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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:17:26 AM EDT
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you beat me to it, i was just about to post this.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:17:54 AM EDT
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Ban guns in Algeria! That will solve this problem!
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:18:08 AM EDT
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:18:50 AM EDT
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Ban Al-Qaeda...wait...ummm
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:19:42 AM EDT
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Sounds like the French are getting ready to go in.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:19:51 AM EDT
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Im not exactly sure but wouldnt africa fall under a different team? ETA. Team 8 is an Africa specific team. So these guys may be getting the WARNO |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:19:56 AM EDT
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. I was thinking the same thing. If the story is true, I'd bet a pmag that there are high speed guys en route right now. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:20:11 AM EDT
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They should make taking hostages illegal. Problem solved
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:20:34 AM EDT
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The POTUS better get an apology speech written quickly.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:24:20 AM EDT
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Delta more likely, the SEALs talked too much about OBL and talked too much shit about dear leader. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:31:28 AM EDT
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Im not exactly sure but wouldnt africa fall under a different team? ETA. Team 8 is an Africa specific team. So these guys may be getting the WARNO Well that's what they did when the Maersk Alabama was captured. They flew them all the way from VA to do the mission. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:32:42 AM EDT
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I'm sure Obama cares more about the gun control issue than Americans being taken hostage.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:33:46 AM EDT
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SEALs are probably already there...
Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:35:04 AM EDT
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Silence!
We in the Obama administration are working on something important! |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:35:49 AM EDT
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I'm sure Obama cares more about the gun control issue than Americans being taken hostage. he will leave them there to rot so he can go on oprah |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:36:41 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Im not exactly sure but wouldnt africa fall under a different team? ETA. Team 8 is an Africa specific team. So these guys may be getting the WARNO Well that's what they did when the Maersk Alabama was captured. They flew them all the way from VA to do the mission. That Somali rescue too. Team six/devgru/whatever-they-are-called-this-week is pretty much a go anywhere operation.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:37:42 AM EDT
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That's ODD. I thought Africa was a tourist destination.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:39:56 AM EDT
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Ban guns in Algeria! That will solve this problem! |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:40:04 AM EDT
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Delta more likely, the SEALs talked too much about OBL and talked too much shit about dear leader. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Yep |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:44:29 AM EDT
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Energy issues, a failing economy, high unemployment, shitty relations in the middle east.
All we needed was a war involving a former French colony to cover the entire 1970s. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:46:37 AM EDT
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Delta more likely, the SEALs talked too much about OBL and talked too much shit about dear leader. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Yep ST6 will get the call over Delta, they should in my book, their track record speaks for itself |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:47:52 AM EDT
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Fuck...I know the place and lots of folks still working over there.The head of security in the compound is/was a badass Brit. Security was tight when I was last there because proximity to libyan border (about 25miles).
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:49:18 AM EDT
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Quoted: Mission basis, not geography basis. Hostage rescue is probably gonna drop on ST6 no matter where it is if Navy assets are used.Quoted: I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Im not exactly sure but wouldnt africa fall under a different team? ETA. Team 8 is an Africa specific team. So these guys may be getting the WARNO |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:51:24 AM EDT
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Sloppy. Not optimal.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:54:12 AM EDT
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Hopefully nothing will happen to those hostages but it will be the new news media focus.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 8:40:17 AM EDT
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Curious, there are a several other highly-skilled "operator" groups out there, specifically Delta, DevGru (I know they are SEALs but they are different), and even SOG/SAD...so why is it normal SEAL units seem to be the ones leading hostage missions?
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Posted: 1/16/2013 8:40:49 AM EDT
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Hopefully nothing will happen to those hostages but it will be the new news media focus. It will be handled as soon as the foreigner is done with the eo's so he can write an apology note. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 8:43:33 AM EDT
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Mission basis, not geography basis. Hostage rescue is probably gonna drop on ST6 no matter where it is if Navy assets are used.
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Im not exactly sure but wouldnt africa fall under a different team? ETA. Team 8 is an Africa specific team. So these guys may be getting the WARNO It's in the desert and it is in Africa. We should give it to the SAS. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 8:48:42 AM EDT
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I suspect the French will take care of it. Sucks for the hostages though. Likely few if any will survive.
In before the gas price spike. 
