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| Mystery "naval vessel" sinks Somali pirate mother ship |
| 2009-04-03 |
| Q ship? Drink! MOGADISHU (AFP) — At least one Somali pirate was killed and two others wounded after a naval vessel patrolling the Indian Ocean fired on their boat and destroyed their mother ship, witnesses said Thursday. Local fishermen in the pirate den of Harardhere in northern Somalia said the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon, but the naval vessel was unknown. Keep it that way. A pirate killing ghost ship. That'll spook em... "One pirate died and three others were injured after they approached a navy ship. They were given warning signals but they ignored and kept approaching and their mother boat was destroyed," local fisherman Abdullahi Isa Mohamed told AFP. Other residents who confirmed the incident said the men were on board small boats hunting for ships to attack. Should we stop, Mahmoud? Nah. What can they... But the US Navy Fifth Fleet command and the European naval mission off the pirate-infested Somali coast said they had no information regarding the sinking of a pirate mother ship. Ummmmmmm...nope. Must've been that Pirate Killing Ghost Ship we've been hearing about... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #16 Captain Nemo? |
| Posted by: djh_usmc 2009-04-03 20:57 |
| #15 What pirates? (I think I like that strategy. Sink them and move on) |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-04-03 18:04 |
| #14 Here be dragons |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-04-03 17:55 |
| #13 Kraken |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-04-03 17:54 |
| #12 You are all wrong The Flying Dutchman, of course |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-04-03 17:53 |
| #11 The ghost ship "Chupacabra". It's jinn-tastic! |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-04-03 17:32 |
| #10 Yep, it was a Ruritanian frigate. The lilac ostrich feather on the battle pennant is a dead give-away ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-04-03 16:21 |
| #9 Yeah; I hear India's a land of mystery. The UAE is pretty myserious too. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2009-04-03 15:41 |
| #8 Captain Bennerjee of the Indian Navy's Tabar is back on station. He may want another kill |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-04-03 15:32 |
| #7 prob Chinese they the only i ones i can think of that would sink it and not really care what HWR would think Possible. Others might be the Iranians or Kenyans. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-04-03 14:39 |
| #6 Nope, it's the First Battle Fleet of the Austrian Navy under Commodore von Trapp, with help from two destroyers of the Liechtenstein Navy. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-04-03 14:24 |
| #5 Carnival Cruise line? |
| Posted by: Injun Jutle2612 2009-04-03 14:24 |
| #4 Fred's mysterious Ruritanian Naval Flotilla strikes again. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-04-03 13:34 |
| #3 Yargh! It's the Black Pearl mateys. Capt. Barbossa |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2009-04-03 13:09 |
| #2 Does Blackwater have a 'navy'? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-04-03 13:06 |
| #1 prob Chinese they the only i ones i can think of that would sink it and not really care what HWR would think |
| Posted by: Mt Dew addiction 2009-04-03 12:52 |