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 Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:28 pm Post subject: DUMB pirates |
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Wed Oct 7, 11:10 am ET
NAIROBI (AFP) – Somali pirates attempted to storm the French navy's 18,000 tonne flagship in the Indian Ocean after mistaking it for a cargo vessel, the French military said on Wednesday.
The crew of La Somme, a 160-metre (525-foot) command vessel and fuel tanker, easily saw off the brazen night-time assault by lightly armed fighters on two lightweight skiffs and captured five pirates, a spokesman said.
"The pirates, who because of the darkness took the French ship for a commercial vessel, were on board two vessels and opened fire with Kalashnikovs," Admiral Christophe Prazuck said in Paris.
La Somme is the French command vessel in the Indian Ocean, overseeing French air, sea and land forces fighting Somali pirates and hunting terrorists under the banner of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom.
Maybe the pirates just thought the French would surrender as they always do!
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phonyfeminazi
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: DUMB pirates |
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| SSSS wrote: | Wed Oct 7, 11:10 am ET
NAIROBI (AFP) – Somali pirates attempted to storm the French navy's 18,000 tonne flagship in the Indian Ocean after mistaking it for a cargo vessel, the French military said on Wednesday.
The crew of La Somme, a 160-metre (525-foot) command vessel and fuel tanker, easily saw off the brazen night-time assault by lightly armed fighters on two lightweight skiffs and captured five pirates, a spokesman said.
"The pirates, who because of the darkness took the French ship for a commercial vessel, were on board two vessels and opened fire with Kalashnikovs," Admiral Christophe Prazuck said in Paris.
La Somme is the French command vessel in the Indian Ocean, overseeing French air, sea and land forces fighting Somali pirates and hunting terrorists under the banner of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom.
Maybe the pirates just thought the French would surrender as they always do! |
ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh, a low blow.....
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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The French, elated, celebrate their first military victory since the French revolution, when they won by virtue of the fact that they fought themselves. Before that, the French had the longest losing streak in competitive history.
The Pirates, on the other hand, were solemn, stating, "we thought that since we sucked so bad at baseball, we'd try our hand at something else. Turns out we just suck, period."
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| Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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 Yeah I guess anyone named Pirate just cannot win!
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