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John Batchelor & Larry Johnson »

By SusanUnPC on Apr 18, 2009 in Al Qaeda, John Batchelor, Larry Johnson, Piracy, Somalia, Terrorism | 0 Comments

SUNDAY PROGRAM CONCLUDED . BUMPED DOWN
Editor’s Note: DON’T MISS LARRY JOHNSON TONIGHT on the Batchelor show at 10:30 p.m. ET, via KFI 640 AM. Check out the full slate of guests and topics tonight. John Batchelor’s KFI show begins at 7:00 p.m., so tune in early. Here are the topics and fellow guests during [...]

Pirates & Rescue * Open Thread »

By SusanUnPC on Apr 14, 2009 in Open Thread, Piracy, Somalia | 21 Comments

Embedded video from CNN Video

Below, you’ll see a fascinating description of the immense expanse of water — I heard that the coast of Somalia is as large as the entire U.S. Eastern coastline (!), and this video is even more descriptive:

Breaking: Larry Johnson Interviewed for A.P. Story on Piracy Crisis »

By SusanUnPC on Apr 13, 2009 in Commander in Chief, Larry Johnson, National Security, Piracy, President Barack Obama, Somalia | 60 Comments

(bumped up from afternoon)
For today’s A.P. story, “Obama draws praise, but piracy escalation feared,” Larry Johnson was telephoned and interviewed extensively by London-based A.P. reporter Gregory Katz:
[...]
Some military strategists believe it may ultimately be necessary to attack the pirates’ base in Somalia, much as the British used to do two centuries ago. But few have [...]

“…Perdicaris Alive…Raisuni Dead…” »

By John Batchelor on Apr 12, 2009 in John Batchelor, Piracy, Somalia | 7 Comments

Editor’s Note: DON’T MISS LARRY JOHNSON TONIGHT on the Batchelor show at 10:30 p.m. ET, via KFI 640 AM. Today’s events will be discussed! (Details.)
Early Reports of a Navy Fight and a Rescue.
In war, the first three reports are wrong, so it is necessary to assume that the reports from the hostage negotiation are inexact [...]

Obama’s Barbary Coast »

By John Batchelor on Apr 11, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Piracy, President Barack Obama, Somalia | 16 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 [...]

Latest Videos on Pirates [Updates x2] »

By SusanUnPC on Apr 10, 2009 in "Blackhawk Down", Piracy, Somalia, Terrorism | 46 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 the video [...]

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 [...]

Hillary On Pirate Hostage Crisis »

By SusanUnPC on Apr 9, 2009 in Piracy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Somalia | 87 Comments

UPDATES: (SEE the latest Fox Video below on “Navy security team” aboard the U.S. vessel.) Also: Megyn Kelly calls Capt. Richard Phillips the “Sully of the Oceans.” (”Sully” is the pilot who landed a US Airways jetliner in the Hudson River without loss of life. Kelly co-anchors Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom.”)
Today: “Pirates still [...]