U.S. Military Has Plan For Pirates

Date: 4/9/2009

Source: New York Daily News

Link: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/04/09/2009-04-09_us_military_prepared_for_battle_with__somalia_pirates.html

Main Points:

1. U.S. military commanders have already prepared battle plans for ending the scourge of piracy on the high seas off Somalia if President Obama pulls the trigger, sources told the Daily News Wednesday.

2. Retired U.S. Ambassador Robert Oakley, who was special envoy to Somalia in the 1990s, said U.S. special operations forces have drawn up detailed plans to attack piracy groups where they live on land, but are awaiting orders from the Obama national security team.

3. "Our special operations people have been itching to clean them up. So far, no one has let them," Oakley told the Daily News.

4. The veteran diplomat, who also was ambassador to Pakistan, said teams of Army Delta Force or Navy SEALs "could take care of the pirates in 72 hours" if given the order to strike. "They have plans on the table but are waiting for the green light," Oakley said.

5. America's stealthiest warriors have been involved in combat operations in the Horn of Africa for years - operating from secret bases in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia and Manda Bay, Kenya.

Comments: Unfortunately, there is an American in the middle. These Somali’s are screwed however you look at it. The military is not leaving without this guy and if they kill him it would be a lot easier to blast them to kingdom come. If this was just a matter of taking care of the pirates, I would be OK for blasting them out of the waters. We need to pay them back for what they did our Marines in Mogadishu. Google “Black Hawk Down” to find out.