Somalia?
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:49am@booger71:
Report Post »“You cannot negotiate with terrorists, ever”
____________
Thank you for using the proper term when referring to these animals…“terrorists”…Thank You!
encinom
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:59amMy god people, which one of you keyboard warriors were there, you negotiate, first to gain intel, second in the chance for a peaceful outcome and finally to buy time. Rambo was only a movie character. Even last time it took time before the condictions were right for the SEAL team to react.
THis outcoem is sad, but no fault of the Presidents. There is little he could have done.
Showtime
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:01pm@Chicken Little ~
From Fox News:
“Two pirates died during the confrontation and 13 were captured and detained, along with two pirates already in custody. U.S. forces also found the remains of two other pirates already dead aboard the vessel and believe a total of 19 pirates were involved in the hijacking.”
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:04pmSurvival Consultants International, Maritime Security Division… nothing else to say.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:06pmCut the balance of the pirates so they are bleeding and dump them overboard. If they make it to shore they go free.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:06pm@encinom
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:59am
My god people, which one of you keyboard warriors were there, you negotiate, first to gain intel, second in the chance for a peaceful outcome and finally to buy time. Rambo was only a movie character. Even last time it took time before the condictions were right for the SEAL team to react.
THis outcoem is sad, but no fault of the Presidents. There is little he could have done.
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Then what were the U.S. warships “shadowing” the Quest doing? WARSHIPS, Meathead!
Have you EVER known a “peaceful outcome” of a Somali pirate hijacking? I sure as heck don’t.
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:09pm-NickDeringer-
You’re ignorant if you think Obama classifies these terrorists as freedom fighters. Stop with the idiocy.
Xcori8r
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:09pmNegotiation is fine if conducted properly.
When it comes to terrorsts and hostage takers, I favor the Corbin Dallas School of Negotiation technique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKwg6W05MU
Sometimes ya‘ just gotta’ love the Internet even with all the trash out there… just think of a good movie scene and it’s probably there.
Report Post »wallyworld
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:12pmIs it ostensibly a good thing to be doing God’s work in a part of the world that desperately needs it? Absolutely. But what about the potential for harm to the others that may have to try to rescue you? What about the U.S. Navy ships and sailors that are brought into a hostile area, exposed to enemy attack? What about the SEAL teams or Marines that have to board the boat with weapons to save you? What about the cumulative effect of these incidents that takes us closer to more war with more American lives lost? These people should have stayed home and mailed the Bibles.
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:23pmHow is it not already policy that if American hostages are executed, the offenders are summarily executed on the spot?
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:25pm@GEW
“…and you do not believe what the pirates are doing is NOT terrorizing the entire area over there, right? Know wonder we are in trouble today!”
No. They were pirating.
A rapist causes terror in his victim(s). He’s not a terrorist, he’s a rapist.
A murderer causes terror in his victim(s). He’s not a terrorist, he’s a murderer.
A child molester causes terror in his victim(s). He’s not a terrorist, he’s a child molester.
Words mean something. Calling anything that might frighten other people “terrorism” takes the punch out of the word and makes everything into nothing in one fell swoop. Real terrorism is something very distinct and well defined, namely, non-military individuals using violence or threats of violence in order to affect political change in a society. It is not piracy, nor people who commit manslaughter, nor rape, nor child molestation.
Words have meanings.
Report Post »BFrezza
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:37pmWhy did the navy take prisoners? The laws of the high seas should have prevailed. Every single one of the pirates should have been executed right there on the spot. We need to send a message loud and clear that this is the way we will deal with ALL pirates! Keel haul them and then hang them from the yard arm!!!!!
Report Post »AmericanSubject
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:50pmThese Missionarys were sold to Al Queda who hired the Pirates and guided them to intercept the Quest.
Report Post »Four American Missionarys held hostage and condemed under Sharia Law imagine the propaganda coup that would have been.
