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US military mulls attacking Somali pirates’ land bases; pirates vow revenge
Raw Story
Monday, April 13, 2009
While some Somali pirates are threatening to take revenge for two deadly international assaults which disrupted their kidnapping plots the last week, the US military is mulling taking the fight to their bases.
Also, a US congressman’s plane was reportedly fired upon by insurgents as he was taking off from Mogadishu.
“The U.S. military is considering attacks on pirate bases on land and aid for the Somali people to help stem ship hijackings off Africa’s east coast, defense officials said,” Bloomberg News reports.
The report continues, “The military also is drawing up proposals to aid the fledgling Somalia government to train security forces and develop its own coast guard, said the officials, who requested anonymity. The plans will be presented to the Obama administration as it considers a coordinated U.S. government and international response to piracy, the officials said.”
“Somali insurgents fired mortars towards U.S. congressman Donald Payne as he left the Somali capital on a rare visit by a U.S. politician to the anarchic Horn of Africa nation, police said,” Reuters reports. “‘One mortar landed at the airport when Payne’s plane was due to fly and five others after he left and no one was hurt,’ Abukar Hassan, a police officer at Mogadishu airport, told Reuters.”
Meanwhile, a Somali pirate chief on Monday threatened to target Americans in revenge for the rescue of a US captain in a dramatic operation that saw naval snipers kill his captors after a five-day standoff.
After the rescue late Sunday, the head of the pirate group that had held the American hostage aboard a lifeboat told AFP they had agreed to free him without ransom before the US Navy took action.
“The American liars have killed our friends after they agreed to free the hostage without ransom… this matter will lead to retaliation and we will hunt down particularly American citizens travelling our waters,” Abdi Garad said by phone from the pirate lair of Eyl.
“We will intensify our attacks even reaching very far away from Somalia waters, and next time we get American citizens… they (should) expect no mercy from us.”
Captain Richard Phillips, who commanded the Maersk Alabama cargo ship, was rescued when snipers shot the pirates Sunday evening, after US President Barack Obama approved the use of force to save him, the navy said.
He was in good condition after being held hostage for five days in the lifeboat from the Maersk Alabama, whose American crew had fought off the pirates’ attempt to capture it on Wednesday.
Navy snipers hidden in the stern of the USS Bainbridge, one of two warships that rushed to the scene, shot and killed the pirates, said Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, commander of US naval forces in the region.
The pirates “were pointing the AK-47s at the captain,” who was tied up, Gortney said, adding that Obama had given orders to “take decisive action” if Phillips was at risk.
The snipers fired when they had one of the pirates in their sights “and two pirates with their head and shoulders exposed,” Gortney said.
At the time the Bainbridge, a guided missile destroyer, was towing the lifeboat to calmer waters and was some 25 to 30 meters (82 to 98 feet) ahead of the boat.
According to CNN, the snipers were earlier brought in by helicopter and dropped into the water behind the Bainbridge.
The fourth pirate had surrendered, Gortney said, adding that the US Department of Justice was “working out the details” on how and where to prosecute him.
US media described the surviving pirate as possibly being 16 years old.
Although Washington’s policy is to not negotiate with pirates, Gortney acknowledged that US officials had engaged in a “deliberate hostage negotiation process” with a pirate who had come aboard the Bainbridge earlier.
After the pirate returned to the lifeboat, the process reached a low point and “it got heated,” he said.
Phillips was taken aboard the Bainbridge then flown to the assault ship USS Boxer. He called his family in the United States and received a medical checkup.
In Washington, Obama — who had been publicly silent on the hostage crisis — said in a statement that he was “very pleased” with Phillips’ rescue, calling it “a welcome relief to his family and his crew.”
He said the United States was resolved to combat piracy off Somalia.
Maersk spokeswoman Alison McColl, speaking in Phillips’ hometown of Underhill, Vermont, said the captain’s wife, Andrea, found her husband in good spirits on the phone.
The Maersk Alabama docked safely in Kenya’s Mombasa port Saturday and the crew of 20 celebrated after hearing of their captain’s rescue, shouting and popping open champagne bottles.
The US operation came two days after French commandos stormed a yacht where other Somali pirates were holding two French couples and a child. The child’s father was killed in the operation, while the other four hostages were freed.Garad, the pirate chief, said the pirates had dropped their ransom demand for the American and asked for him to be moved to a Greek ship that had been hijacked by the group.
They were “foolish to insist on getting another ship for transfer and all contacts with the American officials were dropped… after the standoff intensified,” said Mohamed Dualeh, an elder who was part of talks to free the captain.
A Somali government spokesman hailed the operation.
