Somolia Pirates

sunvalleyslim · 06-09-09, 01:01 AM

Hey,
Where's the Headlines? Ok I live in the good "Ol U. S. of A.....Where's the media, who doesn't always give us the news? What happened to the "Pirates"? They finally get their ass kicked? They don't want retaliation? Come On, it can't be that easy, can it?........They're just a bunch of criminals.....
Kick their ass and they run?

Onkel Neal · 06-09-09, 06:47 AM

Yeah, they've been absent from the news lately.... maybe they took up a new vocation?

Skybird · 06-09-09, 06:55 AM

They hijacked all navy warships and reporter crews, so that nobody is left to report something anymore.

porphy · 06-09-09, 07:22 AM

Swedish navy caught a few about 2 weeks ago. The corvette Malmö hunted down a small craft trying to get away after an attampted hijack.

Cheers Porphy

SteamWake · 06-09-09, 08:33 AM

I heard a brief mention on the radio a week or two ago that one of thieir 'mother ships' had been located and stopped. No more real details.

Its a news cycle thing. Right now theire caught up in the middle east looking the other way as it were.

Its like when a light plane crash makes the headlines. All of a sudden it would seem there is a flurry of light plane crashes when the truth is they happen all the time. Its just 'trendy' to report them at this time.

I watched on a weather channel the other day a live report of a tornado forming. It was pretty damn cool they actually filmed the storm form send down little feelers and finally it formed one helluva tornadoe.

A pretty decent story at the time. But now that channel is all tornado all the time practically running the pre-recorded footage 24 hours a day. In fact you had to go to another channel to get the actual weather.

Oberon · 06-09-09, 09:01 AM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=152566

SteamWake · 06-09-09, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=152566

No not those pirates

Task Force · 06-09-09, 01:50 PM

Maby they lost popularity with people... so the news shifted to a story people would watch more.

SteamWake · 06-09-09, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Task Force

Maby they lost popularity with people... so the news shifted to a story people would watch more.

Hey thats what I said. Only I used alot more words to say it

Foxtrot · 06-10-09, 02:24 PM

Jimbuna · 06-10-09, 04:06 PM

Possibly the latest on the matter:

http://www.reuters.com/article/afric.../idUSLA1052558

sunvalleyslim · 06-10-09, 10:52 PM

Thanks JimBuna....Never heard about the 111 pirates captured. Sounds like no one wants the trouble over there, unless there's some foreign aid involved

Jimbuna · 06-11-09, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sunvalleyslim

Thanks JimBuna....Never heard about the 111 pirates captured. Sounds like no one wants the trouble over there, unless there's some foreign aid involved

Package it up with a little aid and I'm sure there'll be no shortage of takers.

06-09-09, 01:01 AM	#1
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Somolia Pirates Hey, Where's the Headlines? Ok I live in the good "Ol U. S. of A.....Where's the media, who doesn't always give us the news? What happened to the "Pirates"? They finally get their ass kicked? They don't want retaliation? Come On, it can't be that easy, can it?........They're just a bunch of criminals..... Kick their ass and they run? __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

06-09-09, 06:47 AM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Yeah, they've been absent from the news lately.... maybe they took up a new vocation? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

06-09-09, 06:55 AM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	They hijacked all navy warships and reporter crews, so that nobody is left to report something anymore. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

06-09-09, 07:22 AM	#4
porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Swedish navy caught a few about 2 weeks ago. The corvette Malmö hunted down a small craft trying to get away after an attampted hijack. Cheers Porphy __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.

06-09-09, 08:33 AM	#5
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I heard a brief mention on the radio a week or two ago that one of thieir 'mother ships' had been located and stopped. No more real details. Its a news cycle thing. Right now theire caught up in the middle east looking the other way as it were. Its like when a light plane crash makes the headlines. All of a sudden it would seem there is a flurry of light plane crashes when the truth is they happen all the time. Its just 'trendy' to report them at this time. I watched on a weather channel the other day a live report of a tornado forming. It was pretty damn cool they actually filmed the storm form send down little feelers and finally it formed one helluva tornadoe. A pretty decent story at the time. But now that channel is all tornado all the time practically running the pre-recorded footage 24 hours a day. In fact you had to go to another channel to get the actual weather. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

06-09-09, 09:01 AM	#6
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=152566

06-09-09, 01:50 PM	#8
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Maby they lost popularity with people... so the news shifted to a story people would watch more. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

06-10-09, 02:24 PM	#10
Foxtrot Ensign Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 231 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	__________________ And when the plane got down to, 'The plane is 10 miles out,' the young man also said to the vice president, 'Do the orders still stand?' And the vice president turned and whipped his neck around and said, 'Of course the orders still stand. Have you heard anything to the contrary?' Well, at the time I didn't know what all that meant.

06-10-09, 04:06 PM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,452 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Possibly the latest on the matter: http://www.reuters.com/article/afric.../idUSLA1052558 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-10-09, 10:52 PM	#12
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Thanks JimBuna....Never heard about the 111 pirates captured. Sounds like no one wants the trouble over there, unless there's some foreign aid involved __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)