Obama should have had fins in the water and boots on the deck of the Quest 12 hours after the attack!
walkwithme1966
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:19pm@GRANDMAOF5 – POTUS is a terrorist at heart? I can’t believe that you wrote that – are you a Christian? Because Christians would not said that. And it is also not for you to judge our President – if he is a terrorist in his heart – Christ will judge him, certainly not you!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-Gt
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:20pm@Xcori8r
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:07am
Pitiful. We have the power to stop this.
Our leadership sadly, is not willing or capable of addressing the problem.
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From Fox Nation:
(Headline:) Obamas Go on Ski Trip Days After President Tells Americans to ‘Put Off a Vacation’
“President Obama has been accused of having double standards after appealing for Americans to sacrifice their holidays just days before his wife and…”
He goes skiing while four Americans are murdered, with U.S. warships looking on!!!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:21pm@smallstuff7
Yes I they were missionaries. AP wouldn’t want to upset Muslim readers with that detail. Sad. Very sad.
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:41pm.
Reading this article left me more incensed than anything I’ve read in a long time.
1) Blaming the victims ‘for being there’ is like blaming a carjack victim for driving in the city.
2) I thank God our Navy was there so at least these terrorists did not get away with it.
3) I‘d like to see them ’returned’ by helicopter to their camps (visible on Google Earth) but they can cover the last 1,000 vertical yards without a parachute – as a warning to others.
4) I regret we told the world how many we captured because now we’ll have to account for all them. I’d still return them aerially
5) They were clearly caught in the act – there’s no need for an expensive “trial” & incarceration (see next paragraph)
I‘ll never forget reading back in the 1970’s when airliner hijacking first became ‘popular’, that the Saudi’s stormed a plane that had been hijacked and was being refueled in Saudi Arabia. They captured most of the hijackers alive. All the passengers were then removed from the plane except the hijackers. The Saudi soldiers wrapped towels around the necks of the restrained hijackers and slit their throats right there in their seats. They never got off the plane alive despite the fact that the hijackers were Muslim (if I remember correctly). I don’t remember anyone howling about the hijackers’ rights being violated… I remember admiring the Saudis for that.
I doubt that modern Somali pirates are doing this in the name of Allah or because they are Muslim’s acting on their beliefs, but I still think they have done their Muslim brothers a huge amount of harm by reminding us of how barbaric Muslims can be. The word “barbaric” became entered our lexicon as a word because of the actions of the old pirates of the Barbary coast – referred to in 79USMC83’s earlier post.
Too many Independent-Americans have been dozing off again since 9/11, lulled by the lamestream media’s love for their fellow America-haters in the Muslim world… but it is difficult for anyone reading this story not to catch a glimpse of the truth behind this story – that neither Islam nor Communism has done much to feed or advance the nations that are under its subjugation. If it were not for the West’s thirst for their oil, they’d still be riding camels and living in desert tents. Nothing wrong with that – it just doesn’t hasn’t much for the people starving in Somalia who are turning to piracy in the absence of any useful government.
A personal friend of mine was killed on Flight 103 over Lockerbie, nearly destroying the lives of his widow and three orphans . I hope that when Gaddafi falls we will go in and re-capture Abdelbaset al-Megrahi –the terrorist convicted of the bombing. Let’s also collect all of Libya’s records on that bombing and bring true justice for the heinous act that killed 270 people from 21 nations and brought terrible pain and suffering to all of their families.
The killing of innocents is called “barbaric” for a reason.
The killing of terrorists and murderous pirates is called “prevention”.
Let’s do all we can to make damned sure these things can’t happen again
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 3:35pmI just heard on Fox that the pirates are on the USS Enterprise. New idea… tie them to the catapult and give them an “E” ticket ride as well as a “tingle up their legs”.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 3:36pmAzDebi
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:59am
“U.S. naval forces, who were trailing the Americans’ captured yacht with four warships, quickly boarded the vessel after hearing the gunfire and tried to provide lifesaving care to the Americans, but they died of their wounds…”
WHAT? TRAILING THEM??????? QUICKLY BOARDED THE VESSEL AFTER hearing the gunfire?????? WHAT?
