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Navies seek Jihadi "Pirate Cultural Adviser"

The search is on for a "pirate cultural adviser" to help naval commanders understand the jihadi piracy on the coast of Africa. The same foe our founding fathers fought in not one but two Barbary wars -- Muslim pirates demanding jiyza (tribute) be paid by non-Muslim countries.

The idea that these absolute acts of war can be handled by a "pirate cultural adviser" is stunning. As if jihad were cultural. It is imperial, brutal, and absolute. The jihad on the seas should be crushed. That is the only "culture" they understand.

"The job title may sound ambiguous, but what we are really looking for here is someone who can help us know the enemy better," said Commander Harry Harrison. You want to understand the enemy better, read their inspiration and their playbook, the quran.

Atlas reader Daryl opined, "The Age of Aquarius in reality resembles civil life in Somalia. Civilization is a hard-won achievement of a handful of peoples and nations. Men have the responsibility to put their own evil impulses aside and to defend civilized life and the Rule of Law. To abdicate that responsibility is to lose all honor and all humanity."

You cannot make this stuff up.

Navies seek "pirate cultural adviser" The Telelgraph

It must rank as one of the most unusual recruitment adverts ever placed, even by the standards of the European Union: the search is on for a "pirate cultural adviser" to help naval commanders understand the foes they face along the coast of Africa.

The right candidate - who must have knowledge of the "business model and modus operandi" of pirates in the Indian Ocean - will be asked to teach officers of the EU navies protecting shipping in one of the world's busiest waterways how best to tackle the growing threat.

Some 400 sailors are currently held captive, with pirate gangs earning tens of millions of dollars a year in ransoms. The job is expected to include advising naval commanders on pirates' religious practices and their habit of chewing qhat, an amphetamine-filled plant which renders users hyperactive.

But swashbuckling Long John Silver types with a knowledge of pirate lore may be disappointed: the post is expected to be filled by an ex-military figure with expertise in shipping, insurance and ransom negotiations. And rather than scouring the taverns of Bristol or Penzance for likely talent, the commanders have contented themselves with placing the advertisement on the website for EU Navfor, the European antipiracy task force based at the Nato HQ in Northwood, London.

"The job title may sound ambiguous, but what we are really looking for here is someone who can help us know the enemy better," said Commander Harry Harrison, a spokesman for EU Navfor. "The intention is to seek advice on the Somali pirates' methodology and tactics, which are constantly evolving."

The adviser will also work with naval intelligence teams to develop possible cases for prosecution. Cdr Harrison said EU Navfor might also be interested in Somali applicants with detailed knowledge of the country and its clans.

Jihadi Pirates Execute Four American Hostages Aboard Hijacked Yacht

The four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia are dead.

The Americans murdered by jihadis were Scott Adam and his wife, Jean, of Marina del Rey, Calif.; and Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle, both of Seattle.
 

The jihadi pirates off Somalia continue their Islamic war on the West with impunity. Yes, I blame the limpwristed enabling of the islamophile in the White House for this. This is an act of war, but they have no fear of retribution. The last time this happened, at the onset of the Obama presidency, the military took matters into their own hands and saved the lives of the kidnapped American.

But Obama is in power, and things are different. Every American is a soft target.

CBS: U.S. Navy warship shadowing seized vessel takes action after gunshots are heard; 4 hostages apparently killed by captors, some pirates dead. (hat tip Kneey Solomon)

Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Monday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks plaguing the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean for years.

U.S. naval forces, who were trailing the Americans' captured yacht with four warships, quickly boarded the vessel after hearing the gunfire and tried to provide lifesaving care to the Americans, but they died of their wounds, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement from Tampa, Fla.

PICTURES: 4 Americans on hijacked yacht dead off Somalia

Two pirates died during the confrontation and 13 were captured and detained, the U.S. Central Command said. The remains of two other pirates who were already dead for some time were also found. The U.S. military didn't state how those two might have died.

On Monday, two pirates had peacefully come aboard the USS Sterett to negotiate with naval forces for the release of the hostages, and remained aboard overnight.

But on Tuesday, pirates aboard the Quest unexpectedly fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the Sterett. Shortly afterward, gunfire erupted inside the Quest cabin, and U.S. special forces responded, approaching the Quest in small boats and boarding the vessel, Vice Adm. Mark Fox, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said in a Tuesday press conference.

Related: The Jihad Piracy Index: Muslim Pirates Open Up a "Stock Exchange" in Somalia

The Jihad Piracy Index: Muslim Pirates Open Up a "Stock Exchange" in Somalia

 

What I find shocking is how al-Reuters covers this act of war nee jihad enterprise soberly and matter-of-factly. Every time a Jew breathes, al-Reuters and Associated (with terrorists) Press have a brain aneurysm. And yet every new Islamic crime against humanity is greeted with deference and respect.

