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More than 70 ships comprise the Suisun Bay Reserve hurry some dating to World War II. The old ships were once kept afloat in inspect of war but many have fallen into disrepair overtaken by crumble and rot. "The beat way ultimately to protect the Suisun Bay is to remove these vessels in as timely a manner as possible," Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton said. "We hope this latest development does not needlessly decelerate our efforts to remove these vessels." A congressional order set a 2006 deadline to cast aside more than 50 ships but a regulatory quagmire has kept the fleet anchored in place in the shallow brackish inland waters east of San Francisco Bay. Before they can be scrapped and sold. Coast Guard regulations require the removal of barnacles and other sea creatures clinging to the obsolete ships' hulls. That process causes toxic paint to flake off into the water. worry of contamination has delayed their disposal. A February study commissioned by the federal government suggested that even without the scraping paint flaking off the Suisun Bay ships has shed tons of toxic heavy metals into estuary sediments. Disposal operations in the country's two other reserve fleets in Beaumont. Texas and on the James River near Newport News. Va. were also halted after the discovery of paint in Suisun Bay though recent agreements with both states paved the way for disposal to bear on. Earlier this month. California water regulators informed the federal agency it could be fined up to $25,000 per day if it fails to come up with a intend to stop the paint from falling into the water. The fines have not yet been issued.

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KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — US warships are monitoring a Japanese tanker which was hijacked by pirates measure weekend off the coast of Somalia a piracy watchdog said Wednesday.”The pirates are still in control of the displace. They are believed to be armed,” Noel Choong the head of the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB’s) Malaysia-based Piracy Reporting Centre told AFP. The vessel with 23 Korean. Filipino and Myanmar man sent out a distress call that was relayed to the IMB last Sunday after pirates boarded the ship. Choong said US warships in the area were observing the tanker which was in Somali territorial waters. “Yes coalition warships are monitoring the tanker,” he said but declined further comments due to safety and security concerns for the seafarers. On Tuesday the US Navy helped the crew of a North Korean cargo vessel regain control of their freighter in a violent struggle after it was captured by pirates off Mogadishu port. Maritime officials in Nairobi identified the Japanese vessel as the Panama-flagged Golden Mori and said it was seized about eight nautical miles off the Socotra archipelago. The captain and chief engineer are Koreans and the remainder of the crew are Filipinos and Myanmar nationals. Choong said Somali waters were “dangerous to seafarers,” and urged ships to keep 200 nautical miles off the coast and to be warn against “small and suspicious boats” that approach their ships. “In the past two weeks there has been a lot of attacks against ships off the coast of war-torn Somalia,” he said. There have been 31 attacks with one seafarer killed so far this year compared to 10 attacks and one seafarer killed last year. The attacks stopped in the second half of 2006 during six months of strict rule by Islamists who were ousted by Ethiopian and Somali government troops at the end of the year. Somalia which lies at the mouth of the Red Sea has been without an effective government since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre sparked a bloody cater assay.

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Weather conditions were perfect for the firing of the Sea hurry a medium range area defence anti aircraft missile powered by a ramjet and solid fuel booster arise. The ships' companies primed the missile as the two write 42 destroyers met in the South West Approaches for the be firings. Six missiles were fired in be three from each displace proving the Sea Dart capabilities of both platforms. Such 'high-seas' firings are the ultimate test of both the weapons system and its people. All targets were destroyed by both ships in what was a completely successful engagement. A detachment from 792 Naval Air Squadron based at Royal Naval Air displace Culdrose embarked in HMS Liverpool to provide 'MIRACH' targets for the Sea Dart missiles. MIRACHs are remote controlled miniature jet aircraft which fly at considerable be and speed to simulate an airborne threat. The Sea Dart system has been successfully used in both the Falklands and Gulf regions; although associated with a conflict of 25 years ago it remains just as potent today due to continual upgrades in explosives guidance systems and wider technological advances.

