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		<title>Video: Capt. Phillips Describes Lifeboat Standoff With Pirates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator>
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		<title>Video: Union Tries To Cash-In On Pirate Hijacking</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch this clip from the despicable SEIU:

One thing you can be certain of is that left-wing unions didn’t have a f*cking thing to do with the crew’s ability to fight off the pirates.
Oh yeah, and card-check still sucks.
(hat tip Red State)
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<p>One thing you can be certain of is that left-wing unions didn’t have a f*cking thing to do with the crew’s ability to fight off the pirates.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and card-check still sucks.</p>
<p><em>(hat tip </em><a href="http://www.redstate.com/warner_todd_huston/2009/04/19/union-tries-to-steal-credit-over-somali-pirates/" target="_blank"><em>Red State</em></a><em>)</em></p>
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		<title>Navy Attacks Pirates, Rescues Captain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Navy ended the standoff today with a small group of Somali pirates holding an American cargo ship captain hostage. Navy SEALS attacked the drifting lifeboat killing 3 pirates and taking 1 into custody. Capt. Richard Phillips escaped unharmed and is resting comfortably on a U.S. Navy ship.
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		<title>Video: Hostage Captain Attempts Dramatic Escape From Pirates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator>
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		<title>Indian Navy Sinks Pirate Mothership</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator>
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An Indian navy warship has sunk a Somali pirate &#8220;mother ship&#8221; in the Gulf of Aden, the world&#8217;s most dangerous waterway, after the pirates threatened to attack the frigate.
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		<title>North Korea Bills Itself as &#8216;U.S. Partner Against Terrorism&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   In an extremely rare public expression, North Korea officially thanked the United States for helping the crew of a North Korean cargo ship hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast late last month, describing the rescue as a symbol of Washington-Pyongyang rapprochement.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehotjoints.com%2F2007%2F11%2F15%2Fnorth-korea-bills-itself-as-us-partner-against-terrorism%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehotjoints.com%2F2007%2F11%2F15%2Fnorth-korea-bills-itself-as-us-partner-against-terrorism%2F" height="61" width="51" title="North Korea Bills Itself as U.S. Partner Against Terrorism" alt=" North Korea Bills Itself as U.S. Partner Against Terrorism" /></a></div><p>   In an extremely rare public expression, North Korea <a href="http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2007/ea_nkorea_11_15.asp" target="_blank">officially thanked</a> the United States for helping the crew of a North Korean cargo ship hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast late last month, describing the rescue as a symbol of Washington-Pyongyang rapprochement.</p>
<blockquote><p> 	   &#8220;We feel grateful to the United States for its assistance given to our crewmen. This case serves as a symbol of the DPRK -U.S. cooperation in the struggle against terrorism,&#8221; the North&#8217;s state-run Korean Central News Agency said.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>North Korean Vessel Crew Overpowers Somali Pirates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Jones</dc:creator>
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Crew members of a North Korean cargo vessel Tuesday overpowered Somali pirates and violently regained control of the freighter captured off Mogadishu port.
The 22-strong crew of the MV Dia Honga Dan overpowered armed pirates who had seized it overnight Monday and were demanding thousands of dollars in ransom.
According to officials in Mogadishu the pirates who [...]]]></description>
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<p>Crew members of a North Korean cargo vessel Tuesday <a href="http://breitbart.com/print.php?id=071030153249.xf9aurdg&amp;show_article=1&amp;catnum=2" target="_blank">overpowered Somali pirates</a> and violently regained control of the freighter captured off Mogadishu port.</p>
<p>The 22-strong crew of the MV Dia Honga Dan overpowered armed pirates who had seized it overnight Monday and were demanding thousands of dollars in ransom.</p>
<p>According to officials in Mogadishu the pirates who had seized the boat were members of a Somali clan who were meant to be guarding the vessel.</p>
<p>The incident was the second piracy attack off Somalia&#8217;s 2,300 miles of coastline in recent days.</p>
<p>Somalia, which lies at the mouth of the Red Sea, has been without an effective government since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre sparked a bloody power struggle.</p>
<p>The US, which has a navy base in the Horn of Africa, has been reluctant to involve itself in Somalia since 1993 when 18 U.S. servicemen were killed in a bloody battle with Al-Qaeda linked militiamen.</p>
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