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Obama Comments on the Pirates

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Mr. Obama, making his first live comments since the rescue Sunday, told an audience at the Transportation Department that he was “very proud” of the United States military and other agencies that responded to the hostage-taking. And he hailed the captain, Richard Phillips, for his “courage and leadership and selfless concern for his crew.”

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I want to take a moment to say how pleased I am about the rescue of Captain Phillips and his safe return to the USS Boxer this weekend. His safety has been our principal concern, and I know this came as a welcome relief to his family and his crew. 

I had a chance to talk to his wife yesterday and, as she put it, she couldn’t imagine a better Easter than seeing his safe return. And I am very proud of the efforts of the U.S. military and many other departments and agencies that worked tirelessly to resolve this situation. I share our nation’s admiration for Captain Phillips’ courage and leadership and selfless concern for his crew.

And I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region. And to achieve that goal we’re going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks, we have to continue to be prepared to confront them when they arise, and we have to ensure that those who commit acts of piracy are held accountable for their crimes.
 
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Mike said:
Send Somalia more U.S. taxpayer money. That might stop those pirates. :roll:

And I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region. And to achieve that goal we’re going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks, we have to continue to be prepared to confront them when they arise, and we have to ensure that those who commit acts of piracy are held accountable for their crimes.

You sure have a differing reading comprehension than I do....

Just because he isn't out ranting about the "crusade" or "bring it on"... :roll:

But I know- you rightwingernuts and Klansman are all still in a state of dispair because Obama and the FBI/Military didn't fail like you were predicting-- and like it seems many of you and your buddy Rush want...
 

hypocritexposer

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Why was the Congressman in Somali? Obama's hard decisions on this issue are only beginning!

Obama deserves credit, for giving the go ahead, but what person would not say "yep, shoot them if the hostage is in imminent danger"

But listening to CNN, you'd think that he saved the world from Pirates, well he hasn't. How will he deal with these Muslim Pirates and Somalia, that's the real question.

LATEST Somalia's militant Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said it fired mortars at a plane carrying a US lawmaker, a day after US snipers killed three Somali pirates and freed the American ship captain they had been holding hostage.

An al Shabaab spokesman said his group fired at the plane carrying Representative Donald Payne as he left the anarchic Horn of Africa country following a rare one-day visit by a US official. Payne's plane took off safely and no-one was hurt.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/2331869/Congressman-visits-Somalia
 

Mike

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Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Send Somalia more U.S. taxpayer money. That might stop those pirates. :roll:

And I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region. And to achieve that goal we’re going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks, we have to continue to be prepared to confront them when they arise, and we have to ensure that those who commit acts of piracy are held accountable for their crimes.

You sure have a differing reading comprehension than I do....

Just because he isn't out ranting about the "crusade" or "bring it on"... :roll:

But I know- you rightwingernuts and Klansman are all still in a state of dispair because Obama and the FBI/Military didn't fail like you were predicting-- and like it seems many of you and your buddy Rush want...

How much you wanna bet that more aid to Somalia from the U.S. will be in the plans for controlling those pirates/thugs? :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

kolanuraven

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hypocritexposer said:
Why was the Congressman in Somali? Obama's hard decisions on this issue are only beginning!

Obama deserves credit, for giving the go ahead, but what person would not say "yep, shoot them if the hostage is in imminent danger"

But listening to CNN, you'd think that he saved the world from Pirates, well he hasn't. How will he deal with these Muslim Pirates and Somalia, that's the real question.

LATEST Somalia's militant Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said it fired mortars at a plane carrying a US lawmaker, a day after US snipers killed three Somali pirates and freed the American ship captain they had been holding hostage.

An al Shabaab spokesman said his group fired at the plane carrying Representative Donald Payne as he left the anarchic Horn of Africa country following a rare one-day visit by a US official. Payne's plane took off safely and no-one was hurt.




http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/2331869/Congressman-visits-Somalia



The Congressman was there are he's on a committee about Africa. He went on his own against State Dept advice. He flew commercial and has security by the African Union.


Don't you EVER read the news or do you just sit and try to slant everything that you come across?


And his plane was NOT fired at....it was a run of the mill attack at the airport. The Congressman knew nothing of it till he got to Kenya.
 

TexasBred

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Oldtimer said:
Mr. Obama, making his first live comments since the rescue Sunday, told an audience at the Transportation Department that he was “very proud” of the United States military and other agencies that responded to the hostage-taking. And he hailed the captain, Richard Phillips, for his “courage and leadership and selfless concern for his crew.”

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I want to take a moment to say how pleased I am about the rescue of Captain Phillips and his safe return to the USS Boxer this weekend. His safety has been our principal concern, and I know this came as a welcome relief to his family and his crew. 

