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#1 04-13-09 5:21 pm

bob_2
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U.S. Military Considers Attacks on Somali Pirates’ Land Base

U.S. Military Considers Attacks on Somali Pirates’ Land Bases  <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aYhvgOfyTmYA" target=_top>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtons tory&sid=aYhvgOfyTmYA</a> <BR> <BR><blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>April 13 &#40;Bloomberg&#41; -- The U.S. military is considering attacks on pirate bases on land and aid for the Somali people to help stem ship hijackings off Africa’s east coast, defense officials said.  <BR> <BR>The military also is drawing up proposals to aid the fledgling Somalia government to train security forces and develop its own coast guard, said the officials, who requested anonymity. The plans will be presented to the Obama administration as it considers a coordinated U.S. government and international response to piracy, the officials said.  <BR> <BR><!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <BR> <BR>Notice why this has to be done:  <BR> <BR>   <BR><b><font color="0000ff">Teen piracy suspect raises legal, moral issues </font></b> <BR> <BR><blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>WASHINGTON &#40;AP&#41; - U.S. officials, in deciding how to handle the lone surviving pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain, must weigh the violence of the suspect&#39;s actions against his surprisingly young age.  <BR>Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the four pirates were between 17 and 19 years old.  <BR> <BR>Authorities had previously put the surviving Somali suspect&#39;s age at somewhere from 16 to 20. He surrendered Sunday, leaving a covered lifeboat where he and three other pirates had been holding merchant Capt. Richard Phillips hostage. Shortly after his surrender, the three others were killed by snipers. Phillips was rescued unharmed.  <BR> <BR> <BR>&#34;Untrained teenagers with heavy weapons,&#34; Gates told a group of students and faculty at the Marine Corps War College. &#34;Everybody in the room knows the consequences of that.&#34;  <BR> <BR><!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <BR> <BR>Kids with RPGs, Enough is Enough!!!

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#2 04-13-09 5:22 pm

bob_2
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Re: U.S. Military Considers Attacks on Somali Pirates’ Land Base

<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97HQFGO1&show_article=1" target=_top>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97HQFGO1& show_article=1</a> <BR> <BR>There is the link to the last article about the Teen piracy.

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