The P. I. government officials are always holding their hands out and always complaining!
Pirates get what they deserve and that part of the world is a cleaner place today.
Americans and French prove why they should lead the world and the cultures who bow to brute force clearly show who they are!
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((4 13 09 From a news article)) We applaud the U.S. and the French action. We feel that they are making the right move, although the results sometimes may be detrimental," said Noel Choong of the IMB's piracy center in Kuala Lumpur.
He did not elaborate, but for families of the 228 foreign nationals aboard 13 ships still held by pirates, the fear is revenge on their loved ones.
"Those released are lucky, but what about those who remain captive?" said Vilma de Guzman, the wife of Filipino seafarer Ruel de Guzman. He has been held by pirates since Nov. 10 along with the 22 other Filipino crew of the chemical tanker MT Stolt Strength.
The U.S. rescue operation "might be dangerous (for) the remaining hostages because the pirates might vent their anger on them," she said.
So far, Somali pirates have never harmed captive foreign crews except for a Taiwanese crew member who was killed under unclear circumstances. In fact, many former hostages say they were treated well and given sumptuous food.
((You dumb-ass twirp! The kidnap people and properties for ransom and you are afraid to tell-it-like-it-is?))
The pirates had operated with near-impunity in the Gulf of Aden north of Somalia, and more recently in waters south of the country after a multinational naval force began patrolling the Gulf.
Choong said there have been 74 attacks this year with 15 hijackings as compared to 111 attacks for all of last year.
The modus operandi of the pirates is simple: Board unarmed or lightly armed merchant ships, fire shots in the air or at the hull to intimidate the crew, divert the ships to hide-outs on the Somali coast and wait for the owners to pay millions of dollars in ransom.
But the game changed last week when the pirates boarded the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama. In an act of courage, Phillips offered himself as hostage in return for the safety of his crew.
The pirates transferred the 53-year-old Phillips, a Vermont native, to a lifeboat. But the pirates had not counted on the U.S. military's resolve. After a five-day standoff during which a small U.S. flotilla tailed the lifeboat, Navy SEAL snipers on a destroyer shot and killed three pirates and plucked an unharmed Phillips to safety. A fourth pirate surrendered.
The comrades of the slain pirates immediately threatened retaliation.
"From now on, if we capture foreign ships and their respective countries try to attack us, we will kill them," said Jamac Habeb, a 30-year-old self-proclaimed pirate, told The Associated Press by telephone from the pirate hub, Eyl.
Abdullahi Lami, one of the pirates holding a Greek ship in the pirate den of Gaan, a central Somali town, told the AP that pirates will not take the U.S. action lying down.
"We will retaliate for the killings of our men," he said.
Giles Noakes, chief maritime security officer of the largest international shipping association, the Denmark-based BIMCO, says it is premature to say Philips' rescue will lead to an escalation of violence.
"The question here is whether there will be a change of attitude in the pirates and in their modus operandi. We hope the change will be that they will be even more deterred because of the successful action by both the Maersk Alabama crew and the navies," he said.
Many of the governments whose ships have been captured including Taiwan's Win Far 161 with a multinational crew of 30 are in talks with the pirates and would not comment on the consequences of the American rescue for fear of jeopardizing the negotiations.
"We are monitoring the situation closely, but the ship owner wants to keep a low profile to help with their negotiation with the abductors," Taiwanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Henry Chen said.
He said the crew, comprising 17 Filipinos, six Indonesians, five Chinese and two Taiwanese, were safe as of Monday.
Some families also wonder if Phillips' rescue drew so much of attention because of his nationality.
"It's difficult when the ship's crew are all Filipinos because we are ignored," said de Guzman. "Maybe if there are Japanese, Koreans or British among the crew, the case would get more attention."
((Ah, the old racist is hinting at RACISM. The answer to your question is that your backwater third-world country want-to-be does not have power in the world. your only power is to use brute force against anyone living in your ass-hole of a country!))
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Associated Press writer Teresa Cerojano and writers around the world contributed to this
((THEY ARE ALWAYS CRYING ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE AS IF NO ONE ELSE MATTERS. IF THEY REALLY CARED ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE THEN THEY WOULD STOP PLUNDERING THE COUNTRY AND STEWALING FROM FOREIGN COMPANIES AND MAYBE THEY WOULD THEN HAVE JOBS FOR THEWIR PEOPLE INSTEAD OF BEING A NATION OF SERVANTS!
That they are a nation of servants is not to be easily denied. they have become thus because of the leaders, police and anyone in a position of power always taking or forcing bribes!
They have taken their island paradise and ruined it and people with education in other countries see this! How can any P. I.
leader or government official even go on a visit to another country without having a red face?
In spite of dangers to Philipinos, who are a large workforce on world vessels, the most dangerous place for any Philipino is to be living in their own God-forsaken country! The truth is what it is!
Secretary de Guzman if your country stood up and took your responsibilities with the rest of the nations then you would not have to resort to claiming racism! the servant-people you and other like you have made out of your very people would be respected and not, looked upon as a nation of servants, prostitutes, con men, scammers, and poor quality workers!
Asshole, do you want respect? Then earn it, you fool!
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