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Old 02-19-2011, 03:58 AM
 
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Somali Pirates Hijack Yacht With American Couple - NYTimes.com
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Old 02-19-2011, 05:15 AM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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If some yacht owner is dumb enough to sale near Somalia after all the press about pirates then why should tax payer dollars be used to rescue them? It's over seas, they were warned and should have known better, so it's buyer beware as far as I'm concerned.
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Old 02-19-2011, 06:37 AM
 
Location: Orlando
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I don't understand why the world hasn't wiped the country clean. send some drones in and call it a day....
better yet target them on the water and sink their boats. simple rule... NO Somali boat is allowed past 1 mile from the coast. all others will be sunk with no rescue.
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Old 02-19-2011, 06:47 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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If some yacht owner is dumb enough to sale near Somalia after all the press about pirates then why should tax payer dollars be used to rescue them? It's over seas, they were warned and should have known better, so it's buyer beware as far as I'm concerned.
I agree. Are they idiots or what? Maybe they're looking for a reality show. I can't see starting a war over stupid people like these folks and the Berkeley dumbos that went hiking in Iraq and wound up in Iran.
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Old 02-19-2011, 07:31 AM
 
Location: Gone
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If some yacht owner is dumb enough to sale near Somalia after all the press about pirates then why should tax payer dollars be used to rescue them? It's over seas, they were warned and should have known better, so it's buyer beware as far as I'm concerned.
I agree
Casper
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Old 02-19-2011, 08:02 AM
 
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Lighten up guys, article says they were 275 miles off the coast of Oman, in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

It isn't like they were sailing off the beach off Somalia waving at local fisherman.
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Old 02-22-2011, 07:09 AM
 
Location: Upstate
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Fox news is reporting that the 4 Americans were murdered. Breaking News.
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Old 02-22-2011, 07:09 AM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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Default Pirates kill the 4 people on the captured sailboat

At least that is what Bill Hemmer of FOX is saying, maybe we better wait to find out, huh?
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Old 02-22-2011, 07:12 AM
 
Location: Reality
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At least that is what Bill Hemmer of FOX is saying, maybe we better wait to find out, huh?
Only stupid people watch FOX News, or at least that's what my liberal friends here on CD say all the time.
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Old 02-22-2011, 07:16 AM
 
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At least that is what Bill Hemmer of FOX is saying, maybe we better wait to find out, huh?
Oh no . They were Christians traveling the world and handing out Bibles . I hoped for the best but I thought they would be killed for that. Its a shame , very sad.
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