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2005-09-28 Europe

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Posted by Oztralian [AKA] God Save The World 2005-09-28 04:17|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Who were those masked men?
I dunno, but since they were unarmed, the French kicked ass.

Posted by tu3031 2005-09-28 08:40|| 2005-09-28 08:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Nice work, French commandos.

But my head is spinning as I reason thru the pirates' justifications for seizing the ship.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-09-28 08:48|| 2005-09-28 08:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Gee, sure shows the Socialist solidarity with organized labor don't it?

One helluva way to break a strike.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2005-09-28 09:24|| 2005-09-28 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Pascal Paoli

Wonder if they seized it because of the name.... isn't that the Corsican patriot from pre-bonpartist times?

Posted by Chuper Whegum3442 2005-09-28 09:40|| 2005-09-28 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Yep it is that Paoli, I don't understand how a French company, furthermore owned by the state can have one of its ships bear Poli's name. And please avoid making fun of the French GIGN (Gendramerie's SWAT units). They are good. BTW it was them who stormed the plane that terrorists planned to crash upon the Eiffel Tower

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-09-28 11:28|| 2005-09-28 11:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Pascal Paoli is a "Ro-Ro" ship of 37,500 GWT (577' long x 98' beam x 21' draft) that carries 622 passengers and 135 automobiles.

10 minutes to secure a vessel that size when you don't know whether or not the bad guys are armed sounds like pretty efficient work to me.

Posted by Mike 2005-09-28 11:38|| 2005-09-28 11:38|| Front Page Top

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