 |
|
|
|||
 |
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
 |
|||
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Pirates hijack ship with 20 Americans onboard
- Text size
Daniel Wallis
Reuters
April 8, 2009
Reuters
April 8, 2009
Somali pirates hijacked a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday with 20 American crew on board in a major escalation in attacks off the lawless Horn of Africa nation, officials said.
- A d v e r t i s e m e n t
Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk confirmed the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama had been attacked by pirates about 500 km (300 miles) off Somalia and was presumed hijacked. The company said it had 20 American crew on board.
In Washington, White House staff were closely monitoring the situation and assessing what steps to take.
-
- Social bookmarks
- Email this article
-
- Print this page
- Share on Twitter
April 8th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Love is the most excellent way. I corinthians 13 Faith hope all things believes all things trusts all things. Trust the rightousness of Jesus Christ today.
TanookiSuit Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:46 am
You spelled righteous wrong twice. Good going dumbass. Polytheism has been around for thousands and thousands of years longer than monotheism, existed simultaneously around the world and all had strikingly similar belief systems. I still don’t get how monotheistic religions that only appeared 2000-3000 years ago from a tiny spot on the earth take precedence over the majority. It just isn’t logical.
dano Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
well dumbass-monotheism had to be around first! other wise how did they know of many gods? you had to believe in one GOD before you could believe in many.. I don’t get how you can believe in many with-out first believeing in one..
TanookiSuit Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Your logic makes absolutely no sense. Please explain your reasoning. You say that many had to come from one. Why? There is absolutely no reason that it had to be that way at all. Historically speaking, the proof only leads to many devolving into one. What you’re talking about is simply a theory based on blind faith.
kenite hunter Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
the fallen angels set up all the polytheistic religions. as for a tiny little sect 2000 years ago taking precedence,,,,,, thats the power of christ!!
TanookiSuit Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Sounds like a rationalization. “Oh that stuff? Uhhh… evil, yeah evil. Fallen angels made all that up. All of it, yup. it’s evil cause I say so, even though I have no proof to back up this statement other than me saying ‘because I said so’. Oh and this book? The bible? Yeah, totally god’s words. Why? Well can’t you read? The book says it’s god’s words. I wouldn’t just write that in there to get you to believe me, would I?”
The “Power of Christ = lies, holy wars, torture, and oppression of the people. The only reason it is a popular religion in the western world today is through brute force and deceit of the elite. Oh, that’s right, sounds just like the US government! *gasp*
brahman Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
This CIA-backed piracy is designed to necessitate the NATO control of the Red Sea, one of the few waterways not controlled by international powers. Watch for the next big event that they are required to “save” that area from…
Tira mi un Pompino Reply:
April 10th, 2009 at 8:16 am
To quote an insightful guy, “Universal truth is not measured in mass appeal.”
TanookiSuit Reply:
April 10th, 2009 at 11:39 am
But universal truth certainly ISN’T found by denying common sense. I actually can’t tell whether you’re agreeing with me or not. In the past, the mass appeal was towards polytheism, but today the mass appeal is towards monotheism, so your argument could go either way.
fred nerk Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
cant see what all this has to do with pirates unless you are referring to the bible being a volume of stories pirated from earlier cultures none of whtch is going to help the guys on the ship
TanookiSuit Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Just tired of pointless religious references in posts and decided to go on a rant! Sorry!
fred nerk Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 1:21 am
me too– no worries mate
John Henke Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Yea, what has this got to do with pirates?
Pirates are Terrorists Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Notice these guys are called Pirates instead of Terrorists.
Do you know why?
It’s not part of the script to divert your attention.
Just another method of mind contro…wake up and fight the mind control machine and the ones behind the curtain.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Correct link to full article on Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article.....1Z20090408
Links above goes to the Telegraph (at time of writing)
April 8th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Only Jesus is rightous?
Jesus is dead.
What about the other prophets?
Muhammad, Zarathushtra?
They are dead as well.
But they were just as righteous.