Reginaldo writes to clue us in that Muslim pirates in Somalia have opened up a cooperative in Haradheere, where investors can pay money or guns to help their favorite pirate crew for a share of the piracy profits. "'Four months ago, during the monsoon rains, we decided to set up this stock exchange. We started with 15 "maritime companies" and now we are hosting 72. Ten of them have so far been successful at hijacking,' Mohammed [a wealthy former pirate who took a Reuters reporter to the facility] said. ... Piracy investor Sahra Ibrahim, a 22-year-old divorcee, was lined up with others waiting for her cut of a ransom pay-out after one of the gangs freed a Spanish tuna fishing vessel. 'I am waiting for my share after I contributed a rocket-propelled grenade for the operation,' she said, adding that she got the weapon from her ex-husband in alimony. 'I am really happy and lucky. I have made $75,000 in only 38 days since I joined the "company."'" (slashdot)

Somali sea gangs lure investors at pirate lair

By Mohamed Ahmed

HARADHEERE, Somalia (Reuters) - In Somalia's main pirate lair of Haradheere, the sea gangs have set up a cooperative to fund their hijackings offshore, a sort of stock exchange meets criminal syndicate.

Heavily armed pirates from the lawless Horn of Africa nation have terrorized shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and strategic Gulf of Aden, which links Europe to Asia through the Red Sea.

The gangs have made tens of millions of dollars from ransoms and a deployment by foreign navies in the area has only appeared to drive the attackers to hunt further from shore.

It is a lucrative business that has drawn financiers from the Somali diaspora and other nations -- and now the gangs in Haradheere have set up an exchange to manage their investments.

One wealthy former pirate named Mohammed took Reuters around the small facility and said it had proved to be an important way for the pirates to win support from the local community for their operations, despite the dangers involved.

"Four months ago, during the monsoon rains, we decided to set up this stock exchange. We started with 15 'maritime companies' and now we are hosting 72. Ten of them have so far been successful at hijacking," Mohammed said.

"The shares are open to all and everybody can take part, whether personally at sea or on land by providing cash, weapons or useful materials ... we've made piracy a community activity."

Muslim Pirates Beaten off in Second attack of Piracy on Maersk Alabama

A taste of their own medicine is a very good thing. The Navy should be handling these Islamic attacks.

Somali pirates beaten off in second attack on Maersk Alabama

Private guards return fire to help US container ship evade hijack, while pirate says captain of a seized vessel is dead

Somali pirates attacked the container ship Maersk Alabama today for the second time in seven months. Private guards on board the US-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.

A US surveillance plane was monitoring the ship as it continued to its destination, Mombasa in Kenya, while a pirate said the captain of a chemical tanker, the Theresa, hijacked on Monday with 28 North Korean crew had died of his wounds.

Pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama last April and took ship captain Richard Phillips hostage, holding him at gunpoint in a lifeboat for five days. Navy Seal sharpshooters freed Phillips while killing three pirates in a night-time attack.

Four pirates in a skiff attacked the ship again today at about 6.30am local time, opening fire with automatic weapons from about 300 yards away, a statement from the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain said. A security team repelled the attack by using evasive manoeuvres, small-arms fire and a Long Range Acoustic Device, which can beam earsplitting alarm tones.

Vice Admiral Bill Gortney of the US naval forces central command said the Maersk Alabama had followed the maritime industry's best practices in having a security team on board. "This is a great example of how merchant mariners can take proactive action to prevent being attacked and why we recommend that ships follow industry best practices if they're in high-risk areas," he said in a statement.

Roger Middleton, a piracy expert at the Chatham House thinktank in London, said the international maritime community was solidly against armed guards, but that American ships have taken a different line.

"Shipping companies are still pretty much overwhelmingly opposed to the idea of armed guards," he said. "Lots of private security companies employ people who don't have maritime experience. Also, there's the idea that it's the responsibility of states and navies to provide security. I would think it's a step backward if we start privatising security of the shipping trade."

A pirate who gave his name as Abdi Nor told the Associated Press from the Somali town of Haradhere that colleagues at sea had called at about 9am – two hours after the attack. "They told us that they got in trouble with an American ship, then we lost them. We have been trying to locate them since."

A US Navy P-3 surveillance aircraft "is monitoring Maersk Alabama and has good voice communication with the vessel," said Lieutenant Nathan Christensen, spokesman for the 5th Fleet in Bahrain. "Everything is safe and secure and Maersk Alabama is proceeding to their intended destination," he said.

Jihad Pirates Fire on US Helicopter

Further testing of a weak, pathetic president .............
Russian NTV is reporting (via this video report) that Somali pirates today fired at a US helicopter with a high-caliber machine gun. Sorry - can't find any English version. (hat tip TC)

(translation for 26 second report is below).

Also I don't know if the video images are from US sources -(I doubt it, but one never knows) and there is no citation in the report about the images...).

Also 2 Note: the report is slanted slightly in a sarcastic manner vis-a-vis USA/NATO as the story is really about how the US Navy is fired upon by the pirates -i.e. implying impotence...

"From on board a Taiwanese ship seized this past April, Somalia pirates fired at the most powerful armed forces in the world today. While the bullets came close to the helo, no one was hit/hurt, but the fact that the pirates opened fire is an indication that they are not at all worried about US (NATO is not mentioned -purposely) warships and aircraft patrolling the Indian Ocean and the Somali coastal areas of the Gulf of Aden. The Somali pirates are using the Taiwanese ship (which had a crew of 30 when seized in April) for a floating base of operations."

The bigger story is - not a word in the US MSM about US Military forces being fired on by a band of islamic pirates...