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Posted: 1/16/2013 8:58:47 AM EDT
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Quoted: I suspect the French will take care of it. Sucks for the hostages though. Likely few if any will survive. In before the gas price spike. Nope, Algeria will never accept a single French soldier on it's soil  . |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 12:32:29 PM EDT
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Panetta: "I do know that terrorists are terrorists and terrorists take these kinds of actions," he added, "We've witnessed their behavior in a number of occasions where they have total disregard for innocent men and women. This appears to be that kind of situation."
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Posted: 1/16/2013 12:37:28 PM EDT
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But they're our friends. We gave them arms and air support to take out Khaddafi. We're supporting them against Assad in Syria. Why do they want to hurt us, their friends?
Fuggitty fuggitty fug fug fug. We really know how to Phuc ourselves. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 12:43:08 PM EDT
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Delta more likely, the SEALs talked too much about OBL and talked too much shit about dear leader. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Yep ST6 will get the call over Delta, they should in my book, their track record speaks for itself Hah. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 12:46:21 PM EDT
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But they're our friends. We gave them arms and air support to take out Khaddafi. I think you've got it the wrong way around. These guys were mercenaries working for Khadaffi. He gave them weapons and, when he fell, these guys returned to Mali where they started a war against the central government. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 12:47:14 PM EDT
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Mission basis, not geography basis. Hostage rescue is probably gonna drop on ST6 no matter where it is if Navy assets are used.
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Im not exactly sure but wouldnt africa fall under a different team? ETA. Team 8 is an Africa specific team. So these guys may be getting the WARNO It's in the desert and it is in Africa. We should give it to the SAS. I imagine their is a multi-national task force of some sort, probably lead by USSF and SAS for just such occasions. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 12:49:22 PM EDT
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In before this is blamed on a YouTube video.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 12:49:23 PM EDT
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But Obama killed Bin Laden all by himself! This is ridiculous!
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Posted: 1/17/2013 12:44:34 AM EDT
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Any News?
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Posted: 1/17/2013 1:14:26 AM EDT
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Delta more likely, the SEALs talked too much about OBL and talked too much shit about dear leader. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Yep ST6 will get the call over Delta, they should in my book, their track record speaks for itself The fact they have a PUBLIC track record is exactly why they will always play second fiddle to Army. |
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Posted: 1/17/2013 1:28:18 AM EDT
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Was it a youtube video that caused this too?
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Posted: 1/17/2013 2:54:50 AM EDT
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breaking news is reporting that 20 hostages just escaped their captors...
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Posted: 1/17/2013 2:57:40 AM EDT
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I know many people travel abroad for work and make great money,
but is it really worth the risk? |
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Posted: 1/17/2013 3:07:32 AM EDT
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Quoted: Curious, there are a several other highly-skilled "operator" groups out there, specifically Delta, DevGru (I know they are SEALs but they are different), and even SOG/SAD...so why is it normal SEAL units seem to be the ones leading hostage missions? ST6 is what DevGru used to be called.  |
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Posted: 1/17/2013 3:09:02 AM EDT
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breaking news is reporting that 20 hostages just escaped their captors... Fox reporting Americans among those escaped. |
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Posted: 1/17/2013 3:10:04 AM EDT
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breaking news is reporting that 20 hostages just escaped their captors... Fox reporting Americans among those escaped. Probably not a huge feat when you're dealing with a "One-Eyed Jihadi Leader" 
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Posted: 1/17/2013 3:10:53 AM EDT
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breaking news is reporting that 20 hostages just escaped their captors... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21054521 |
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Posted: 1/17/2013 3:11:58 AM EDT
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Obummer better hurry up and apologize to the terrorists.
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Posted: 1/17/2013 3:13:02 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Delta more likely, the SEALs talked too much about OBL and talked too much shit about dear leader. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Yep ST6 will get the call over Delta, they should in my book, their track record speaks for itself The fact they have a PUBLIC track record is exactly why they will always play second fiddle to Army. Well it was just reported that soldiers out of Bragg were flown there over night. So I would guess Delta got the call. |
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Posted: 1/17/2013 3:15:39 AM EDT
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I'd bet phone calls are going out to ST6 guys. Delta more likely, the SEALs talked too much about OBL and talked too much shit about dear leader. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Yep ST6 will get the call over Delta, they should in my book, their track record speaks for itself The fact they have a PUBLIC track record is exactly why they will always play second fiddle to Army. Well it was just reported that soldiers out of Bragg were flown there over night. So I would guess Delta got the call. That shit probably should not be reported. 
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Posted: 1/17/2013 3:31:50 AM EDT
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I have a bad feeling that this is gonna be a "Moscow theater hostage crisis" scenario.
Lots of hostages are going to die 
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