Okay…trying to contain my rage here…LAY ANOTHER TRAVESTY AT THE feet of the Commander in Chief!!!!!!!!!!!! He is either the most incompetent President in US history or he is the most dangerous? YOU DECIDE! Obama was waiting to have them arrested so that they could be brought to our country and tried in civilian courts?! …I used to believe that those who thought this man was a Muslim “sleeper” were just crazy…I don’t think that anymore! Who is OUR ENEMY? Radical Muslims…How do you know the difference between moderate Muslims and Radical Muslims? YOU DON’T…He is aiding and abetting the enemy! Where are the investigations…where? There need to be investigations NOW!
Report Post »potzlady
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 3:41pmThese are not even terrorists……that glorifies them too much…..they are thuggish youngsters. I seriously doubt if they are any smarter about their “cause” than the foolish kids in Wisconsin who are given a placard to giggle and “march in protest” about something they have no idea about! They are truly useful idiots, albiet very, very dangerous! I wish our “dear leader” had the skill to deal with the affront to our country, but that will NOT happen. He is impotent when it comes to leadership.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 5:13pmThis is so sad,my prayers are with their families
Report Post »Deb C
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 5:27pmIn the wrong place at the wrong time
Report Post »integrican
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 5:29pm@Florida *******. We CAN own automatic weapons! You must have a special license from ATF or HLS that license makes you give up your rights and allows warrantless searches of your home and person. Here in Utah, I can go to the range and rent autos including a Barrett 50 cal. Very fun!!!! At $5.00 a round it gets pricey in a hurry.
Report Post »TXMD
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 5:32pmAnd what of the pirates? two already dead from recent past (smell must have been wonderful) and two others died on board and 13 captured. HELLO! Why the results were not 15 pirates dead following the execution of the four women is beyond me — then again, I’m sure they were acting under orders from DC not to hurt them or harm their rights guaranteed under our US Constitution.
Report Post »crash-test-dhimmi
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 5:47pmMy heart goes out to the victims and their families.
Report Post »But for the life of me, I cannot understand their logic.
Sailing, unarmed, save for a flare gun, around the horn
of Africa.
I dont go to Walmart without a 45 on my hip and a trunk gun.
I wouldnt go near that continent with any caliber smaller than 50BMG
on board my “luxury” yacht.
its a violent unfair world, you need to be prepared to defend yourselves and your loved ones.
Uncle sam has issues protecting citizens in this country, let alone off the horn of Africa.
yourpantsonfire
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 7:34pmWhen I look at the map where the “Pirates/terrorists captured the Quest, due south of Omen. Well over 240k/miles from Somalia. They left Mumbai India in hope of not to be noticed. The article sites that on of the Pirates/Terrorists were in conversation with “Associated Press” before and during the entire episode.
Report Post »THE FACTS:
1. The Pirates/Terrorists KNEW the Quest was coming and KNEW where to look for them.
a. This can only mean that there was a hit put out on them.
2. The Pirates/Terrorists where well provisioned.
a. They had 17 men all armed.
b. They had land mines.
c. They had a plan
d. They had direct communication with a news wire service.
3. When it became apparent that the Pirates/Terrorists would not receive their payoff the murdered the two couples.
(foot note) two of their fellow Pirates/Terrorists had died “some time ago.” This is yet another clue dropped by the news filters.
Questioning the Pirates/Terrorists by what ever means necessary before they can be “rescued” from the Navy would elevate the hope that the real puppet masters would be brought to Justus.
We have seen what will happen when these thugs step on U.S. soil.
MotherRedDog
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 8:25pmThis only shows how Obama has weakened the US standing in the world. This would not have happened if Obama would have remained a protector of the US and her citizens. Islamists know that he will not do anything so there is nothing lost to them except a few pirates (muslim extremists). Let’s be real.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 8:28pmI sure hope this doesn’t turn out to be a case of “friendly fire”
Report Post »kindling
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 8:57pmWell, I think our navy should chase the pirates with a gun in each hand and a knife in their mouth and use them all on the pirates when they catch them. Why do we even try to talk to them. Our ships could sink their in one shot and that would be the end of that POS. If we treated them the way they intend to treat our people that would be the end of it. Stop using this political correctness CR@P!