There are some thousands Zoroastrian believers here
but MUCH more muslims. This is christian propaganda
(nothing wrong with Christianity)
Awake Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Uh, poor dude, Jesus is God and he is not dead, but the others are human and anti-christs and worshipers of Satan, so yes, they are dead.
Get your facts straight
that guy from that place Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:54 am
See this is why people hate relgions because the followers are usually the most ignorant ppl on the face of the earth. You actually belive that if there is a god he sent only one messiah? There have been many “prophets” I love how different religions claim there “prophets” to be superior and kill each other over it.
Awake Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
I never said I was superior and people like you like to jump to conlcusions. Why so much hate Guy??? What I say is truth, not superiority.
You hate too much, you need to pray for peace within yourself and learn to love instead of hating so much.
And if people hate, like you, for all the wrong reasons as you have posted, then that is theirs and your problem, so sit on it.
Poor dude.
HillbillyJihad&TheBubbaLiberationFront Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
BuLLLs---!!! Awake this bro’!!! 2000years later…NOT A GODDAMNED THING!!! “No-one knows, only the father knows of his return!!!” Cheese and Crackers that’s PSYOP’s from the past that has ENSLAVED you faithful f---s for 2 Millenia!!! The Inquistion What a Show!!! 10% please(same as papers please). Pope Clement X said…”This myth has served us well…This Jesus!!!” 1500A.D. Get your f---in’ facts straight and THINK for a change and read more than 1 f---in’ book!!! You know why Christians are a target??? Because organized Christianity is NOT egalitarian towards their own!!! Benny Hinn, John Hagee ,Pat Robertson, Rod Parsley,Peter Popov, Swaggart, Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar…@ 10% a week!!! Suckers!!! So don’t pray for my ass please…I’ll not Groom anyone’s Stool!!! “All ‘HAIL’ Thermal Expansion!!!”
kenite hunter Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
You are void of knowing any prophecy. Your very statement was told of long ago. your a nay sayer.This one world goverment was told of in rev. 13:1-9. IGNORANCE IS INDEED BLISS.
TanookiSuit Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
You know what that sounds like to me? A fail-safe. It’s like the elite got together and said “Hey, let’s write a bit that says that when people start doubting the religion, the end times are coming! That’ll scare the crap out of em and totally ensure their loyalty to us! It’s perfect!” You’re right. Ignorance is bliss. You’re so ignorant of reality, you don’t care that the world is crumbling around you. You’re just so positive that your “God” will rush in and save you at the last minute because you believed! Oh joy! Yes, Ignorance is indeed bliss.
YELLOWHAK1 Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
i think you people took the “righteous” thing a little too far now calm down and stop offending people
Awake Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Hillbilly, you have soooooo much to learn being blinded by protastantism (false light = lucifer). There have been anti-popes in the past which I will grant you, but you are misquoting on purpose. But I take your words with a huge rock of salt.
You are being misled by Satan big time and the sorry sad thing is, you won’t admit it.
Peace to you and all the other misled, misinformed posters.
Gosh so many will be lost.
Awake Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
…OH and hillbilly, stop quoting zeitgeist, sheesh, the bigest fraud ever. Wow, you are a sheep!
dano Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
yeah but they found all the other bodies didn’t they? well my friend where is the body of Jesus? this thing is real easy just find that body will you, they have found them all but they will NOT find the body of Jesus on earth because he sits at the right hand of GOD the father. You will know this when you die and stand before him as LORD, but that will be too late for you as you are sent to hell for turning your back on the true GOD (which by the way is Jesus)
TanookiSuit Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Ok; so what you’re saying is that Jesus’ body can’t be found because he is at the right hand of god, but Jesus IS god… soooo, Jesus is sitting next to his own right hand.
I’ll tell you why they can’t find Jesus’ body!
A. He didn’t exist.
or
B. There were thousands upon thousand of people who were killed in the exact same manner Jesus was in those times (by crucifixion), so even if Jesus did indeed exist, it would be impossible to differentiate him from any other skeleton they find.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Pirates? SEND ‘EM BACK TO PITTSBURGH!