I had a chance to talk to his wife yesterday and, as she put it, she couldn’t imagine a better Easter than seeing his safe return. And I am very proud of the efforts of the U.S. military and many other departments and agencies that worked tirelessly to resolve this situation. I share our nation’s admiration for Captain Phillips’ courage and leadership and selfless concern for his crew.

And I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region. And to achieve that goal we’re going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks, we have to continue to be prepared to confront them when they arise, and we have to ensure that those who commit acts of piracy are held accountable for their crimes.

Is piracy really different than terrorism? Guess he'll send them the prisoners from Gitmo when he shuts it down. The man talks out both sides of his mouth.
 

TexasBred

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Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Send Somalia more U.S. taxpayer money. That might stop those pirates. :roll:

And I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region. And to achieve that goal we’re going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks, we have to continue to be prepared to confront them when they arise, and we have to ensure that those who commit acts of piracy are held accountable for their crimes.

You sure have a differing reading comprehension than I do....

Just because he isn't out ranting about the "crusade" or "bring it on"... :roll:

But I know- you rightwingernuts and Klansman are all still in a state of dispair because Obama and the FBI/Military didn't fail like you were predicting-- and like it seems many of you and your buddy Rush want...

OT be assured had the mission failed it would have been the Captain's fault or the Seals fault...Not the administration. :wink:
 

hypocritexposer

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Here kola, or Google it for yourself

http://www.google.ca/search?q=congressman+attacked+in+somalia&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:eek:fficial&client=firefox-a

Here's the article I posted originally, don't attack me, why not give BBC a call and complain!

Somali mortars miss US politician

A US congressman has had a narrow escape on a visit to Mogadishu after Somali insurgents fired mortars towards his plane as it was about to take off.

Airport officials told the BBC one mortar had landed near the airport as Donald Payne's plane was due to fly and five others after his plane departed.

Mr Payne had just met leaders of Somalia's government in the capital.

The al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the mortar attack.

"We carried out mortar attacks against the enemy of Allah who arrived to spread democracy in Somalia," a spokesman for the group named as Sheikh Husein Ali Fidow was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.

"This government is welcoming America, which is our prime enemy and we will never stop attacking them."

The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says Mr Payne had just left a half-hour news conference at the presidential palace in the capital when the attack happened, according to airport officials.
“ The plane of the congressman was leaving and the mortars started falling. There were no casualties, but the attack was aimed at the congressman ”
AU official

Abukar Hassan, a police officer at Mogadishu airport, told Reuters news agency: "One mortar landed at the airport when Payne's plane was due to fly and five others after he left and no-one was hurt."

Three people were wounded when one of the mortars hit a nearby neighbourhood, residents told Reuters.

Mr Payne earlier met President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, among other Somali officials.

He had discussed ways that the international community might be able to help war-torn Somalia.

The New Jersey Democrat said it was his first visit to Somalia since the early 1990s, when the country last had a stable government.

Fragile government

During his brief stop in one of the world's most dangerous cities, Mr Payne was escorted by African Union (AU) soldiers, who are deployed in Somalia on a peacekeeping mission.

An AU official told AFP on condition of anonymity: "The plane of the congressman was leaving and the mortars started falling. There were no casualties, but the attack was aimed at the congressman. He flew out safely."

Mr Payne discussed with his hosts Sunday's hostage drama in the Indian Ocean, when US forces shot dead three Somali pirates who had been holding an American ship captain for five days.

They also discussed peace and reconciliation in Somalia and possible co-operation between Washington and Mogadishu, our correspondent says.

The Somali prime minister said: "We discussed the current situation of Somalia, including the latest piracy incident, the progress the Somali government has made so far and the need for co-operation between the two countries. Our meeting ended in mutual understanding."

At the news conference earlier, Mr Payne said he was sure the Obama administration would look favourably on the Somali government, inaugurated earlier this year after a UN-backed peace process.

"We realise that the government cannot do things overnight," said Mr Payne, 74, who is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's subcommittee on Africa.

"It's going to take patience and time for the government to be able to start to provide services to its people.

"But the government will have a responsibility of proving that it's in the process of benefiting people," the former head of the Congressional Black Caucus added.

Radical Islamist guerrillas who have sworn to topple the fragile transitional federal government control parts of Mogadishu and much of central and southern Somalia.

The former top US diplomat for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, became the first high-ranking American official to visit Somalia in more than a decade when she landed in Baidoa in 2007, but the security situation kept her from visiting Mogadishu.

US foreign policy on the Horn of Africa nation has been overshadowed by the killing of 18 US soldiers in Mogadishu in 1993.

Somalia, a country of about eight million people, has not had a functioning national government since warlords overthrew President Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned on each other.
 