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:44pmI want to know why any hyjacker got off the boat alive?
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:53pmAmerican Government Knows Islam is not a Religion of Peace but squashes Internal report. Watch Vital Report by PJTV.
http://www.shoebat.com/videos/pjtv1.php
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 12:32amI heard about this tragedy, this murder, early this morning. so sad. All they were doing was delivering Bibles and spreading the Good News.
Report Post »jdvo31
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:01amFox’s Book of Martyrs have some new entries this day…. Oh God….
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 10:00amBy Obama’s action he actually caused these christians to be murdered. What in incompetent fool.
Report Post »the pirates said “ their will never be a case of hostages being rescued and the arrests of us” So, Obama chose to follow them with the U.S, Navy ship Destroyer.
This is worse the Carter. How can anyone draw any other conclusion?
happyboy
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 10:42amAMERICANS ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TV PROGRAM GLEE
America and its 20 million illegal aliens is now a nation of Ewoks. Ewoks only want to drink beer, screw, and watch reality shows.
Report Post »Glenn_Melts_Down
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 10:58amThey’re still not as loony tunes and bat crap crazy as Glenneth is. God this and God that – “God talks to me and tells me the world is ending.“ ”Stop enjoying life! God wants us to get ready to fight EVIL! WE WILL SEE THE ARM OF GOD IN OUR LIFETIMES!!!”
wow. Uh….yeah Glenn. Riiiight. Just calm down Glennis the Menace. Have a bowl of ice cream.
Report Post »JoeyBagaDonuts
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 11:39amYour right we can’t negotiate with terrorist. So I want to know when is Obama to going man-up and do what he usually does to our enemies and start apologizing for being America? That will show those wacky Muslim Jihadi Pirates that he means business and not do mess around with us.
Teddy Roosevelt had it all wrong when he said “speak softly and walk with a big stick”. Our Modern day President has it right, speak loudly with apology and bow down to the foreign kings of our enemies.
I mean what is wrong with those Christian sailors spreading those bibles around the world anyway? After all, Islam is the religion of peace and tolerance. Dare those evil Americans try and spread the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Didn’t Obama say, we are not a Christian nation and have one of the largest Muslim populations in the world? This is what happens when the simple masses do not follow what our fearless leader says.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:39pm@Glenn_Melts_Down
Report Post »Posted on February 23, 2011 at 10:58am
So stick your head back in the sand. Glenn might not be right all the time but much of what he says IS happening. Obama is certainly not going to tell you to prepare for bad times. Better to be prepared than to be sorry.
Nancy Bush
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:36pmPirates are terriosts and I believe that those who shot those people who had bibles for all the places they visited, for no reason other than “they think that they can do anything they want with no penalty”
Report Post »I think that they ought to be taken out 100 miles and dropped into the ocean. Tell them to swim to shore. I think all those people that take part in all the pirate attacks, who get caught ought to be taken out in the ocean and see if they can swim. America is too lenient toward those people.
11b40
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:25pmCut off the US grain and food supply to this part of the world. These losers produce nothing of value and have 15th century farming methods. Ever seen anything that says Made in Somalia?
Report Post »TheodoreRoosevelt
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 9:20pmWell maybe you shouldn’t be trying to hand out Bibles in a land of Muslims.
Report Post »lifewasgoodbefore911
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:42amAnd where is this story on headline news……where is the president speaking to america about this..it is atrocity…these poor souls may god be with them…and to the border patrol agents recently killed and to our troops fighting for our freedom in two wars….have we as a country gone mad……has common sense left us…taxes..bs news…the forgotten wars…wall street thugs in suits…..just speaking my mind …i hope not to anger anyone…i just love my country and my fellow americans….i wish the media would stop report the bs and somehow focus on Real stories like this…we have enough problems in this country the United States of america…..my condolences to these families for their loss.. HAVE WE FORGOTTEN ALL THE WONDERFUL AND GOOD PEOPLE AND THINGS IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY.
Report Post »layosh
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 1:00amI would like to be a good christian: practice forgivenes and pray over the dead bodies of the 19 pirates.
Report Post »Go Navy, GO!