Somalia: In the land of the jihad piracy ......... Shariah law passed

And the State Department is importing whole Muslim communities from Somalia:

Somalia: President signs Shari'ah bill as national law
Garowe Online - Garowe,Nugaal,Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia May 14 (Garowe Online) - The president of Somalia's interim government, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, has officially signed Shari'ah into law as ...

Islam is officially in da house. Looking forward to all those kodak moments.

The world community, led by the United States, tried to help the starving Muslims of Somalia.
This is how they were thanked!

War breaking out on Somali - Kenya border: Al Shabab rebels threatening to seize Kenyan territory

Al-Shabab is tied to the jihad piracy that has committed acts of war on the high seas. It's all the global jihad.

War breaking out on Somali - Kenya border: Al Shabab rebels threatening to seize Kenyan territory Libertarian Republican

DEVELOPING!

Just Breaking from VOA - Africa Bureau...

The new Somali government has sharply condemned threats of fresh attacks on neighboring Kenya by hard-line Islamic insurgent group al-Shabab. The group, which has refused to recognize President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's government threatened Monday to annex parts of northern Kenya and implement Islamic Sharia law. Nairobi on the other hand has begun strong measures to counter such an attack by deploying extra troops to man the Kenya-Somali border and maintain the disarmament of residents in the province

OT but related:  Exclusive: Somalia – Why Isn't Secretary Clinton Connecting the Dots? Ruth King

Jihadi Fighting Jews: Israeli Team Beat Back Jihad Pirate Attack again

I am shocked! shocked! that the Israelis didn't solicit Obama's advice on how to handle it. And did Obama demand that we respect it?

Israelis drive Somali pirates away INN (hat tip Michael)

Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fends off pirate attack far off coast of Somalia when its Israeli private security forces exchange fire with bandits Associated Press

An Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fended off a pirate attack far off the coast of Somalia when its Israeli private security forces exchanged fire with the bandits and drove them away, the commander said Sunday.

Cmdr. Ciro Pinto told Italian state radio that six men in a small white boat approached the Msc Melody and opened fire Saturday night, but retreated after the Israeli security officers aboard the cruise ship returned fire.

"It felt like we were in war," Pinto said. None of the roughly 1,000 passengers and 500 crew members were hurt, Melody owner Msc Cruises said in a statement issued by its German branch.

More jihadi fighting Jews:

Somali pirates assault Israeli ship

Gunmen give chase and attempt to board Zim vessel traveling 700 km from Somali coast

Somali gunmen attacked an Israeli ship sailing 700 km off the coast of Somalia at around 10 am Saturday. The 'Africa Star' ship, belonging to Zim Shipping Services, had no Israelis on board.

Lior Hayat of the Foreign Ministry told Ynet, "We are following the incident. Since there were no Israelis on board the ship, the Foreign Ministry will not involve itself in the handling of this case."

The pirate gunmen, riding on two motorboats accompanied by a mother-ship, opened fire at the Zim ship and then attempted to board by steering close to its hull and leaping from the boats.

They were unsuccessful, however, as the ship's hull was encircled with barbed wire. No injuries were reported among the Zim crew.

After failing to board, the pirates returned to their boats and began a chase that went on for a number of hours. They were unsuccessful in reaching the vessel.

Behind the Scenes of the Pirate Hostage Rescue: A Window on Obama

Over at Free Republic, military intel on the Captain Phillips capture, the pirates and the weasel of a President. It speaks volumes to the lack of leadership in the oval office. Weak and insufferable. G-d bless the military. It's no wonder O-bummer wouldn't talk about it during one of his many daily press ops.

Details on the Pirate Saga Free Republic

I'll just tell you what I found out from my contacts at NSWC Norfolk and at SOCOM Tampa.

First though, let me orient you to familiarize you with the "terrain."  

In Africa from Djibouti at the southern end of the Red Sea eastward through the Gulf of Aden to round Cape Guardafui at the easternmost tip of Africa (also known as "The Horn of Africa") is about a 600 nm transit before you stand out into the Indian Ocean.  That transit is comparable in distance to that from the mouth of the Mississippi at New Orleans to the tip of Florida at Key West-- except that 600 nm over there is infested with Somalia pirates.

 

Ships turning southward at the Horn of Africa transit the SLOC (Sea Lane of Commerce) along the east coast of Somalia because of the prevailing southerly currents there.  It's about 1,500 nm on to Mombassa, which is just south of the equator in Kenya.  Comparably, that's about the transit distance from Portland Maine down the east coast of the US to Miami Florida.  In other words, the ocean area being patrolled by our naval forces off the coast of Somalia is comparable to that in the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River east to Miami then up the eastern seaboard to Maine.

Second, let me globally orient you from our Naval Operating Base in Norfolk, VA, east across the Atlantic to North Africa, thence across the Med to Suez in Egypt, thence southward down the Red Sea to Djibouti at the Gulf of Aden, thence eastward to round Cape Guardafui at the easternmost tip of Africa, and thence southerly some 300 miles down the east cost of Somali out into the high seas of the Indian Ocean to the position of MV ALABAMA is a little more than 7,000 nm, and plus-nine time-zones ahead of EST. 

