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Obama’s Barbary Coast »

By John Batchelor on Apr 11, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Piracy, President Barack Obama, Somalia | 17 Comments

Pirates Hold At Least 200 Captives.        The International Maritime Bureau reports on piracy worldwide and now updates daily (weekly is no longer enough) to track the threats along the Somalia and Tanzania coast.  The high stakes Obama administration drama with the Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips is just a small piece of the gigantic [...]

Piracy–Hollywood versus Reality (Update II) »

By Larry Johnson on Apr 11, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Current Affairs, Persian Gulf, Piracy, Somalia | 82 Comments

(bumped up from Friday early evening) Boy, there is a garbage truck load of nonsense being bandied about on the blogs and media about what can and should be done to respond to the piracy against the U.S. flagged ship in the Indian Ocean. So permit me to try to clear up some of the [...]

Maersk Ship Arrives at Mombasa [Update x2] »

By SusanUnPC on Apr 11, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Canada, Pentagon, Persian Gulf, Piracy | 40 Comments

(bumped up due to breaking news) UPDATE #2: Pirates Holding Captain Fire at U.S. VesselWith Navy “Personnel” On Board Embedded video from CNN Video UPDATE: BELOW is raw video via the A.P.’s YouTube channel. No video yet of the ship’s arrival, and of the crew’s Navy SEAL escorts. The FBI will be interviewing the crew, [...]

Latest Videos on Pirates [Updates x2] »

By SusanUnPC on Apr 10, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Piracy, Somalia, Terrorism | 47 Comments

I hope you caught Larry Johnson’s must-read, “Piracy–Hollywood versus Reality (Updated),” as well as John Batchelor’s two fascinating reports today, “Pirate Hostage Killed” and “Pirates ‘Around the Clock’.” Here’s the latest — the Maersk Alabama is heading to port, enroute to Mombasa, Kenya. CNN’s Stan Grant reports: Embedded video from CNN Video [UPDATE: I found [...]

Pirates “Around the Clock” »

By John Batchelor on Apr 10, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Foreign Policy, Gen. David Petraeus, Pentagon, Piracy, President Barack Obama, Somalia, United Nations | 61 Comments

Blackhawk Down In Deep Water.   Suddenly the Obama administration has a foreign policy problem that does not permit simple blame-shifting to the previous presidency, and the problem has the face of the worthy Maersk Alabama’s Captain Richard Phillips.  Joe Biden knows this is alarming and ignored his smug aide to comment that DNI Blair [...]