Category Archives: somalia
I mentioned in my yesterday post that the Somali hostage event was bringing the piracy situation to a new head. UPDATE: At the time of my posting, the Congressman was int he air, and his DC offices were not sure … Continue reading
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Acting on Presidential authority to kill Somali pirates only if Capt. Richard Phillips were in “imminent danger”**, a US commander made that very call, and snipers simultaneously nailed three of the four pirates on the lifeboat. ~~~ **UPDATE APRIL 13th: … Continue reading
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The Somali pirates – which is more akin to mercenary kidnappings to me – had become somewhat the norm in the int’l news. But it’s never burst onto the US scene en masse until it happened to a ship flying … Continue reading
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Real late to this story but it appears some Somali pirates picked the wrong victim, a US flagged ship, and got beaten back but they have taken the Captain hostage: Hours after pirates commandeered a United States-flagged container ship with … Continue reading
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Read NEFA’s Transcript translation H/T to Bill Roggio at LongWarJournal ~~~ Apparently Bin Laden’s feeling a tad neglected… and perhaps looking for new, friendlier digs to park his jihad movement. News of the all-but-forgotten pond scum rises with a just … Continue reading
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An Islamist insurgent holds his machine gun the stadium in Mogadishu, one of the bases vacated by Ethiopian troops January 14, 2009. Insurgents fired mortar bombs at Somalia’s presidential palace on Wednesday, underlining fears of more bloodshed a day after … Continue reading
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