Hold that thought, in that, a C-17 transport averaging a little better than 400 kts (SOG) takes the best part of 18 hours to make that trip.  In the evening darkness late Thursday night, a team of Navy SEALs from NSWC (Naval Surface Warfare Center) Norfolk parachuted from such a C-17 into the black waters (no refraction of light) of the Indian Ocean-- close-aboard to our 40,000 ton amphibious assault ship, USS BOXER (LHD 4), the flagship of our ESG (Expeditionary Strike Group) in the AOR (Area Of Responsibility, the Gulf of Aden).  They not only parachuted in with all of their "equipment," they had their own inflatable boats, RHIB's (Rigid Hull, Inflatable Boats) with them for over-water transport.  They went into BOXER's landing dock, debarked, and staged for the rescue-- Thursday night

And, let me comment on time-late:  In that the SEAL's quick response-- departing ready-alert in less than 4 hours from Norfolk-- supposedly surprised POTUS's staff, whereas President Obama was miffed not to get his "cops" there before the Navy.  He reportedly questioned his staff, "Will 'my' FBI people get there before the Navy does?"  It took the FBI almost 12 hours to put together a team and get them packed-up-- for an "at sea" rescue.  The FBI was trying to tell him that they are not practiced to do this-- Navy SEALs are.  But, BHO wanted the FBI there "to help," that is, carry out the Attorney General's (his) orders to negotiate the release of Captain Phillips peacefully-- because apparently he doesn't trust GW's military to carry out his "political guidance." 

The flight of the FBI's passenger jet took a little less than 14 hours at 500-some knots to get to Djibouti.  BOXER'S helos picked them up and transported them out to the ship.  The Navy SEALs were already there, staged, and ready to act by the time POTUS's FBI arrived on board latter that evening.  Notably, the first request by the OSC (On Scene Commander) that early Friday morning to take them out and save Captain Phillips was denied, to wit:  "No, wait until 'my' FBI people get there." 

Third, please consider a candid assessment of ability that finds that the FBI snipers had never practiced shooting from a rolling, pitching, yawing, surging, swaying, heaving platform-- and, target-- such as a ship and a lifeboat on the high seas.  Navies have been doing since Admiral Nelson who had trained "Marines" to shoot muskets from the ship's rigging-- ironically, he was killed at sea in HMS VICTORY at the Battle of Trafalgar by a French Marine rifleman that shot him from the rigging of the French ship that they were grappling alongside. 

Notably, when I was first training at USNA in 1955, the Navy was doing it with a SATU, Small Arms Training Unit, based at our Little Creek amphib base.  Now, Navy SEAL's, in particular SEAL Team SIX (The "DevGru") based at NSWC (Naval Surface Warfare Center) at Little Creek do that training now, and hone their skills professionally- - daily.  Shooting small arms from a ship is more of an accomplished "Art Form" than it is a practiced skill.  When you are "in the bubble" and "in tune" with the harmonic motion you find, through practice, that you are "able to put three .308 slugs inside the head of a quarter at 100 meters, in day or night-- or, behind a camouflaged net or a thin enclosure, such as a superstructure bulkhead.  Yes, we have the monocular scopes that can "see" heat-- and, draw a bead on it.  SEALs are absolutely expert at it-- with the movie clips to prove it.

Okay, now try to imagine patrolling among the boats fishing everyday out on the Grand Banks off our New England coast, and then responding to a distress call from down around the waters between Florida and the Bahamas.  Three points for you to consider here:  (1) Time-Distance- Speed relationships for ships on the high seas, for instance, at a 25-knot SOA (Speed Of Advance) it takes 24 hours to make good 600 nm-- BAINBRIDGE did.  (2) Fishermen work on the high seas, and (3) The best place to hide as a "fisherman" pirate is among other fishermen

Early Wednesday morning, 4/8/2009, MV ALABAMA is at sea in the IO about 300 miles off the (east) coast of Somalia en route to Mombassa Kenya.  Pirates in small boat start harassing her, and threatening her with weapons.  MV ALABAMA's captain sent out the distress call by radio, and ordered his Engineer to shut down the engines as well as the ship-service electrical generators-- in our lingo, "Go dark and cold."  He informed his crew by radio what was happening, and ordered them to go to an out-of-the-way compartment and lock themselves in it-- from the inside.  He would stay in the pilot house to "negotiate" with the pirates.   

The pirates boarded, captured the Captain, and ordered him to start the engines.  He said he would order his Engineer to do so, and he called down to Engine Control on the internal communication system, but got no answer.  The lead pirate ordered two of his four men to go down and find him and get the engines started.

Inside a ship without any lights is like the definition of dark.  The advantage goes to the people who work and live there.  They jumped the two pirates in a dark passageway.  Both pirates lost their weapons, but one managed to scramble and get away.  The other they tied up, put tape over his mouth and a knife at his throat.

Other members of the crew opened the drain cocks on the pirates boat and cast it adrift.  It foundered and sunk.  The scrambling pirate made it back to the pilot house and told of his demise.  The pirates took the Captain at gun point, and told him to launch one of his rescue boats (not a life boat, per se).  As he was lowering the boat for them, the crew appeared with the other pirate to negotiate a trade.  The crew let their hostage go too soon, and the pirates kept the captain.  But, he purposefully had lowered the boat so it would jam.