“I hope this operation will be a lesson for other pirates holding the hostages on the ships they hijacked,” Abdulkadir Walayo told AFP.
Meanwhile, Somali pirates who seized an Italian tugboat on Saturday with its 16 crew members anchored it off a coastal village in northern Somalia.
“We are planning to send them a team to ask what they are about to demand,” said Abdiweli Ali Tar, chief of the coastguard in Puntland, a breakaway region in northern Somalia.
A court in Puntland on Sunday jailed 15 men for three years each for piracy, witnesses reported.
Nine of those convicted had been intercepted and handed over by the French navy. Two other defendants were acquitted for lack of evidence.
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April 13th, 2009 at 10:53 am
the u.s.a goverment won’t pay ransom money…. why???
because they would rather kill then spend money,,, life has no value, but money has value….
this could of been settled by way of payment, now the american goverment are putting there people in harms way, by shooting dead somali’s….
just to let you know, the pirates never killed any american, but an american killed pirates…..
so by not giving a little valueble paper in ransom, now we will have extreamly valueble live in great danger, because americans don’t want to use diplomacy….
same thing in iraq and afghan…. by king hitting someone, it is cowardly and it will come back around with negative consquences….
now obama has 3 dead somali’s under his hat……
he requested the american navy seals to shoot dead 3 AFRICAN people….
so within 3 months of being prisident, he has already ordered the killing of his own african people….
Jay Reply:
April 13th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Seeing how the pirates reniged on the first deal with the captain, the one they took anyway even though they swore they give him back to the crew, the only thing you could do was kill them- and rightfully so.
European Outhouse Reply:
April 13th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
NIKOLI,
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ANY AMERICAN – THIS IS ABOUT MAKING OBAMA´S BLACK ASS SHINE. THIS IS A PUBLICITY (PSYOP) SO THAT HE CAN LOOK GOOD AND NOTHING ELSE. EVERYBODY IS FUCKED WITH ALL THAT IS GOING ON NOW.
Obvious Reply:
April 14th, 2009 at 3:01 am
This is what’s called American masterbation material. They have an incident when an American is in distress, then they send in the killing machine and have the news presses waiting to tell you about it. Then the mass stupid people on the other end of the TV have their material to please themselves about.
Sad Patriot Reply:
April 13th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
president ” NeoCON” christian SAYS:
“Oh it is a racial thing, I get it……….. killem all then and do the world a favor.”
Yes Killem all is the Neocon solution for everything. Create more hate to promote more violence. Yes this IS the American Way….
De-Programmer Reply:
April 13th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
A Liberal? Oh gawd, another Fox News moron spewing broken record drivel. Anyone who disagrees with a Fox viewer is automatically labeled a liberal. That’s how you know the Fox Watchers, everyone is either a liberal or terrorist.
“president christian”, if you were any more of a retard you’d have to be committed to a mental facility to look after you. You have ingested so much B.S. you can’t even think for yourself. There is no left/right…liberal or conservative you half-wit kool-aid drinker. Nikoli is obviously misinformed as he believes we should pay hostage takers ransoms. Well if we did that then the kidnappings would surely never stop. But to call him a “liberal” because he chooses to pay them off is even more mixed up. He isn’t a liberal because of that…he’s PASSIVE. There’s nothing wrong with that, he believes in peace. Now go take your prozac and get ready for your nightly brainwashing when “O’Reilly” comes on and and keep ingesting that fictional book called the bible, I can see it’s really working for you. Now go back to sleep dum dum, your government loves you, sean hannity is a great american, blah blah blah blah blah.
freedom man Reply:
April 13th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Perfect. No payments to pirates just swift and sure justice. This may be the only time I have given Obama a thumbs up.
harryellimpio Reply:
April 14th, 2009 at 1:33 am
Looks like another corperate red flag take-over bid to me.
“Stand ya ground Somalians”
WillyWonka Reply:
April 14th, 2009 at 2:16 am
who cares them pirates are scumbags i’d rather we spend the money on having some navy guys going over there and wasting them pirates then to give them pirates money only so they can kill another guy.. because even if they don’t kill the first time doesn’t mean they won’t kill more down the line stop arguing just to argue… can you admit that some scumbags got taken out and there is nothing wrong with it?
