Pirates threaten to "slaughter" American sailors

[cali]

Somali pirates vow to kill American sailors
By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY – 12 minutes ago

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Somali pirates vowed to hunt down American ships and kill their sailors Wednesday and French forces detained 11 other hijackers in a high-seas raid, raising tensions a day after an abortive attack on a U.S. freighter loaded with food aid.

Pirates fired grenades and automatic weapons at the Liberty Sun, but its American crew successfully blockaded themselves inside the engine room. The ship was damaged in Tuesday's attack but escaped and was heading to Kenya under U.S. Navy guard.

A pirate whose gang attacked the aid ship admitted Wednesday that his group was targeting American ships and sailors.

"We will seek out the Americans and if we capture them we will slaughter them," said a 25-year-old pirate based in the Somali port of Harardhere who gave only his first name, Ismail.

"We will target their ships because we know their flags. Last night, an American-flagged ship escaped us by a whisker. We have showered them with rocket-propelled grenades," boasted Ismail, who did not take part in the attack on the Liberty Sun.

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not too swift, these guys.

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[old mark]

1. Didn't work out so well last time.......nt

[Posteritatis]

2. I hear Darwin's pager (nt)

[Renew Deal]

3. They've climbed into a bear cage

Better not wake the bear.

[rcrush]

4. Thats stupid of them

Dont they know our military is just itchin to bomb some more poor people?

[cali]

5. I think one can safely conclude that these particular folks don't care.

[loyalkydem]

6. actually

let them threaten, can we say headshot

[Selatius]

7. The idiot should be sent to Davy Jones' locker for his stupidity.

[HughMoran]

8. They may want to calm down a bit.

having bad tempers will be their undoing.

[DinahMoeHum]

9. Neah neah-neah neah neah, booga booga booga.

Big mouths, tiny dicks.

[ladjf]

10. Looks like the pirates are straying from the "business plan" of

making money. nt

[NeedleCast]

11. This will end poorly for them

Talk shit AFTER you kick ass, not before.

[Deja Q]

12. WOw. Food aid and these vermin see fit to pirate and hijack.

Aren't the sailors on these ships like ARMED or something? Shoot these motherfuckers already. They've already made death threats; with that intent, our shipmates need to be armed.

[JonLP24]

13. I hope not

People with no experience on what it's like to live in Somalia already have developed this us vs them attitude when it comes to the pirates. If they do it will just increase our hostility towards them and maybe we end up in a never ending war in Somalia.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Ah, the brave, valiant eco-heroes are at it again.

Truly, they are the victims here. :eyes:

[Echo In Light]

15. When do the networks and cable "news" outlets wheel out the "war on pirates" theme music/displays?

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

16. Pirates = AK47s and RPGs

US Navy = Whomping great guns, Aegis missile arrays, SEAL sharpshooters and torpedoes

Headline: Yanks repeatedly maul Pirates in interleague play.