Maybe we need to send troops- OH YEAH, WE DID!!!!!!!!!!!!
DONTTREADONME Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:07 am
AAAAHHHRRRG! Shiver me timbers!
April 8th, 2009 at 10:29 am
They are covering this on CNN today and suggesting a UN court be set up to tri these pirates.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:36 am
It’s time to park a few of our finest battleships off their coast and bombard the Somali pirates back to the stone age. Such action is long overdue. Alas, I fear the temerity of our leadership will show itself prominently once again. I predict our “messianic leader” will have a sit-down with these filthy bastards and discuss diplomacy. I grow weary of our government involving themselves in areas they have no business meddling, like the middle east, while simultaneously refusing to address REAL threats to world society.
DONTTREADONME Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 11:10 am
When the U.N. has taken all your food and made you dirt poor, you have to feed your family somehow. These people have known nothing but war. Their government and U.N. have basically raped these people. Blowing the s**t out of them is something they know all to well and will fight back.
Outlander Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
It is this kind of limp-wrist coddling that continues to allow s--- rags like these pirates to flourish. They’re going to fight back, you say? With what? Their broken down pirate ships and AKs? Bring it on! That will make it easier for us to obliterate them!
WHAMMO! Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
That may be true, but Jack Sparrow is fighting with them.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:40 am
obama will probably go to the UN or mabey take another campain trip to europe, its time to use the seals for there purpose. or mabey we should just give all the pirates welfare and a free house in the states and what the hell give em a new chevy too. there all potential voters for pelosi….
April 8th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Let’s make the pirates the next U.S. president…why stop with an illegal alien from Kenya?
These cheap bastards that refuse to pay for the Russian warship escourt service are just begging to get their asses handed to them.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:03 am
I support the pirates in every way, the majority of them are unemplyed pissed off fisherman who have been outed by commercial fishing in the region. Its everyones fault but theirs they are just reacting to an outside stimulus and more importantly an opportunity to better themselves.
bnm Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
They are just immoral criminal scum. Don’t make excuses for criminals.
beal Reply:
April 10th, 2009 at 11:28 am
wonder how many of the commercial-ships being pirated are owned & operated by rich elitists of the world?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:10 am
We can’t send our ships in there with orders to be “politically correct” .
Pay the Russians, they get the job done!
They dont suffer from the mental illness of politically correct dogma.
Hell, the Spetznaz could clean up that whole country in 2 weeks!
April 8th, 2009 at 11:23 am
How can THIS one not be pre-planned?
April 8th, 2009 at 11:26 am
FALSE FLAG OR if not, Who gives a damn! They bought their ticket, I say, let ‘em crash!
April 8th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Latest report is the Americans took the ship back.
Way to go guys!
Look for next headline to read -
“BLOODBATH!”
Then maybe the poor pirates will
think twice before jacking a ship
flying the American Flag!
yellowhak1 Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 11:14 am
LURKER I HOPE THAT WAS SARCASM OR YOUR TEN YEARS OLD BECAUSE THAT COMMENT MADE NO SENSE
April 8th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
dammit you beat me to it , I just heard that the crew took the ship back
way to go guys
April 8th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
To the f---in’ bottom with their asses!!! R2D2 or Harpoon these f---s!!! Several 1000’s rounds a minute would be Smoke on the Water!!! When brass flows as water…message served!!! “All ‘HAIL’ Thermal Expansion!!!”
Outlander Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
huahh!
BobLeeSwagger Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Amen hillbilly brother, amen…
April 8th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
You have to admit, those pirates got some big ol brass balls. Scared? oh hell no.
April 8th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
You need to wake up folks. This is a battle of Good vs. Evil. The defense starts at http://www.thegrandawakening.com. We have a benevolent race of ETs ready to step in. Its about to happen and you may want to find out who they are!