April 13th, 2009 at 11:47 am
man u got the full story quick, good reporting guys
April 13th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
WITH THE US PRESENCE ALL ALONG THE HORN, ie DJIBUTI – THERE ARE AIR BASES WITH SF ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND NOW THEY ARE JUST DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
April 13th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
This whole thing is a false flag. USrael want to take control of the area because of resources, military maneuvering etc. If a county is weak but rich in some kind of resource, look for USrael to attack and do some regime change BS.
freedom man Reply:
April 13th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
False Flag my ass. This corrupt and violent area of the world does need to understand that we and all other countries will protect our interests from a ragtag bunch of criminals with limited armaments. Blow the bastards out of the water with some real guns like 50 cals. We can not have stuff like this happening. Hell the ship was carrying aid to that region. These warlords and their minnions need to meet Jesus firsthand.
harryellimpio Reply:
April 14th, 2009 at 1:46 am
This corrupt and violent area “mr Freedom Man” is the result of the constant rape of the country by people like you, those with a non-existant God on their side.
If he did exist, he would kick your FKN arse and not theirs.
“These war lords and Their minions?……….creation of corperate burglary and Mr Freedom Man.
Another false-flag? Definitly.
Kick arse Somalia.
Cato Reply:
April 13th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
I too think this “pirate story” is most likely a “false flag operation”.
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Look for Obama/Clinton to begin marketing the United Nations – LAW OF THE SEA TREATY (LOST) – as a “solution” to this latest “catastrophe/piracy.”
Remember the globalists never want “to waist a good crisis.”
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The LOST Treaty would give the UN complete jurisdiction over the oceans and waterways of the world. That is 2/3 of the surface of the earth! It would give the UN the right to tax commerce on the high seas, the right to oil reserves and sunken treasure, control of the WATER of the world, and it would create a HUGE global beauracracy of commissioners, and regulators.
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The passage of the LOST Treaty by the USA would be a greedy Internationalists WET DREAM!
This treaty has already been signed by most of the nations of the world – but without the participation of the USA it MEANS NOTHING.
April 13th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Hell, Geithner could have have that million printed off in no time flat…
Why would a human life ever be worth LESS than WORTHLESS PAPER money.
Perhaps this is a prelude to another war… US VS Somali…
April 13th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
the pirates are criminal thugs that have killed inthe past and will continue to do so. Like any murder or (banker!!) kill them all in the LEAST humane way. Send the message!
April 13th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Target. Target, Feedback one-niner, over. This is one-niner: pirate target ready fire over. One-niner please fire confirm kill when done over. This is one-niner: pirate target: ready: target, target, target, target. Ready over. One-niner fire when ready. Roger (an enormous gatling gun spins into action: within two minutes there is nothing but smoke). This is one-niner: confirm kill over. Well done one-niner.
Rinse, repeat until pirates are gone.
April 13th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
what the hell busness do we u.s. military have to do with their country, stay the hell OUT
of their busness, our gov can’t even do shit right in our own country….
April 13th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Is it possible that some organizations, or even nations, are using the pirate network purposely to funnel money into the hands of Al Quaida. Many of the Al Q. money laundering has been curtailed or impeded completely. If it is realised that certain companies , organizations or nations can pay ransom as a way to channel money, this could be a way to avoid international blame for funding organized resistance to America, or other nations.
Maritime law allows for any ship to defend itself. What seems to be stopping these ships from arming and defending themselves is insurance. Safety is also a concern for certain cargo, but expensive shipping insurance premiums, which apply if you are armed, stifles the ability to effectively defend the ships. My next thought was who is the world’s biggest insurer? AIG. Perhaps insurance premiums should be re-examined to affordably allow self-defense and this would get the blame off the US and any military actions, as individual companies would do the dirty work, so to speak. Or better yet, lower insurance for those companies that use security companies for their ships. This policy shift would ensure all ships are armed and well trained for defense.
April 13th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
america made the right choice. those pirates got what they deserved. we should not have negotiated with pirates who took an innocent american hostage anyone who disagrees with that is an idiot who is putting their hatred towards the new world order before the obvious responsibilites of being a REAL american. hey even ron paul was for taking down the pirates… and a war with somalia lol yeah right we are not concerned with a 2 day war. we want wars that last 10 years so the military industrial complex can make billions
harryellimpio Reply:
April 14th, 2009 at 1:59 am
“An innocent American?
What about innocent Somalians?
What about innocent Iraquis and Palestinians?
What about innocent Humans?
The corperate world cares not for them, not even Americans or you willy v.
False flag
April 13th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
besides if we had cut a deal with these pirates imagine the effects that would have. you would have alot more situations where pirates thinking they could hustle america would hold americans hostage to get their ways. just cause they didnt want ransom, so they say, that doesnt me they didnt want the stolen goods…
April 13th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
these guys arent just pirates they are a well organised militia.you attack them you will have another afghanistan.have amerians fought jungle warfare. how can your country take on another war. wait and see i guess
April 13th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
willy v a 2 day war.just remember these guys have weapons its not just somalia, the usa will also be fighting insurgents from other countries similar to the middle east scenario.what makes you think that america will over run these guys in 2 days there is unrest all over the african continent. alot of people over there dont have very much to lose.they will fight til there last breathes. this could also be what they been waiting for who knows. open your mind dude.
