On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:50:12 -0700, "Mike" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:16:07 -0700 (PDT), Mike-Indiana
wrote:

On Apr 11, 1:04 pm, HK wrote:
It remains one of the most intolerable and vile acts of terrorism on the
high seas. 1985: Four PLO hijackers seized the cruise ship Achille Lauro
off the coast of Egypt, demanding the release of prisoners held by
Israel. After Syria denied them permission to dock at the port of
Tartus, the terrorists executed a disabled Jewish American passenger
named Leon Klinghoffer, shooting him twice as he sat in his wheelchair.
They dumped his body and wheelchair overboard.

Egypt's president Mubarak then offered the hijackers safe passage by air
to their headquarters in Tunisia, but American warplanes forced the
Boeing 737 to land at a NATO airbase on Sicily. Though a U.S. citizen
has been murdered, the Italian authorities refused to let Navy SEALs
board the terrorists' plane and apprehend the hijackers.

After a tense armed standoff between Italian Carbinieri and American
special forces lasting through the night, President Ronald Reagan
ordered U.S. troops to stand down. The Italians allowed Abu Abbas, the
mastermind of the hijacking, to escape to Yugoslavia. He remained free
until his capture in Iraq in 2003.

Remember this story when you hear Glenn Beck's minions bray about
conservative vigilance in the pursuit of murderous pirates.

--
Palin & Bachmann in 2012 -
All Stupidity All the Time

WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES THIS MESS HAVE TO DO WITH PEOPLE WANTING TO
DISCUSS BOATS?

Are you using a newsreader like Forte's Agent? If so, filtering HK
(Krause) and his buddies should be pretty easy. If you're using
Google, I don't know how it's done.

Maybe Tim or one of the other knowledgeable folks can come to your aid
here.
--
John H

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Thomas Jefferson

The wierd thing is that very few actually filter him. I just can't figure
out why that is the case.

--Mike


He seems to provide some folks a feeling of superiority. Of course,
his antics are rather humorous, especially when he gets in 'suck-up'
mode.
--
John H

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Thomas Jefferson