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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 03:56 PM Original message |
US firm to fight Somali pirates |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Didn't we used to have things called a Navy, & Marine Corps |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The ships these pirates attack are not US registry vessels |
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newblewtoo (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Privateers |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 07:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. It's against the law for US citizens |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 08:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yeah, but has that ever stopped them before? n/t |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 09:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Letters of Marque |
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SlavesandBulldozers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. "we're targeting the 'mother ship'. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hallibuton & Brownie to the rescue! |
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Westpark1 (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sounds like a non-U.S. matter |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. But I wonder where Somalia got the 50 million |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Somali government? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 08:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Libertarian paradise is more precise... |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Making the world safe for Disneyland, Somalia. n/t |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. Topcat Security even has a website!! (surprise) |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. I suppose it's just that bounty hunter "Dog" with a friggin' row boat. n/t |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 09:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. good place for him! |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. A 'Q' ship is in order |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
18. I smell a feather in the cap of Blackw*ter.. a new $50 Million Navy.!!! |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. Every world security issue is an opportunity for more bushco cronyism |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's actually the insurance companies which usually employ these mercs. |
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