Pirates vow to retaliate

[2HOW]

April 13, 2009
Pirate: " In the future, America will be the one mourning and crying. We will retaliate (for) the killings of our men."
Acting like the aggrieved party, in hallowed jihadist practice. "US captain freed; Somali pirates vow to retaliate," by Todd Pitman and Pauline Jelinek for Associated Press, April 13 (thanks to all who sent this in):

NAIROBI, Kenya – Bracing themselves on a rolling warship in choppy seas, U.S. Navy snipers fired three flawless shots to kill a trio of Somali pirates and free the American sea captain being held at gunpoint, a Navy commander said Monday.
Angry pirates vowed retaliation for the deaths, raising fears for the safety of some 230 foreign sailors still held hostage in more than a dozen ships anchored off the coast of lawless Somalia.

"From now on, if we capture foreign ships and their respective countries try to attack us, we will kill them (the hostages)," Jamac Habeb, a 30-year-old pirate, told the Associated Press from one of Somalia's piracy hubs, Eyl. "(U.S. forces have) become our No. 1 enemy." [...]

Yet Sunday's blow to their lucrative activities is unlikely to stop pirates, simply because of the size of the vast area stretching from the Gulf of Aden and the coast of Somalia.

"This could escalate violence in this part of the world, no question about it," said Gortney, the commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.

A Somali pirate agreed.

"Every country will be treated the way it treats us. In the future, America will be the one mourning and crying," Abdullahi Lami, one of the pirates holding a Greek ship anchored in the Somali town of Gaan, told The Associated Press on Monday. "We will retaliate (for) the killings of our men."...

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[jaybet]

Once again the two bit hoods seems to feel empowered. Blow their dumb asses out of the water. Hunt them down and destroy anything near them at the same time. When crime pays, it increases.

[L.E. Keeney]

the last thing that went through their minds, besides the 50 cal bullet, was the realization that maybe they had made a serious mistake, hijacking an American ship.

[Timothy]

Doubt very much it was .50 cal but whatever caliber it was, it worked...

Like most everyone else, I could care less what the pirate "envoy" thinks, don't care what Europeans think, or the Chineese or anyone else in the United Nations....what I care about is Americans...period!

I don't care if they like us, only that they fear us!

[metamurph]

Hmm, we treat you wrong, you retaliate and don't play our little game now you are "really mad"  classic.

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[fightingquaker13]

Anger comes from fear and frustration. I for one am glad these guys are scared and frustrated. My only hope is they are rational enough to choose non US flagged vessles in the future.
FQ3

[TAB]

all we really need to do is arm some a couple ships with  say 20 mm or 37 mm cannons( hell a M2 would most likly work, but bigger is better) and well trained peronal to man them.

Then announce to the world that coming with in XXX yds = priacy and you will be shot.

It should only take one or two times for them to get the message.

[JC5123]

Anger comes from fear and frustration. I for one am glad these guys are scared and frustrated. My only hope is they are rational enough to choose non US flagged vessles in the future.
FQ3

They will only take that rationale if they know without a doubt that death is the only outcome for taking on a U.S. flagged ship. The real hope is that our current President has the intestinal fortitude to continue "on message". I will give him credit, he sent the right one this round.

[mosbear]

Well, they have at least to say something. I am afraid they are crazy enough to try again. The upside in this "game" is in their favor.
Unfortunately there is no consensus among the shipping companies on how to protect the vessels. Navy of the U.S, France, etc. can't protect individual ships on the constant basis. As long as the criminals don't have a submarine fleet, protected convoys would be an easier solution. The optimal would be an armed on board security personnel, but this will take a global proportion mind shift.
One can only hope the common sense will prevail.

[TAB]

Well, they have at least to say something. I am afraid they are crazy enough to try again. The upside in this "game" is in their favor.
Unfortunately there is no consensus among the shipping companies on how to protect the vessels. Navy of the U.S, France, etc. can't protect individual ships on the constant basis. As long as the criminals don't have a submarine fleet, protected convoys would be an easier solution. The optimal would be an armed on board security personnel, but this will take a global proportion mind shift.
One can only hope the common sense will prevail.

actually, with how large these ships are and how they are designed, its extremly hard to keep people from boarding a ship with out fixed weaponry.  It would take several dozen people to defend a ship.    The only real way to defend yourself is to get them before they board you.  Thats why you would need to have mounted guns to prevent them from getting close.
Hiting target swith a shoulder fired weapon at best a crap shoot.  even with mounted guns its not easy.