With the rescue boat jammed, the pirates jumped over to a lifeboat and released it as the captain jumped in the water.  They fired at him, made him stop, and grabbed him out of the water.  Now, as night falls in the vastness of the Indian Ocean, we have the classic "Mexican" standoff, to wit:  A life-boat that is just that, a life-boat adrift without any means of propulsion except oars and paddles; and, a huge (by comparison) Motor Vessel Container Ship adrift with a crew that is not going to leave their captain behind.  The pirates are enclosed under its shelter-covering, holding the captain as their hostage.  The crew is hunkered down in their ship waiting for the "posse" to arrive. 

After receiving MV ALABAMA'S distress call, USS BAINBRIDGE (DDG 96) was dispatched by the ESG commander to respond to ALABAMA's distress call.  At best sustainable speed, she arrived on scene the day after-- that is, in the dark of that early Thursday morning.  As BAINBRIDGE quietly and slowly, at darkened-ship without any lights to give her away, arrived on scene, please consider a recorded interview with the Chief Engineer of MV ALABAMA describing BAINBRIDGE's arrival.  He said it was something else "... to see the Navy slide in there like a greyhound!"  He then said as she slipped in closer he could see the "Stars and Stripes" flying from her masthead.  He got choked up saying it was the "...proudest moment of my life."    

Phew!  Let that sink in.

Earlier in the day, one of the U.S. Navy's Maritime Patrol Aircraft, a fixed wing P3C, flew over to recon the scene.  They dropped a buoy with a radio to the pirates so that the Navy's interpreter could talk with the pirates.  When BAINBRIDGE arrived, the pirates thought the radio to be a beaconing device, and threw it overboard.  They wanted a satellite telephone so that they could call home for help.  Remember now, they are fishermen, not "Rocket Scientists," in that, they don't know that we can intercept the phone transmission also.

MV ALABAMA  provided them with a satellite phone.  They called home back to "somebody" in Eyl Somalia (so that we now know where you live) to come out and get them.  The "somebody" in Eyl said they would be out right away with other hostages, like 54 of them from other countries, and that they would be coming out in two of their pirated ships.  Right-- and, the tooth fairy will let you have sex with her.  Yea, in paradise.  The "somebody" in Eyl just chalked up four more expendables as overhead for "the cost of operation." 

Anyway, ESG will continue to "watch" Eyl for any ships standing out.

The Navy SEAL team, SEAL TEAM SIX, from NSWC briefed the OSC (Commander Castellano, CO BAINBRIDGE) on how they could rescue the captain from the life boat with swimmers-- "Combat Swimmers," per se.  That plan was denied by POTUS because it put the captain in danger-- and, involved killing the pirates.  

The FBI negotiators arrived on scene, and talked the pirates into sending their wounded man over for treatment Saturday morning.  Later that afternoon, the SEAL's sent over their RHIB with food and water to recon the life boat but the pirates shot at it.  They could have taken them out then (from being fired upon) but were denied again being told that the captain was not in "imminent danger."  The FBI negotiators calmed the situation by informing the pirates of threatening weather as they could see storm clouds closing from the horizon, and offered to tow the life boat.  The pirates agreed, and BAINBRIDGE took them under tow in their wake at 30 meters-- exactly 30 meters, which is exactly the distance the SEALs practice their shooting skills.

With the lifeboat under tow, riding comfortably bow-down on BAINBRIDGE's wake-wave ("rooster tail"), had a 17-second period of harmonic motion, and at the end of every half-period (8.5 seconds) was steady on.  The light-enhanced (infra-red heat) monocular scopes on the SEAL's .308 caliber Mark 11 Mod 0 H&K suppressor-fitted sniper rifles easily imaged their target very clearly.  Pirates in a life boat at 30-meters could be compared to fish in a barrel.  All that was necessary was to take out the plexiglass window so that it would not deflect the trajectory of the high velocity .308 round.  So, a sniper (one of four) with a wad-cutter round (a flaxen sabot) would take out the window a split second before the kill-shot-- no change in sight-picture, just the window blowing out, clean.

 

Now, here's the part BHO's "whiz kids" knew as well as the Navy hierarchy, including CO BAINBRIDGE and CO SEAL TEAM SIX.  It's the law in Article 19 of Appendix L in the "Convention of the High Seas" that the Commanding Officer of a US Ship on the high seas is obligated to respond to distress signals from any flagged ship (US or otherwise), and protect the life and property thereof when deemed to be in IMMINENT DANGER.  So, in the final analysis, it would be Captain Castellano call as to "Imminent Danger," and that he alone was obligated (duty bound) to act accordingly.

Got the picture?

 There's much more. Go.

Directing the Pirate Jihad! Ready, Aim, Shoot!

Morally ill ...........how sick is the left in the West? 
Finnish Film Crew in ABC 20/20 Documentary Direct Jihadi Pirate in Finnish....... (Tundra Tabloids)

So that's where all our Finnish Somali refugee males are going,

to rake in the big dough for the jihad!

H/T: Kumitonttu

At 20 seconds into the two and a half minute film clip, the Finnish director shouts to the jogging jihadi: "ja takaisin samalla lailla, se näytti hyvältä." (And come back the same way, it looks good).

