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Hat Tip ARES

Earlier this week South Korean Special Forces from the ROKN destroyer, Choi Young assaulted the highjacked freighter Samho Jewelry in the Arabian Sea. Commandos scrambled up a ladder onto the ship; aboard which Somali pirates were armed with AK assault rifles and anti-tank missiles. 21 hostages had been rescued, eight Somali pirates killed and five assailants captured.
This was the first takedown of a ship at sea that had been captured by the Somali pirates since the Russian navies successful mission last fall , Great job by the RoKS . Check out the second photo, the pirates don’t look too happy

Photos: Republic of Korea Navy

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Earlier this week the USS Nicholas engaged and took down Somali prates on Thursday, sinking their boats and capturing pirates.
Hap Tip Black Five and Sniper for the poster

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Released

Of course the UK government says it was for compassionate reason since he is dying of cancer. To bad the victims from the Pan Am bombing never got the same chance.
The Daily Mail reports the release of the bomber was linked explicitly to trade deals benefiting Britain. Click the link for full details.
Another thought, would the UK actually release this scum bag without getting a nod from the current administration?

Obama, The Lack Of Serious Thought On Terrorists

Today the Military Tribunals under pressure from the Obama administration dropped the charges against U.S.S. Cole bombing mastermind Rahim al-Nashiri. His was last the active trial going on at Guantanamo and he was supposed to be arraigned Monday.
While the charges can be refiled there is no excuse for what The President has done, These scumbag terrorists have murdered Americans in this case Sailors some of whom were sleeping in their berths when the bomb went off, How can this man face the families and the now retired C.O. later today is beyond me. These scumbags do not have any due process rights; they are non-unformed enemy combatants and should be treated as such.
I fear that the Obama administration will due like the Clinton and try and take on terrorists with a law enforcement approach. The closing of Guantanamo with no plan and the delay of the tribunals are two good examples of this. This kind of approch is what led to the death of 3000 people on 9/11.
Today I feel that Dick Cheney may be right, with this naive and inept team in charge we will suffer the horror of a WMD attack in this country

Plaque Deaths In Algeria Suspect

The report of bubonic plague deaths the other day in Algeria hardly raised any eyebrows. I for one thought that these animal terrorists living in the caves succumbed to their own unsanitary conditions. Then the report from the Washington Times that indicate that this may be in fact a Bio or Chem warfare accident made ne stand up and take notice.

Here is an expert from the article click the post title for the link to the Washington Times

An al Qaeda affiliate in Algeria closed a base earlier this month after an experiment with unconventional weapons went awry, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Monday.

The official, who spoke on the condition he not be named because of the sensitive nature of the issue, said he could not confirm press reports that the accident killed at least 40 al Qaeda operatives, but he said the mishap led the militant group to shut down a base in the mountains of Tizi Ouzou province in eastern Algeria [the same place where there was a report of 40 terrorists dying from the plague]

He said authorities in the first week of January intercepted an urgent communication between the leadership of al Qaeda in the Land of the Maghreb (AQIM) and al Qaeda's leadership in the tribal region of Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan. The communication suggested that an area sealed to prevent leakage of a biological or chemical substance had been breached, according to the official.

"We don't know if this is biological or chemical," the official said.

If this pans out it is a worrisome development. With Obama and his clintioid staff taking over in a few hours and the ease of transporting these poor mans WMD across borders we have every reason to be worried. Biden said that the new President would be tested, I just hope its not with the deaths from his fellow Americans because of hope and change.