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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:47 AM Original message |
Somali Pirates Fire At US Navy Supply Ship - US Navy |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. "long range acoustical device" ... WTF? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Whale torture? |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Could it be MEDUSA? - Microwave Ray Gun Controls Crowds with Noise (ABC News) |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. it plays the brown note. |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. 10000X Amplified voice of DICK CHENEY |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. A megaphone? lol. (nt) |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Probably directed sound |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Exactly. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. That is a civilian manned vessel. |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Yes and No. It is an MSC vessel having both Military and Civilian crew |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. Would that be an amped up megaphone? |
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redstatelefty (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I'm thinking "bullhorn" n/t |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Basically, yeah |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. Huh? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Why don't our supply ships have some kind of escort? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. What convoys? (nt) |
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pdefalla (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. WTF? |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. My question too -- I would expect them to be armed |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. USNS != USS |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. Somali pirate propaganda, Mexican drug war propaganda. Must be time for some good old U.S. invasions |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Yep. The drug war doesn't exist, neither does Somalia. |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. OH MY!! You're right... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. . |
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Beavker (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
11. Next article should read: |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Journalists of today appear not to know the... |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. you grossly overestimate the power of the US Navy |
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agentS (922 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
13. Do these pirates have a death wish? |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. A US Navy ship CHASED BY PIRATES |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. OMG PIRATES |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 04:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. What next? Vikings raiding our villages |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. It makes for good headlines, |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. The T-AKE is a new Combat Logistics Force (CLF) Underway Replenishment Naval vessel |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. it's obvious... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Beautiful ship! |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. Unarmed so she is Classified as a Non-Combatant under Geneva Convention? |
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Beavker (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-07-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yep, in Nebraska you can have a concealed weapon in a state park |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
30. So, why don't they try and attack on of our cruisers or destroyers? |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Cowards yes, stupid no. |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Wouldn't you skip the warships and go for the unarmed ships? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Some brain donors tried to jack a French frigate earlier this week (nt) |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
34. They should ditch the LRAD and go with Ma Deuce or R2D2 with a hardon |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. "Frightened Frogs Capture, Brave Americans Flee Somali Pirates" |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. A problem with your suggestion is that |
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