What makes the already juicy story of Somali refugees from Finland going back to Somalia to wage jihad and earn a wad of money, while Finnish documentary crew direct them in Finnish, even juicier, is that the cameraman, Jussi Arhinmäki (click for a video of him), is brother to a member of the Finnish parliament, Paavo Arhinmäki, for the Leftist party (Vasemmisto).

Pirates in NY! "Community Activist" to the Rescue! Arrrrrrrrrrr

In the continuing fatal folly, aka the Obama presidency, we have brought the jihad pirates to New jack City for a little judicial loving care.

Jefferson's jihad

This is today's Muslim jihadist.

Omar Jamal headed to New York to help Somali pirate Refugee Resettlement Watch

To devoted readers who predicted this in the last couple of days, you nailed it!  Omar Jamal is going to help the Somali pirate to assure he gets justice!   Thanks to all who sent it!   From the Minneapolis Star Tribune:

A Twin Cities Somali community activist said he is on his way to New York this morning on a mission to ensure that an accused pirate is treated justly in a court appearance this afternoon.

Omar Jamal, executive director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center in St. Paul, said he spoke Monday with the parents of Abdiwali Abduhl Wali-i-Musi, the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain.

Jamal said he intends to be in court today with Wali-i-Musi and carrying a letter from his parents in Somalia explaining that Jamal has permission to arrange for Wali-i-Musi’s defense.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.   Omar Jamal is either a narcissistic news hound or something much more complex, sinister?   We have been writing about him for a year and a half.  At first he was only defending Somali rapists, then he hit the big time when he got into the middle of the Somali cyanide death case in Denver last summer.  I call him the Somali Jesse Jackson!    In that case, the M.O. was the same as the one reported here in the Star Tribune,  he contacted the Canadian family of the Somali who died with enough cyanide to kill hundreds in advance of the Democratic National Convention and convinced the media that the guy was no terrorist, just a nut.

Most recently Jamal has been the go-to guy for the media on the missing Somali (former refugee) youths story.   In between he is into every issue involving Somalis from Somali gangs to ’no child left behind,’ even the Coleman/Franken Senate race. Check out the three pages of posts in which we have mentioned him.  Needless to say, the Somalis are always the victims when Jamal gets involved.

And, hey big media, do us all a favor and find out how he got out of his immigration fraud conviction.  We are dying to know!

And to readers who have told us there is no connection between Somali immigrants in the US and piracy, guess you are WRONG!   Amazing how Jamal so swiftly found the mommy and daddy of the pirate.

Andy Bostom has the definitive piece on jihad piracy:

Three years ago I published a review essay on jihad piracy which focused on the then newly released, “Victory in Tripoli,” a masterful analysis of the Barbary jihadists, and the US experience of this scourge in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, by Joshua London. Timeless insights on the phenomenon of jihad piracy are reproduced here from that essay in light of Bob Spencer’s cogent analysis of the jihadism of the Somali pirates wreaking similar havoc off the coast of East Africa—but as Bob might put it, we are of course to understand, “this has nothing to do with Islam.” Alas, that is not the opinion of serious scholars of the phenomenon writing in an era before the present day, and the prevailing intellectual and moral idiocy of political correctness which a priori precludes (and vilifies) such important analyses. Hence Bob’s piece is as rare as it is invaluable.

Barbary jihad piracy was merely a 16th through 19th century manifestation of the naval razzias characteristic of Islamic imperialism since its emergence (pp.41-43) in the 7th and 8th centuries. For example, although the Abbasid state (750-1250) “orientalized” the Caliphate, and lacked naval power of any importance, in the west, Muslim forces (i.e., decentralized, “organic formations”), continued the Islamic expansion by maritime warfare. Throughout the 9th and 10th centuries, Berbers and Arabs from Spain and North Africa launched raids along the coastal regions of France, Italy, Sicily, and in the Greek archipelago.

Read it all, and Spencer’s analysis of the jihadism of the Somali pirates.

UPDATE: How sick is the left in the West?  Finnish Film Crew in ABC 20/20 Documentary Direct Jihadi Pirate in Finnish.......

SOMALIA INSTITUTES ISLAMIC (SHARIAH) LAW, JIHAD PIRATES HIJACK

More Islamic jihad the media won't report. Islamic Somalia votes shariah (think beheadings, death penalty for apostasy and hypocrisy, honor killings, clitorectomies, etc.) law into the country. In Islamic jihad's continuing war on the West, Somali jihad piracy continues apace: a Belgium ship is hijacked.

Did anyone else notice that Captain Phillips, the American hostage who was freed by the Navy seals, thanked everyone for their bravery, except Obama? Very bad. (Watch this video)

 

Somalia parliament votes in Sharia law Edition.com (hat tip KGS)

(CNN) -- Somalia's transitional federal parliament has unanimously backed the introduction of Islamic Sharia law in the country after a vote over the issue was brought to parliamentarians Saturday.

The vote will boost new President Sharif Ahmed's efforts to defeat the hard-line Islamic group of Alshabab, which opposes his government.

Alshabab previously declared that it would continue fighting until Sharia law is imposed in Somalia.

"Calling us anti-Islamic lawmakers is now over," said Osman Elmi Boqore, deputy speaker of the Somali parliament, after voting ended.

The parliament's vote comes amid high tension in Mogadishu after the killings of key supporters of Ahmed's government in recent days.