Script 7
Illuminati are hybrids come from a reptilian alien race and they are taking over. They have modified our history books to serve themselves!David Icke said it and that’s why hes on Infowars now…they are ready to release the info soon! Alex knows the truth man and is not telling us! Learn the truth here!!!
Politically Incorrect Reply:
April 8th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
E.T.s?
Just what we need…MORE illegal aliens!
yellowhak1 Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 11:10 am
LOL!
beal Reply:
April 10th, 2009 at 11:31 am
the elohim and the angels are extra-terrestrials and not of this world. oh wait, angels have wings
April 8th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
KILLL the Americans !
bnm Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
idiot!
April 8th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
What the hell ever happened to having a broad side of some 12-14 inch guns? Let those little motherf---ers pull up next a ship thats armed with some good ol’ fashioned naval artillery and then go John Paul Jones on their ass! No need for the Americans to re-take the ship, they never lost it in the first place. They need to start running those little motherf---ers over.
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
________________***********
________________***********
________________***********
April 8th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Yarrrr! Ye don’t mess with the mitey pirates of the high seas!
April 8th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
If the pirates are attacking, two words come to mind…………….defend yourself. Give the crews the ability to defend themselves and the pirate’s attacks will cease.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Tadookie? What are you, 9? And as for disrespect, that’s the very basis of monotheism. Claiming it is the only correct belief and everything that precedes it is one giant lie.
April 8th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
I hate to give Bush some praise but i don’t think this would have happened on his watch. Why you ask? Because they knew he wouldn’t put up with this s--- and a large naval force would be there immediately and if somolia didn’t help us find and punish these guys he’d put an embargo on them. Granted that would probably cause a lot of other problems but at least our ships would be safe. International maritime law doesn’t allow commercial sailors to have guns aboard. This is a rule that should be changed to prevent this from happening in the future.
YELLOWHAK1 Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
ya tommy bush had nothing to do with any of it
April 9th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Arrrrr matey, yo ho ho we’ll trade the civilians for a might amount of Rum lest ye’ not wanteth them back! Ha ha ha ha!
April 9th, 2009 at 2:30 am
ZZZZZZZ, WELL IT LOOKS LIKE THE BOYS AND GIRLS IN THIS NEW WORLD ORDER CANT EVEN FIGHT PIRATES ON THE HIGH SEAS, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER? OR IS THIS PIRATE THING JUST MORE SMOKE FOR THE SHOW , WHILE THE REAL JOB OF MOVING MORE SHIPS INTO THE AREA ,FOR A POSSIBLE IRAN ATTACK, IT MAKES THIS PERSON WONDER,WHEN THEY CANT STOP A BUNCH OF OCEAN GOING THUGS , THE ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ THEY MUST BE SLEEPING ON THE JOB OR IS IT THE WHOLE WORLD , I THINK ITS ALL A BIG SHOW SO WHEN THEY SEAZE POWER WORLD WIDE ,LOOK WE STOPPED THIS ( PIRATE BUSSINESS) THE GOOD GUYS>THE NWO BUNCH , SMELL THE STINK, JUST MORE SMOKE, SO EVERYONE KEEP YOU EYES ON THE REAL GAME WORLD CONTROL.
April 9th, 2009 at 3:07 am
Eagering to surprise your imagination and show you some [url=http://celebritymovieblog.com/index.html]rare celebrity pics[/url] from my big archive. Just look what [url=http://celebritymovieblog.com/celebrities/Pamela-Anderson.html]Pamela Anderson[/url] do in time of crysis and big depression!
April 9th, 2009 at 5:38 am
A SEAL team to get the poor Captain, and not a shot would have to be fired.
April 9th, 2009 at 6:03 am
What kind of boats are these pirates floating around in and seizing large ships?
One would think after a few times of being pirated out in the ocean. god almighty never mind.
If this picture is one of the boats they use this is darn right insane or the boat crews are really passive.