April 13th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
has it ever come to your minds that the somalian government are tyrants and these guys dont have any other choice.
Remmington 700-.308 Reply:
April 14th, 2009 at 12:46 am
What Somali Government? You better do some reading pal, they don’t have one.
April 13th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
I don’t know something is very fishy (no pun intended) about this whole thing. There has been piracy in the region for quite some time and they are just now making noise about this? Sounds like a false flag op to me.Don’t get me wrong I don’t think we should negotiate with pirates, but something just doesn’t feel right about this. I think there is something in the area that the NWO wants and are trying to manufacture an excuse to invade that part of the world.
April 13th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
America has already butchered hundreds of thousands of dark-skinned children, women, and men in Somalia. The disgusting racist garbage ‘Black Hawk Down’ was the story of a real life american pedophile (go look it up guys- the ‘brave’ american hero just loved to RAPE his own children in his spare time) who led the mass murder of thousands of citizens of that african nation.
Now Obama has a hard-on for another round of Holocaust in Somalia- what a surprise- and better all the ‘leftie’ sites are screaming for him to murder as many ‘dark-skinned’ folks as possible.
Meanwhile real-life AMERICAN PIRATES intercept all attempts at sending humanitarian cargo to the victims of the american backed jewish-israeli Holocaust in Gaza, but then that type of piracy doesn’t count, does it you brain-dead Obama supporting race-hate morons?
The american navy is responsible for 99.9% of all acts of piracy in non-american waters. But then, might makes right, doesn’t it you Obama loving sickos.
150 years ago, Obama would have been torturing and murdering an ‘uppity’ slave for his master on the plantation. Today, Obama has to settle for the genocide of ‘dark-skinned’ Humans across the planet for his zionist masters. Murdering 3 somalis in cold blood (remembering that Obama has hundreds of thousands of hostages taken prisoner by american terrorists under his direct command, and held in torture facilities across the planet) would have been as a spoonful of honey to this psychopath.
On the other hand, when, for instance people shoot at american terrorists in Afghanistan, as these american terrorists kidnap yet more children, women and men for Obama’s torture camps, Obama orders american death squads to butcher every civilian in the vicinity. Ah, yank morality of the highest calibre.
April 14th, 2009 at 12:50 am
You’re a twisted fuck. You’re so fucked up, I don’t even know where to start with you. Everything you wrote is false, pure and simple. You sound like a retarded skinhead.
harryellimpio Reply:
April 14th, 2009 at 2:06 am
Sorry mate, but Vein is 100% correct.
So, go get an alternative education.
April 14th, 2009 at 1:59 am
Only in America would they give “aid” to a country that just kidnapped a Navy Captain, threatened to kill American hostages next time, and fire mortars at a U.S. Congressman’s airplane as he left their country. This “good doer” mentality drives me nuts.
What we need to do is a B-52 run (an entire squadron) and level Somali pirate ships docked along the shore for a distance of 5 miles. Then watch and see if the Somali (so called) government puts a stop to these theiving pirate bastards.
April 14th, 2009 at 2:09 am
Everyone on this site who blogged “this is a false flag” is a fucking retard. If you said this is a false flag deal you probably also think that UFO’s flew into the world trade centers.
Also I wish everyone would “lay off” President O’Bama, this man is doing the best job he can considering what Dubya left in the toilet that won’t flush.
April 14th, 2009 at 2:20 am
Joe in JT…..
You are a false flag!
April 14th, 2009 at 2:26 am
Not to oversimplify things, but piracy is a crime, these people are criminals. And conspiracy theories aside, there is no justification for stealing, two wrongs don’t make a right, no matter who stole from you that doesn’t make you stealing from others any better. In fact it makes you a worse person, because even if you are a victim of someone else, if you make a victim of others, you probably deserve everything bad coming or visited apon you.
April 14th, 2009 at 2:37 am
If they stole to feed themselves or the starving, maybe the world could turn a blind eye, there is much to be said for compassion, but do they use the ransom money to feed the many many Somalis who are still starving even as we speak? Do they use it to help grow crops or factories to feed and employ their own people? They even hijack the very food and aid shipments meant for that purpose. And what happens to all that money? Seaside villas and luxury cars for themselves…
April 18th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG!FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG!FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG!FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG! FALSE FLAG!
“vein” is right! This is about dragging public opinion to agree with the Africa looting and the approval of UN Law Of the Sea Treaty (LOST) that will give UN control over 75% of the world.