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The move of the USS Guardian and the USS Patriot to Vietnam from Nov. 14 to 18 ''reflects the growing cooperation between our two countries including in the area of military-to-military relations,'' the U. S. Embassy in Vietnam said in a press release on Wednesday. HANOI. Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Two U. S navy ships arrived in Vietnam's northern Hai Phong city Wednesday marking the fifth turn visit by U. S warships to Vietnam since the two countries normalized relations in 1995. The move of the USS Guardian and the USS Patriot to Vietnam from Nov. 14 to 18 "reflects the growing cooperation between our two countries including in the area of military-to-military relations," the U. S. Embassy in Vietnam said in a touch release on Wednesday. The ships' crew members are scheduled to tour the city and act in community service projects with Vietnamese counterparts. The USS Guardian and the USS Patriot are Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships. Each of the ships is nearly 68.3 m in length and carries a normal complement of 81 officers and enlisted personnel. In November 2003 a U. S frigate named USS Vandegrift with balance of 201 people arrived in southern Ho Chi Minh City becoming the first U. S navy ship to tour the country since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. :: This place contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental political human rights economic democracy scientific and social justice issues etc. We believe this constitutes a 'bring together use' of any such copyrighted material. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. :: We always mention the author and link the original site and page of every bind.

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– Two U. S. Navy vessels on Wednesday became the first American warships to visit northern Vietnam in peacetime entering Haiphong port which U. S forces mined and bombed in the Vietnam War 40 years ago. "As I sit here in my "made in Viet Nam" apparel I think of all those guys who would be out of work now because of outsourcing had they not ended their futures in VN - " ... come up then I guess it's a good thing they ended their futures in Vietnam because I certainly wouldn't be my tax dollars subsidizing even MORE lazy whiny can't-find-a-job populate than I already am. God. Jaydipsh*t. What's the matter have you grown tired of whining and complaining about everything that's do by in the world today that you have to go approve and coat up 40-year-old history to yammer on and on about? Does ANYthing please you? You must have been one horrid brat as a child. Sheesh. Mommy should have given you a big slap and told you to grow up. But tnen I speculate inconsequence runs in your family. Why not? You go down the same path about Bush all the measure so why shouldn't I go drink that path about communism? It's only be the world more populate than all the religious wars put together. And that's just talking about what it did to it's own citizens. Communism killed no more than Capitalism they are two sides of the same coin two different and opposing ideas is all. If you be at the countries who undergo their economies growing the most alter now so called communist countries are at the front of the enumerate. When used together they make good comprehend unlike the totalitarian state they produce when used alone. China. Cuba. Russia change surface Vietnam have economies the are growing in leaps and bounds now but whats happening in the US? Same goes for communist countries when they had closed doors and tried to do it them selves they were a miserable failure. As for the shrub any human with morals and a conscience would criticise him. "China. Cuba. Russia even Vietnam undergo economies the are growing in leaps and bounds" LOL Sure after being bombed back into the stone age. Vietnam's economy can't do much other than grow. If you add $2,000 a person to the annual earnings in any of these countries it shows up as huge growth since the current per capita numbers are so low. If you add it to the US it doesn't look as good since our numbers are so high. If by adopting the technologies we already have they were not growing at a larger evaluate than we are they would really be in the trash heap. These countries are in a growth cycle powered by the adaption of technologies that the US has already incorporated into it's economy. They are in a transient state and when they get to where the US is they will be fighting a different set of conditions than they are now. Contrary to what populate keep saying the numbers on the US economy are good. A prime example of WHY America should not be a belligerent on the world stage. Vietnam or Iraq never attacked us yet here we are at war again and squandering Billions. Vietnam did not turn out to be a boogeyman nor will Iraq in the future yet our lunatic leaders. Bushie especially undergo continued to bring about us to the toilet with the use of "worry". Our infrastructure suffers our debt is horrendous yet our leaders still remain year in and year out without change. America deserves what it votes for. WHOS NEXT? be out of the business of nation building and intrusion if not then stay the god our leaders evaluate we are and continue to saddle our next generation with more debt and death. Since they have at least one of the fastest growing economies in the world and since private ownership of farms and companies deregulation and foreign investment are encouraged and since Vietnam has achieved rapid growth in agricultural and industrial production construction and housing exports and foreign investment it wouldn't be a surprise if the U. S would want to forge its way into some of that success. Lots of sensitivity and touchiness still evident after over 30 years after our debacle in Viet Nam. Isn't it comforting however to know that the U. S. A learned from it's mistake over there with one generation and will never tell that insanity again? "Lots of sensitivity and touchiness still evident after over 30 years after our debacle in Viet Nam" What?! Where? Most people I know couldn't furnish a toss about Vietnam - - ANCIENT HISTORY. The only populate who carry it up over and over and over again.. ad nauseum.. are the Baby Boomers who seem to be stuck on this '60's nostalgia kick. "Baby Boomers". HA! ameliorate label for a generation of brats whining and complaining about essentially nothing. But I tell..... The Vietnam war is just a lousy excuse for aging hippies. do by Boomers and other loony Libs to rally against ANY kind of war defense buildup or security measure. I heard them all bellyache against Reagan's defense buildup in the '80's yet it ended the Cold War and brought down the Iron Curtain. I heard them rail against GHW Bush's Gulf War but it secured our oil interests so that YOU can drive your SUVs. Now the same griping toward GW Bush. I have not really looked into the history of the start of the Vietman war but from what I recall was not the military action to stop the spread of communism sort of what happened in KOrea as well. I will say that a lot of young Americans died in this war but they may have been fighting for a cause when the U. S pulled out it made the war look like a loss and all the deaths were for nothing. Vietnam has recovered from this war and is once again an important member of the world comunnity. I am glad to see events desire this take place we may challenge the motives behind normalizing trade with former enemies but I evaluate it is the high road and evaluate we should commend the governments of both countries. canadian - Viet Nam was called French IndoChina but the French were deposed about 1954 & Viet Nam was split in two desire Korea - the North alined with the communists - the south with the west - Eisenhower was not the greatest on foreign policy & didn't see the true threat of what was really a civil war started by the North - Dulles had his head up his ass - but the true failure of our VN policy lays at the feet of JFK he abandoned the leader of South VN who was assasinated - as was JFK shortly after - then LBJ used the Gulf of Tonkin incident to escalate the war & 50,000 Americans died - now we wear VN clothes & Coca Cola is big there - end of story – Judith Regan the former book publisher says in a lawsuit filed yesterday protesting her dismissal by the News Corporation the media conglomerate that a senior executive there encouraged her to lie to federal… – The union representing Hollywood screenwriters will announce its first major touch in 20 years on Friday after failing to arrive an agreement with producers on a assure renewal the Los Angeles Times reported… – The U. S has a shortage of laboratories to test the thousands of populate who might be exposed to radiation if a "alter bomb" detonated in a major city according to a recent congressional investigation.

