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Somali Pirates Take A US Flag Ship.... Arrrr... Not So Fast! - Paul F. - 04-08-2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_re_af/piracy_32
Looking like MAYBE the US Freighter crew took the ship back, and captured a Somali Pirate...
Be interesting to see how this story develops.
(Personally, I'd be happy if the ship returned to port with a looooonnggg bloody streak across the keel in the shape of the captured pirate... and no pesky carcass to release because the US crew "violated his civil rights"...).
Re: Somali Pirates Take A US Flag Ship.... Arrrr... Not So Fast! - decay - 04-08-2009
keelhaul 'im!
Re: Somali Pirates Take A US Flag Ship.... Arrrr... Not So Fast! - Racer X - 04-08-2009
hang their bloody headless corpses from the yardarms as they come into port. maybe some nice video shots from overhead news copters with a nice zoom in. Maybe the US Navy can facilitate with a Seahawk or something.
Pirates are pirates. 1709 or 2009, makes no difference to me. Maritime law is still different from the Geneva Convention AFAIK.
Re: Somali Pirates Take A US Flag Ship.... Arrrr... Not So Fast! - Blankity Blank - 04-08-2009
Paul F. wrote: (Personally, I'd be happy if the ship returned to port with a looooonnggg bloody streak across the keel in the shape of the captured pirate... and no pesky carcass to release because the US crew "violated his civil rights"...).Normally I would be shocked, SHOCKED and APPALLED I say, at that kind of talk. But, hey, being a pirate is dangerous work. He should have known that when he took the job.
Re: Somali Pirates Take A US Flag Ship.... Arrrr... Not So Fast! - decay - 04-08-2009
does anyone have a nice PIRATE pic they can post? :devil:
Re: Somali Pirates Take A US Flag Ship.... Arrrr... Not So Fast! - Don Kiyoti - 04-08-2009
The news report I read said that some of the pirates were "in the water.' Throw 'em overboard! Works for me.
Re: Somali Pirates Take A US Flag Ship.... Arrrr... Not So Fast! - Will Collier - 04-08-2009
These clowns actually tried to hijack a ship called the Maersk Alabama? Yeah, poor choice of target there, pirates. The average household in Alabama is better armed than the entire populace of Somalia.
(Note: I'm originally from Alabama.)
Re: Somali Pirates Take A US Flag Ship.... Arrrr... Not So Fast! - Racer X - 04-08-2009
"The average household in Alabama is better armed than the entire populace of Somalia."
Really? tell it to the guys in Blackhawk Down. Those guys were better armed than the Knob Creek shoot.
Re: Somali Pirates Take A US Flag Ship.... Arrrr... Not So Fast! - Paul F. - 04-08-2009
Somali Pirate: (empties 2 30 round AK magazines, hits nothing... goes to reload)
Alabama Shooter: ( Fires two rounds... two Somali Pirates brains come out and make an icky spot on the deck).
It ain't the arrow, it's the indian.
Re: Somali Pirates Take A US Flag Ship.... Arrrr... Not So Fast! - Racer X - 04-08-2009
They are usually more accurate using the AKs as a club........ But 5K rounds, eventually someone is going to be hit.