The new form of law would replace the traditional charter, which was not as strict as Sharia law.

The strict interpretation of Sharia forbids girls from attending school, requires veils for women and beards for men, and bans music and television

NATO frees 20 hostages; pirates seize Belgian ship AP

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - NATO forces rescued 20 fishermen from pirates who launched the latest attack in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, but let the Somali hijackers go because they had no authority to arrest them.

Dutch Free Yemeni Captives From Pirates New York Times

Enemy in the White House; BHO Blocked Navy from Rescuing Captain

And they are giving the Mansourian President credit for the save. The question one must ask oneself is, who was Hussein secretly rooting for in this stand off?

President Obama Restricted Navy SEALs From Rescuing Ship Captain With Force (hat tip Larwyn)

Now this is interesting if true, and not surprising in the least. (h/t Ex-Liberal In Hollywood)

Having spoken to some SEAL pals here in Virginia Beach yesterday and asking why this thing dragged out for 4 days, I got the following:

1. BHO wouldn’t authorize the DEVGRU/NSWC SEAL teams to the scene for 36 hours going against OSC (on scene commander) recommendation.

2. Once they arrived, BHO imposed restrictions on their ROE that they couldn’t do anything unless the hostage’s life was in “imminent” danger

3. The first time the hostage jumped, the SEALS had the raggies all sighted in, but could not fire due to ROE restriction

4. When the navy RIB came under fire as it approached with supplies, no fire was returned due to ROE restrictions. As the raggies were shooting at the RIB, they were exposed and the SEALS had them all dialed in.

5. BHO specifically denied two rescue plans developed by the Bainbridge CPN and SEAL teams.

6. Bainbridge CPN and SEAL team CDR finally decide they have the OpArea and OSC authority to solely determine risk to hostage. 4 hours later, 3 dead raggies

7. BHO immediately claims credit for his “daring and decisive” behaviour. As usual with him, it’s BS.

So per our last email thread, I’m downgrading Oohbaby’s performace to D-. Only reason it’s not an F is that the hostage survived.

Read the following accurate account.

Philips’ first leap into the warm, dark water of the Indian Ocean hadn’t worked out as well. With the Bainbridge in range and a rescue by his country’s Navy possible, Philips threw himself off of his lifeboat prison, enabling Navy shooters onboard the destroyer a clear shot at his captors — and none was taken.

The guidance from National Command Authority — the president of the United States, Barack Obama — had been clear: a peaceful solution was the only acceptable outcome to this standoff unless the hostage’s life was in clear, extreme danger.

The next day, a small Navy boat approaching the floating raft was fired on by the Somali pirates — and again no fire was returned and no pirates killed. This was again due to the cautious stance assumed by Navy personnel thanks to the combination of a lack of clear guidance from Washington and a mandate from the commander in chief’s staff not to act until Obama, a man with no background of dealing with such issues and no track record of decisiveness, decided that any outcome other than a “peaceful solution” would be acceptable.

After taking fire from the Somali kidnappers again Saturday night, the on scene commander decided he’d had enough.

Keeping his authority to act in the case of a clear and present danger to the hostage’s life and having heard nothing from Washington since yet another request to mount a rescue operation had been denied the day before, the Navy officer — unnamed in all media reports to date — decided the AK47 one captor had leveled at Philips’ back was a threat to the hostage’s life and ordered the NSWC team to take their shots.

Three rounds downrange later, all three brigands became enemy KIA and Philips was safe.

There is upside, downside, and spinside to the series of events over the last week that culminated in yesterday’s dramatic rescue of an American hostage.

Almost immediately following word of the rescue, the Obama administration and its supporters claimed victory against pirates in the Indian Ocean and declared that the dramatic end to the standoff put paid to questions of the inexperienced president’s toughness and decisiveness.

Despite the Obama administration’s (and its sycophants’) attempt to spin yesterday’s success as a result of bold, decisive leadership by the inexperienced president, the reality is nothing of the sort.

What should have been a standoff lasting only hours — as long as it took the USS Bainbridge and its team of NSWC operators to steam to the location — became an embarrassing four day and counting standoff between a ragtag handful of criminals with rifles and a U.S. Navy warship.

Shocking! Not…..

Al Qaeda Urges Jihadi Pirates to Escalate Naval Attacks

Despite the media's fear and submission in reporting on the connection between jihad and the Muslim pirates off the coast of Somalia, today Al Qaeda cleared things up .....

Al Qaeda Urges Somalis To Attack Ships CBS

(CBS)

A senior Saudi Arabian al Qaeda operative has called on Somali jihadists to step up their attacks on "crusader" forces at sea in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, and on land in neighboring Djibouti, which hosts France’s largest military base in Africa.

"To our steadfast brethren in Somalia, take caution and prepare yourselves," Sa'id Ali Jabir Al Khathim Al Shihri (aka Abu Sufian al-Azdi) says in a new audiotape acquired by CBS News. "Increase your strikes against the crusaders at sea and in Djibouti."

Shihri warns Somali militants against a conspiracy led by "the crusaders, the Jews and traitor Arab rulers," to put an end to the Muslim extremists' progress in Somalia.

"The crusaders, the Jews and the traitorous rulers did not come to the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden except to wage war against you in Somalia and abolish your newly established emirate, and by Allah, they shall be defeated. They shall bring a curse upon their people," Shihri said.