April 9th, 2009 at 7:39 am
We need to learn from our Russian Comrades. Use the paralizing gas in the early morning and then assault with the Seals. Unfortunately collateral damage is unavoidable. However to worry excessively about civilian casualties encourages more hijacking in the future.
April 9th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Notice these guys are called Pirates instead of Terrorists.
Do you know why?
It’s not part of the script to divert your attention.
Just another method of mind contro…wake up and fight the mind control machine and the ones behind the curtain.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:59 am
No offense to the guy writing this article but…..why do people call 5 guys in a canoe ‘pirates’?
Heck, any boat with 5 guns could repel these guys?
April 9th, 2009 at 10:53 am
What are these stupid pirates going to do, when the U.S marines track the GPS signal from the ship?
April 9th, 2009 at 11:07 am
pirates, terrorist, alqaida, weapons of mass destruction, and last but not least what are these stupid pirates gonna do. this is just getting embarrassing.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
you f---ing dumb americans have forgoten what the somalians done to your arse in 1993 when you ran for it, you are all talk but the last thing you going to do is send troops over there to be slaughterd like sheep.
I SAY KILL THEM AMERICANS AND STICK THERE HEADS ON STIKS LIKE THEY USED TO DO IN MEDEVIEL TIMES.
GOOOOO PIRATES DEFFEND YOUR WATER FROM ILLEGAL FISHERMEN AND COMPANIES DUMPING ILLEGAL TOXIC WASTE IN YOUR WATERS MAKE THESE AMERICANS A EXAMPLE OF.
Herman Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Alex has covered this subject before, I wish I could remember who the guest was, but their discussion was very sympathetic on behalf of the so called “pirates”. They suggested these people are starving, the sea that their forefather’s fished in has been contaminated by as you say “ILLEGAL FISHERMEN AND COMPANIES DUMPING ILLEGAL TOXIC WASTE”, that these people just aren’t cowards and are standing up to the corrupt power.
April 9th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Bring in the U.S. Navy SEALS!!!!!
April 9th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
It’s not in the interests of israel, so the US government will do nothing.
April 9th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
I actually agree with O’reilly when he says that these ships need armed security, perhaps even the likes of Blackwater to accompany them.
The US needs to come down hard on pirate activity to set an example.
You know why we’re not in Somalia sorting this s--- out? OIL.
WAKE UP.
hahaha Reply:
April 10th, 2009 at 8:32 am
actually mate Somalia has oil and lots of other resources in the provenance called Somaliland, America tried going there once in 93 under the disguise of democracy but the heat was too much, that is why they send Ethiopia but as soon as the funding was cut they also left.
The Somalian people are a hard working people there country is in dismay yet they have telecommunication that other African countries can dream of. If the fighting stopped and the resources used then I can see a beautiful country which will lead Africa. They are not like the other lazy Africans who like to scrounge, the Somalians go by there Islamic law that they the men have to provide for children and women. If you people researched about this country before the civil war broke out it was industrialising but funny enough someone armed a bunch of militias and war broke out. The same with Zimbabwe they were up in till 1990 industrialising but again someone put Mugabe into power and he “f---ed” the country up. Looks like someone out there doesn’t want African/m. eastern countries to industrialise I wonder who that can be?
beal Reply:
April 10th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Americans have a very difficult time with such facts unfortunately. They dont comprehend that Somalia is yet anther country that is trying to be ripped off and controled by an order that is trying to be placed upon them.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:58 am
Невже так важко кількох піратів накопати?
April 10th, 2009 at 3:02 am
Yaaarrrrr!!!
April 10th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
How is it that 18ft. boats can size a 900 ft. s--- that has side wall 50ft high//This dosen,t make any sence at all ???? And they say that the ship had no guns that is total bulls--- there a lot of ways to keep these people off these ships !!!!!
April 10th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I LOVE THESE SOMELIAN PIRATES—LONG MAY THEY CONTINUE! MY HEART IS WITH THEM. HOPE THEY KEEP IT UP.