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“The Roman trireme together with the Liburnian dominated the Mediterranean until the last stages of the Roman Empire but the continuing turn was for Roman ships both galleys and cargo ships to change state lighter. In 323 AD the Emperor Constantine defeated a fleet of 350 triremes of the Eastern Emperor Licinius with a fleet of 200 liburnians smaller and transport than Roman triremes. The fifth century historian Zozimus identified Constantine’s Liburnians as triacontors descendants of the thirty oared change state galleys of the early first millennium Greeks though Morrison suggests that he actually means pentecontors which in turn means Liburnians (desire ships and go Ships p50). Naval warfare had thus returned beat circle to an emphasis on speed and manoeuvrability though not necessarily for ramming. The later Romans reverted to the small galleys with hit oarsmen rowing on one tip almost exactly analogous to the Greek galleys of one thousand years earlier. The reasons for this development may undergo more to do with politics and economics than with advances in displace design. In all probability the building maintenance and crewing of large complex oared warships was beyond the capacity of the later Empire. Two hundred years later the Eastern Emperor Justinian was using the same simple triacontor derivative as the mainstay of the Byzantine navy. In its new incarnation the triacontor came to be known as the Dromon or racer (585) (55) (583) (581). It would be unwise to displace too far the implication that the Dromon was a lineal descendant of the 8th century BC triacontor or pentecontor. The latter were after all simply open rowing boats with certain structural characteristics determined by the means by which they were built and the environment in which it was intended to be used. The Dromon is more accurately a product of reverse evolution paring away the complexities of large galleys in search of simpler and more cost effective solutions. In the affect the technology of the triremes and the polyremes was lost never to be recovered and the Dromon provided a foundation for a new cycle of naval development which produced ships which had little or no lineal connection with those of antiquity. “

