The U.S. Navy finally did the right thing, rescuing the captain of the hijacked ship and killing three pirates.
In November of last year, I wrote an article about the pirates of Somalia. Since then, things had not got noticeably better, until today, 12 April. Indeed, from the standpoint of the United States, things had got worse. On 8 April, one of the very few U.S. flag freighters still plying international waters, the Maersk Alabama, was attacked as it was carrying relief supplies to Africa. Although the unarmed officers and crew managed to overwhelm the pirates, the pirates were able to take Captain Richard Phillips hostage. Captain Phillips is understood to have been the first U.S. citizen taken by pirates since 1804. Then, the U.S. Navy responded by defeating the Barbary pirates off the northern coast of what is now Libya, and the U.S. Marines stormed the shores of Tripoli.…
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126 - STM
Irish 7-course meal:
Six pack of Guinness and a potato.
127 - STM
Sorry Dan :)
128 - Silas Kain
Did you hear about the redneck who thought Moby Dick was an STD as opposed to great literature?
P.S. Cindy, I still don't really get the contagious/BigMac joke. I mean, personally I've had things referred to as BigMac that actually weren't related to the brand but that's a discussion for another thread.
129 - Dr Dreadful
Silas,
Just think of it as a joke about jokes.
130 - Silas Kain
Oh, now I get it.
131 - Dan(Miller)
The young Somalian gentleman detained by the U.S. Navy when he and his playmates attacked the U.S. merchant vessel Alabama will be tried by a Federal court in New York instead of being turned over to authorities in Kenya, "which has an international agreement to prosecute pirates." Apparently, it is not yet known whether he will be dealt with as a juvenile or as an adult. The FBI is said to be investigating his age.
Dan(Miller)
132 - roger nowosielski
You should connect parts of your article to the recent one by Khan on the same subject. It deals precisely with matters of "ultimate" jurisdiction in term of the laws of Allah.
I find it rather odd that there's virtually no response from either side of the political spectrum.
Out of political correctness?
133 - Dan(Miller)
Out of political correctness? I don't know whether that's the reason, but it does appear that political correctness is one of the dominant driving forces in U.S. society.
Dan(Miller)
134 - roger nowosielski
Well, that's one of the most provocative articles I have yet come across in a long time. And informative, too, if true. Yet, there's barely any response to speak of.