"We shall not leave them this time until we get to their own countries with the help of Allah.”
[...]

A maritime intelligence source tells CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar that interaction between pirate groups and Somalia's al Qaeda-linked groups was first noticed about nine months ago, and has been on the rise.

More on jihad piracy here.

FRENCH VICTORY IN JIHAD ON THE HIGH SEAS

The French have scored a huge victory in the escalation in Islamic hostilities on the high seas. Four ships were captured earlier this week by Muslim pirates, 60 hostages kidnapped, and early yesterday the US fought off jihadi pirates and avoided capture.

If Clinton had done the right thing in 1993 in MOGADISHU and let the military handle it, the course of history would be radically different. But he was a coward and didn't have the moral compass or integrity to follow through. This is what happens when Islam is left to its own devices. The West may not want to, but if it is to survive, it must beat back Islamic supremacism.

French forces capture 11 pirates (hat tip Amaros)

Crew and vessel seized after overnight shadowing operation

French forces have captured 11 pirates during an attack on their "mothership" 550 miles east of the Kenyan port of Mombasa, the French defence ministry said today.

The men were taken early in the morning when French forces seized their 30ft-long vessel after shadowing it overnight.

The pirates are being held aboard the Nivose, a French frigate taking part in a European mission to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden, which links the Suez canal and the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean.

Jihad Pirates Try to Hijack US Ship

Jihadis captured four ships today and are holding 60 hostages. And the media continue to mislead and deceive the public, calling this jihad navy a couple of "outlaws".

Pirates attack U.S. cargo ship but fail to get aboard

The Liberty Sun, a U.S.-flagged cargo ship bound for Mombasa, Kenya, was attacked Tuesday by Somali pirates, according to a NATO source with direct knowledge of the matter.

The pirates never made it onto the ship. The vessel is now being escorted by a coalition ship, still bound for Mombasa.

JIHADI PIRATES HIJACK FOUR MORE SHIPS - ESCALATION OF ISLAMIC HOSTILITIES

Pirates: "We are Muslims. We are marines, coastguards -- not pirates."
(more Orwellian jihadspeak here)

Expect President Hussein, the corrupt media, and the Obots to blame jihad activity on us. But this is yet another front in Islam's war on the West. Obambi should just close his eyes and let the big boys - the Navy - handle things.

Undeterred, Somali Pirates Hijack 4 More Ships FOX News

MOMBASSA, Kenya —  Undeterred by U.S. and French hostage rescues that killed five bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked four more ships in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway at the center of the world's fight against piracy.

Pirates have vowed to retaliate for deaths of their colleagues_ and the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday he takes those comments seriously. But Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told ABC's "Good Morning America" that "we're very well prepared to deal with anything like that."

Still, despite Mullen's confident statement and President Barack Obama's warning Monday, pirates captured two more nautical trophies Tuesday to match the two ships they seized a day or two earlier.

NATO spokeswoman Shona Lowe said the MV Sea Horse, a Lebanese-owned cargo ship, was attacked and captured Tuesday by pirates in three or four speedboats. She had no further information.

That hijacking came only hours after the Greek-managed MV Irene E.M. was seized in a rare overnight attack by pirates.

This is the jihad navy.

President O's Press Conference ...... what pirates?

President O's press conference just concluded and it's a another O-bow-a jaw dropper. Zero brushed aside the whole piracy incident - extended short congratulations and dismissed it, and went straight to his drummed up economic crisis in order to commit the greatest heist of a public treasury in human history.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, do not dwell on the good. Do not dare be "proud of your country" - unless, of course, you are Michelle Obama.

The last thing Zero wants is America feeling good about herself and worse yet, as a result of a soon to be slashed military. This schmuck should be hosting a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.

But the narcissist-in-chief is too vain and self absorbed to see he could have used this victory for political gain and military cred. American exceptionalism and US military superiority is so repugnant to him, he cannot even fake pride in country. Everyone is talking about it today, except President Zero.

Yech. Perhaps it's because he was slow to step up and protect Americans.

UPDATE: Forgive me, I forgot to point out that Obambi's war on privacy, as opposed to piracy - Thanks to Mitch in the comments:

Very interesting Freudian slip in his statement, when he said we had to halt the rise of "privacy" in that area. Had this been any other politician, the jokes or accusations of stupidity would have started already, but in his case, it is no joke, it is exactly what he wants to do.

He slipped, all right, Obama's wiretapping is much more intrusive than the Bush administration ever imagined.

The irony of all of this, is that while the Bush Administration used these powers to crack-down on Islamic Terrorism from abroad, the Obama Administration is more likely to use these powers to come after so-called "domestic terrorists," such as gun rights supporters, militia, some associated with the Ron Paul movement, and even the Libertarian Party.

UPDATE: Perhaps because, as Debbie explains here, 

However, the American crew of the Maersk says that they waited too long before they had help from the U.S. Navy (strangely, NBC edited that part out of the video after first airing it on tonight's NBC Nightly News). They say they were under attack for a week before the Islamic terrorists boarded their ship. They also said that the ship was never "taken" by the Islamic terrorist "pirates." Watch the second video. The crew's reaction is noteworthy, and their captain's brave behavior is very American.