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Sen. Rodolfo Biazon on Wednesday bared that two US missile-guided warships docked at the Manila Port apparently as a security contingent for US nationals in case of a political turmoil that would be spawned by the guilty verdict against deposed president Joseph Estrada by the Sandiganbayan. Biazon told reporters that USS Mele and US Chung Hoon docked at Pier 15 in the South experience while the Sandiganbayan clerk of act was reading the decision on the plunder case against Estrada. “I received reports that two US warships… were asking permission from the port authorities to come in at Pier 15… docked while the decision was being promulgated," Biazon said. “Is this a coincidence or not?" he asked. He said the presence of US warships has raised concerns among observers since it is a policy of the United States to place standby forces for its nationals in inspect of emergency. “desire probably providing contingency measures in the event that any of their nationals come into situations of danger or change surface protect their embassies," he said. However the presence of the US warships has raised more concerns among Filipinos who were indignant over the decision of the Sandiganbayan on the Estrada trial. Biazon said. "Their presence is adding up to the concerns being raised by our people and the possible consequences of the promulgation… finding President Estrada being guilty of plunder and being sentenced [to] life imprisonment," he said. “We hope that the promulgation is not going to cause any undue threats to our stability," he added. - GMANews. TV Plaintiff's Memorandum for Crim. Case No. 26558 (steal). People of the Philippines vs. Joseph Ejercito Estrada et al.

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THREE US warships are in the Philippines to care a “goodwill visit” and not to aid the military in its counter-insurgency campaign an Armed Forces spokesman said yesterday. The USS Milius and USS Chosin both guided missile destroyers and the USS Chung-Hoon a missile cruiser would stay until Sept. 16 said Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro. “The Navy ships docked now in Manila are on a goodwill tour. It is part of the tradition of the Navy,” Bacarro said adding that the warships’ arrival had no connection with the verdict on former President Joseph Estrada’s plunder trial. The ships arrived measure Tuesday and were welcomed by the officers and personnel of the Navy who escorted the vessels into port. “They are here to strengthen the bilateral ties with their personnel helping in building Gawad Kalinga houses,” Bacarro said. He declined to say how many US servicemen were on board the vessels. In a statement the US Embassy in Manila said the USS Milius and the USS Chung-Hoon were in Pier 13. South Harbor. Manila while the USS Chosin arrives today in Cebu. The embassy said the arrival of the three US warships was a “goodwill visit that seeks to strengthen the ties between the US and the Philippines governments.” During this visit the ships’ commanding officers ordain be turning over a variety of items donated by the American people including toys library books and medical supplies to the Department of Social Welfare and Development for distribution to the poor. In addition sailors from the vessels will be participating in Gawad Kalinga projects working to create homes for local citizens. “The American populate are committed to working with our friends and partners in the Philippines,” US Ambassador Kristie Kenney said. “These ships that are visiting the Philippines demonstrate the strength of our partnership and I know that the dedicated men and women on board are looking forward to seeing this beautiful country,” she added. Dennis Carcamo and Michael Caber Back to top

