Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Pirates gave crew $600 at release- walking around money

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Pirates demanded $250,000 ransom, gave crew $600 at release . Such nice people.
Monday, March 21, 2005

Kosovo: Now it's Kosovar Albanians against...Kosovar Albanians

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The Strategy Page notes in military news about Balkans that it's "Albanians versus Albanians" in Kosovo and warns, as some of...

Republic of the Philippines "Sea Marshals" draw interest

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The Philippines has a "sea marshal" program which has drawn the attention of some Southeast Asia neighbors like Australia and New...

Antipiracy watchdog calls for more security in Malacca Strait - Everyone talks about the weather, too, but...

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Antipiracy watchdog calls for more security in Malacca Strait . Now that the hostages from the recent pirate attacks have been freed (with ...

"Why we fight" from the front lines

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Great read here from a soldier who gets it and who can help it make sense to the rest of us. Hat tip: Black Five

Baseball has steroids, cricket has a 15 degree rule

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Controversy in sport here . It's a "doosra!"
Sunday, March 20, 2005

Surviving for another week (at least)

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Good job Heels!

Pirates release 3 kidnapped Asian sailors

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Pirates release 3 kidnapped Asian sailors The boat's Japanese captain, Nobuo Inoue, 56, spoke by phone with the shipping company...

A Fantasy-tic Press Conference

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From The American Thinker, Tim McNabb engages in a little daydream here . I wish.

Yes, I think we got that idea

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Pirates who abducted three of the Japanese tugboat Idaten's 14-member crew in last Monday's attack in the Malacca Strait were after ...

Airliner Anti-Missile Defense

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Interesting and timely idea for airliner protection: Britening . Hope we never need to find out if it works.
Saturday, March 19, 2005

Indiana bill would require photo ID at vote

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Ind. bill would require photo ID at vote . Seems like a good idea to me. Of course the Democrats feel differently: But Democrats have said t...

Lack of new refining capacity hurts oil supplies

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Oil - Lack of new refining capacity hurts oil supplies ( $) Oil companies' failure to add new refining capacity to keep up with global d...

From 2003 An oldie but still relevant article on sea-going terror

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W O R L D T H R E A T S - The Next Threat: Terror At Sea IN JUNE (2003), Greek authorities seized a suspicious ship, the Baltic Sky, in t...

Iraqi Vigilante Justice?

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Is anyone surprised by this? 7 al-Zarqawi insurgents executed

Pirates free Indonesia hostages

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The BBC reports Pirates free Indonesia hostages . An Indonesian navy spokesman said the men were the captain and engineer of the gas tanker...

Simon World fisks Thomas Friedman on China

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Simon World is a blog based in Hong Kong and seems an appropriate place to start with a fisking of Thomas Friedman on China . Read it first....
Friday, March 18, 2005

Pirates use hijacked boat to assault Japanese tug

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If you are a criminal, I would think that the first rule of not getting caught is not to use you own boat or car to commit your crime. Appar...

Take the Free Speech Pledge

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Patterico's Pontifications invites bloggers to Take the Free Speech Pledge . I'm in. If the FEC makes rules that limit my First Ame...

DEBKAfile: The Ukranian to Iran Cruise Missile Mess

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Here is DEBKAfile page that covers the "export" of Kh-55 cruise missiles to Iran. An interesting read - The Ukrainian prosecutor-...