Maersk Alabama repels 2nd pirate attack
By Associated Press
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 -
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 -
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama today for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.
A U.S. surveillance plane was monitoring the ship as it continued to its destination on the Kenyan coast, while a pirate said that the captain of a ship hijacked Monday with 28 North Korean crew members on board had died of wounds.
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You know, we always chastise poor reporting skills on the part of herald reporters, but this is the AP! Give me a break. The biggest question that most people would have about this concerns whether or not the same captian and crew were on this ship. The AP reporter here does not even address it. More proof the newspaper biz is fading fast. Then they expect us to now pay for it online. Yeah, that'll happen. They can't get advertisers to pay for it, so they think maybe we're all dumb enough to. And this IS Massachusetts..maybe we ARE dumb enough.
and WHY do we let this happen...? AGAIN...?
oh. NOW I remember...
We're back in the days of Jimmy Carter. Weak President leads country into the land of the weak.
I'm waiting for the next Iranian Hostage crisis, what with Barry's leadership, has to be in the works.
2012 COULDN'T come fast enough for me.
oh. NOW I remember...
We're back in the days of Jimmy Carter. Weak President leads country into the land of the weak.
I'm waiting for the next Iranian Hostage crisis, what with Barry's leadership, has to be in the works.
2012 COULDN'T come fast enough for me.
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