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wakeboarderdave1
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 Posted: Apr 01, 2010 6:29 am Post subject: Silly Pirates |
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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/01/u-s-warship-captures-suspected-pirate-mother-ship/?hpt=T1
| Quote: | A U.S. warship sank a pirate skiff and captured a pirate mother ship in the Indian Ocean on Thursday, according to a statement from U.S. Naval Forces Africa.
The frigate USS Nicholas came under fire from a pirate vessel shortly after midnight in international waters west of the Seychelles, according to a U.S. military statement.
The Nicholas returned fire and pursued the skiff as it fled, capturing it about 90 minutes later. Three suspected pirates aboard the skiff were taken into custody, along with two others aboard a suspected pirate mother ship that was nearby. |
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ontrider
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| Posted: Apr 01, 2010 6:51 am Post subject: |
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| Seems logical... we'll just capture this warship and it will be easier to get all the cargo ships after that. |
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Lop
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| Posted: Apr 01, 2010 8:52 am Post subject: |
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Headline should read "Somali Pirates ill-planned April's Fools day joke goes awry"
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ChrisG
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| Posted: Apr 01, 2010 10:38 am Post subject: |
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Why the hell do you fire on a US Naval ship?   |
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lawdog2131
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| Posted: Apr 01, 2010 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Why the hell do you fire on a US Naval ship?
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Your balls are bigger than your brains. |
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Swass
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| Posted: Apr 01, 2010 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Most criminals aren't too bright. It was the middle of the night; they probably didn't even know they were attacking a warship. |
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NKCrider
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| Posted: Apr 01, 2010 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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did they get close enough to the ship to even do any real damage with small arms fire?
i thought they had an exclusion zone of like 1/4 mi. or something
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