TexasBred

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kolanuraven said:
hypocritexposer said:
Why was the Congressman in Somali? Obama's hard decisions on this issue are only beginning!

Obama deserves credit, for giving the go ahead, but what person would not say "yep, shoot them if the hostage is in imminent danger"

But listening to CNN, you'd think that he saved the world from Pirates, well he hasn't. How will he deal with these Muslim Pirates and Somalia, that's the real question.

LATEST Somalia's militant Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said it fired mortars at a plane carrying a US lawmaker, a day after US snipers killed three Somali pirates and freed the American ship captain they had been holding hostage.

An al Shabaab spokesman said his group fired at the plane carrying Representative Donald Payne as he left the anarchic Horn of Africa country following a rare one-day visit by a US official. Payne's plane took off safely and no-one was hurt.




http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/2331869/Congressman-visits-Somalia



The Congressman was there are he's on a committee about Africa. He went on his own against State Dept advice. He flew commercial and has security by the African Union.


Don't you EVER read the news or do you just sit and try to slant everything that you come across?


And his plane was NOT fired at....it was a run of the mill attack at the airport. The Congressman knew nothing of it till he got to Kenya.

A US congressman has had a narrow escape on a visit to Mogadishu after Somali insurgents fired mortars towards his plane as it was about to take off.

An AU official told AFP on condition of anonymity: "The plane of the congressman was leaving and the mortars started falling. There were no casualties, but the attack was aimed at the congressman. He flew out safely."
 

hopalong

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kolanuraven said:
hypocritexposer said:
Why was the Congressman in Somali? Obama's hard decisions on this issue are only beginning!

Obama deserves credit, for giving the go ahead, but what person would not say "yep, shoot them if the hostage is in imminent danger"

But listening to CNN, you'd think that he saved the world from Pirates, well he hasn't. How will he deal with these Muslim Pirates and Somalia, that's the real question.

LATEST Somalia's militant Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said it fired mortars at a plane carrying a US lawmaker, a day after US snipers killed three Somali pirates and freed the American ship captain they had been holding hostage.

An al Shabaab spokesman said his group fired at the plane carrying Representative Donald Payne as he left the anarchic Horn of Africa country following a rare one-day visit by a US official. Payne's plane took off safely and no-one was hurt.




http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/africa/2331869/Congressman-visits-Somalia



The Congressman was there are he's on a committee about Africa. He went on his own against State Dept advice. He flew commercial and has security by the African Union.


Don't you EVER read the news or do you just sit and try to slant everything that you come across?


And his plane was NOT fired at....it was a run of the mill attack at the airport. The Congressman knew nothing of it till he got to Kenya.

Hello kolo!
Guess that these folks are liars huh????
Don't you read the news or do you just try and slant it to suit you?? :D :D :D
Somalia's militant Islamist rebel group al Shabaab said it fired mortars at a plane carrying a US lawmaker, a day after US snipers killed three Somali pirates and freed the American ship captain they had been holding hostage.

An al Shabaab spokesman said his group fired at the plane carrying Representative Donald Payne as he left the anarchic Horn of Africa country following a rare one-day visit by a US official. Payne's plane took off safely and no-one was hurt.
 

hypocritexposer

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An al Shabaab spokesman said his group fired at the plane carrying Representative Donald Payne as he left the anarchic Horn of Africa country following a rare one-day visit by a US official. Payne's plane took off safely and no-one was hurt.

I say give them credit for it, if they want it.
 

loomixguy

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TexasBred said:
Oldtimer said:
Mike said:
Send Somalia more U.S. taxpayer money. That might stop those pirates. :roll:

And I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region. And to achieve that goal we’re going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks, we have to continue to be prepared to confront them when they arise, and we have to ensure that those who commit acts of piracy are held accountable for their crimes.

You sure have a differing reading comprehension than I do....

Just because he isn't out ranting about the "crusade" or "bring it on"... :roll:

But I know- you rightwingernuts and Klansman are all still in a state of dispair because Obama and the FBI/Military didn't fail like you were predicting-- and like it seems many of you and your buddy Rush want...

OT be assured had the mission failed it would have been the Captain's fault or the Seals fault...Not the administration. :wink:

I'd bet Bammy didn't even know the SEALs parachuted in. The Skipper had complete and total authority over the entire operation, damn sure NOT the FBI. It's called situational authority...this is so even in Swift Boats....stuff happens too fast to have to call and ask for "permission". The Navy doesn't allow tards to command ships, many of which are nuclear capable. The snipers did their thing, three head shots in rough seas with bobbing targets. No doubt Bammy was on the "To notify" list after it went down, but even El Rushbo is AFU if he thinks Bammy called all the shots on this one.
Wonder if Bammy will adopt the 4th Pie-Rat? They probably are related anyway. Bet the poor squids were at GQ the entire time?
 
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