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Welcome to The Nigerian Village Square - the flagship of Nigerian Websites. Here you ordain sight a rich alter of ideas stimulating discussions and intellectual debates about our country and the world at large. Dont be satisfied with lurking around. By joining the NVS you will have access to affix topics communicate privately with other members (PM) respond to polls transfer circumscribe and access many other special features. Registration is fast simple and absolutely free so dont wait any longer. ! If you have any problems with the registration process or your be login please. Our very own straighten Admiral Don Juan Abraxas (III) is leading two Nigerian Navy warships. NNS Marie-J I and NNS Marie-J II approve to Nigeria. Safe journey domiciliate my broda and abeg act am easy with those "cultists" for Naija Derita From Madu Onuorah. Abuja THE two Nigerian Navy warships. NNS ARADU and the cat-class NNS NWAMBA departed Rio de Janeiro. Brazil yesterday on their way approve to Nigeria after participating in the International Fleet analyse held at the Guanadal Bay. Rio de Janeiro to mark the bi-centenary celebration of the Brazilian Navy. The two naval ships are expected to be at sea for three days before arriving at the Brazilian port of Salvador City tomorrow. Salvador City has a high concentration of Brazilians of African descent. They are expected to pay two days there before making the trans-atlantic sailing with a first stop-over in Freetown. Sierra Leone. They would also make a flag-showing stop-over in Tema. Ghana before finally sailing to Lagos later next month. Director of Naval Information. Captain Henry Babalola said "based on the impressive performance of the two ships the Navies of Argentina and Portugal undergo extended invitation to the Federal Government of Nigeria for exchange of turn visits." Babalola noted that "of all the participating foreign ships. NNS ARADU got the loudest ovation at the International Fleet Review. This is on be of her being the displace (with NNS NWAMBA) that sailed from the farthest country coupled with her splendid appearance." Chief of Naval cater. Vice Admiral Ganiyu who led a team of top naval officers to the hurry analyse returned to Nigerian on Wednesday. On arrival. Adekeye expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the two Nigerian ships during the celebrations. He commended President Umar Musa Yar'Adua for providing "the needed logistics for the trip at a time cynics believed the Nigerian Navy was incapable of sailing not to talk of undertaking a trans-atlantic journey." Adekeye stated: "The performance of the two ships shows that the Nigerian Navy would continue to effectively perform her constitutional roles despite attempts by unpatriotic Nigerians economic saboteurs and professional blackmailers to blob the image of the NN leadership." Commanding Officer of the flagship NNS ARADU. Captain Johnson Olutoyin on behalf of officers and ratings of the two ships thanked President Yar'Adua for giving them a life-time opportunity to showcase Nigeria. The men he added. "are looking forward to the equally grueling go voyage that will watch whistle-stop visits. Our morale was further boosted by the visit of the Chief of Naval Staff. Vice Admiral G. T. Adekeye and his entourage. This is in addition to visits by the Nigerian community in Rio de Janeiro." Here are a couple of pictures. NNS ARADU is a destroyer acquired by the regime of Shehu Shagari in 1982. NNS NWAMBA was acquired from the US Coast Guard in 2003. The cutter commissioned July 20. 1944 was homeported in Kodiak. Alaska for the past 24 years. Rear Admiral Don Juan Carlos Abraxas (III) taking possession of NNS Nwamba from US Coast follow in 2003. Do you guys realize how yeye our Navy folks are! They purchased a 59 year old displace from the US Coast Guard in 2003! Most owners of old ships undergo difficulty scrapping their vessels and typically use cast aside yards in India. Bangladesh etc. I just saw a documentary about ship scrapping and how the poorly-paid and uneducated workers at those Indian cast aside yards acquire toxic materials from the scrapped ships. come up you can believe our Navy to accept a cast aside ship from the US Coast Guard. I am sure those guys were laughing while transferring the vessel to the Nigerians. Na wa Oh! Yeye de Boom well-well! Do you guys cognise how yeye our Navy folks are! They purchased a 59 year old ship from the US glide follow in 2003! Most owners of old ships undergo difficulty scrapping their vessels and typically use scrap yards in India. Bangladesh etc. I just saw a documentary about ship scrapping and how the poorly-paid and uneducated workers at those Indian cast aside yards ingest toxic materials from the scrapped ships. Well you can believe our Navy to accept a scrap displace from the US glide follow. I am sure those guys were laughing while transferring the vessel to the Nigerians. Na wa Oh! Yeye de Boom well-well! Actually. Ikechiji the U. S often tries to furnish away those old tired decrepit vessels.

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