Somalis Officially Declare War On US: Vow Vast Murder Spree On Americans
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) - Somali pirates vowed to hunt down American ships and kill their sailors and French forces detained 11 other brigands in a high-seas raid as tensions ratcheted up Wednesday off Africa’s volatile eastern coast.
Pirates fired grenades and automatic weapons at an American freighter loaded with food aid but the ship escaped and was heading to Kenya under U.S. Navy guard.
The Liberty Sun’s American crew successfully blockaded themselves inside the engine room—the same tactic that the Maersk Alabama crew used to thwart last week’s attack on their ship. They were not injured in the attack Tuesday night but the vessel sustained some damage, owner Liberty Maritime Corp. said.
One of the pirates whose gang attacked the Liberty Sun said Wednesday his group was specifically targeting American ships and sailors.
“We will seek out the Americans and if we capture them we will slaughter them,” said a 25-year-old pirate based in the Somali port of Harardhere who gave only his first name, Ismail.
“We will target their ships because we know their flags. Last night, an American-flagged ship escaped us by a whisker. We have showered them with rocket-propelled grenades,” boasted Ismail, who did not take part in the attack.
The French forces launched an early morning attack on a pirate “mother ship” after spotting the boat Tuesday with a surveillance helicopter and observing the pirates overnight.
A “mother ship” is usually a seized foreign vessel that pirates use to transport speedboats far out to sea and resupply them as they plot their attacks. The ship was intercepted 550 miles (900 kilometers) east of the Kenyan city of Mombasa.
The French Defense Ministry said the raid thwarted the sea bandits’ planned attack on the Liberian cargo ship Safmarine Asia. The detained pirates were being held on the Nivose, a French frigate among the international fleet trying to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden.
The attack on the Liberty Sun foiled the reunion between the American sea captain rescued by Navy snipers and the 19-man crew of the Maersk Alabama who he saved with his heroism.
Capt. Richard Phillips had planned to meet his crew in Mombasa and fly home with them Wednesday, but he was stuck on the USS Bainbridge when it was diverted to help the Liberty Sun. The crew left without him, flying to Andrews Air Force base in Maryland in a chartered plane.
Despite President Barack Obama’s vow to take action against the rise in banditry and the deaths of five pirates in French and U.S. hostage rescues, brigands seized four vessels and more than 75 hostages since Sunday’s dramatic rescue of Phillips.
That brought the total number of sailors being held by Somali pirates to over 300 on 16 different ships—a distinct surge in the number of captives over the last few days.
Pirates can extort $1 million or more for each ship and crew seized off the Horn of Africa—and Kenya estimates they raked in $150 million last year.
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Looks like we will have to kill more of obonzos relatives.FUCK EM
Man first North Korea was going to send it’s Lighting Bolt of Fire at us now Somali pirates declare war. I’m pretty sure B-52’s fly out of Diego Garcia can reach Somali. Can you say ARC Light 2.
wow this is getting out of control, we have to take a hard line
I was on the Liberty Sun for 4 months back in 2005
Somalia, the country that never was. Can anyone here tell me why it is against international law for ships crews to be armed? Anyone? Bueller?
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D0CE0DF143AE433A25755C0A9659C946696D6CF
Its not against int’nl law. Its because our Pussy-in-chief has a yellow stripe down his back bigger-n-the Mississippi. And because our skank-of-state thinks she can counter the threat with ‘talk’. Fuk’in bitches.
Time to designate some shipping lanes and any unidentified watercraft venturing into them risks being strafed to pieces. Those Somalia’s ought to know better than to tug on Superman’s cape.
well Superman has some kryptonite in his big obongo head right now…but never worry….that is scheduled to be removed and the he will return to normal shortly thanks to the motivations obongo, acorns little nuts, and the libertards have given us….
-aTb
Throwback in time to the Barbary Coast … nah, we’ll not see the testicular fortitude from capitol hill that is necessary to deal with this. Perhaps the Odministration will offer payments?
it’s ridicule how some nations still see that that isn’t a new form of war, this will be our main worry, Somalia will not remain alone, I am afraid, as piracy is lucrative many other’s will do it too
And can someone please tell me why we’re sending food and other aid to Africa? I mean we wouldn’t have this problem if we just let them starve to death and die from AIDS.
Se what happens when we have to save everyone? It bites us in the ass. I say stop the aid and let them die. There’s no reason for us to suffering from something we’re helping.
Oh never mind, butcracky is looking out for us and he IS THE ONE.
This problem is nothing that high-powered explosives can’t solve.
Does this mean skinny season is open? Anyone know were I can get my Tags?
lol…what’s the limit?
and what weight do we have to throw them back?
I never thought I would say this, but perhaps it is time to follow the French lead
and start kicking the crap out of these buggers wherever and whenever possible. The Navy Seal action was a good start, but I can’t imagine Obambi wanting any further bloodshed 
The Somalis know this, and are ratcheting up the rhetoric… again, indecision breeds hope in the evildoers that they can continue with no consequences 
Oh no’s! Is obozo going to throw bad words at them like he did with N. Korea?
Freakin’ poooosie!
So the ClintonCow says we are going to go after their assets.
1 - If they had money… they would not be pirates you dumb bitch.
2 - The money they DO have is not likely to be in any institution you can control
What the hell is wrong with these people? Are they really that stupid???
Doubletap - Yes, they are. Not to mention greedy, arrogant, and careless, but I digress.
Pirates cannot be beaten on the open seas. Sure, you can sink ships, but their replacements will simply capture another. They don’t buy their boats, no overhead.
We are seeing a sickening repeat of the years leading up to 1805.
“In 1805 Marines stormed the Barbary pirates’ harbor fortress stronghold of Derna (Tripoli), commemorated in the Marine Corp Hymn invocation “To the Shores of Tripoli.” First Lieutenant O’Bannon is remembered for heroism in the battle for Derna. O’Bannon’s Marines were the first U.S. forces to hoist the flag over territory in the Old World. The “Mameluke” sword, carried by Marines officers today, was presented to O’Bannon in 1805.”
see http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/barbary.htm, it’s worth the read if you’re unfamiliar with this period of history.
You might send it to your representatives because I’ve very sure they are unfamiliar with the period.
Sounds like its time for these merchant shipping companies to hire some of our former spec ops guys to do a little high seas fishing….
Yeah,khadafi made big threats too.Then he shut the fuck up.Wonder why?
Reagen fucked him up didnt he. Cross dressing goat fucker
Reagan,Sorry Gip.
I think we can handle two front war fighting the pirates of Somalia and the pirates of DC.
Well…I guess this means that Obama is “CREATING MORE TERRORIST”! LMAO!!!
It’s time to start feeding the Great White Sharks of the Indian Ocean some fine Somali nigra meat.
“I am not a pirat but a saviour of the sea”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6100783.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093
an HBZ behaviour too
Damn, I must be a prophet…. did I not just say a few days ago that this “coast guard” crap was becoming the new spin
http://patdollard.com/2009/04/obama-stealing-credit-for-rescue-he-stonewalled/#comment-433197
I think we should start saving the sea by feeding the sharks and fish some pirate delicacies
and it fonctions well, I had some discussions with a few persons and they believe this crap
obambi! what will we do, what will we do.
1. B-52’s
2.Seals and Marines.
3.Drop dumpsters.
4.Send in the janitors and cleaning crews.
5.Make Somalia a tropical island where American children can play and swim and watch the shipping vessels go by unharmed.
Oh wait…hillary is going to reason with them….nevermind
food aids are badly needed by third world countries and we really need to give something to the poor.”,*