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| Thousands of Dolphins Block Somali Pirates |
| 2009-04-14 |
| Check out the picture at the link BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Thousands of dolphins blocked the suspected Somali pirate ships when they were trying to attack Chinese merchant ships passing the Gulf of Aden, the China Radio International reported on Monday. The Chinese merchant ships escorted by a China's fleet sailed on the Gulf of Aden when they met some suspected pirate ships. Thousands of dolphins suddenly leaped out of water between pirates and merchants when the pirate ships headed for the China's. The suspected pirates ships stopped and then turned away. The pirates could only lament their littleness befor the vast number of dolphins. The spectacular scene continued for a while. China initiated its three-ship escort task force on Dec. 26 last year after the United Nations Security Council called on countries to patrol gulf and waters off Somalia, one of the world's busiest marine routes, where surging piracy endangered intercontinental shipping. China's first fleet has escorted 206 vessels, including 29 foreign merchant vessels, and successfully rescued three foreign merchant ships from pirate attacks. About 20 percent of Chinese merchant ships passing through the waters off Somalia were attacked by pirates from January to November in 2008, before the task force was deployed. A total of seven ships, either owned by China or carrying Chinese cargo and crew, were hijacked. Tianyu No. 8, a Chinese fishing vessel with 16 Chinese and eight foreign sailors aboard, was captured by Somali pirates on Nov. 14 and released in early February. The second fleet of Chinese escort ships arrived at the Gulf of Aden on Monday to replace the first fleet. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #20 #15 - lol! |
| Posted by: Gluting Fillmore6653 2009-04-14 23:55 |
| #19 A miracle! Obama commanded the sea to fall and it revealed the anti-pirate porpoises! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles the flatulent 2009-04-14 22:43 |
| #18 Halliburton has a Dolphin Division? Flipper, you magnificent bastartd! |
| Posted by: Kofi Flomotch5556 2009-04-14 21:25 |
| #17 Captain Throtle, the sly and wily Chinese have cropped the picture so that The One's herd of unicorns can't be seen leading the pod of dolphins. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-04-14 20:11 |
| #16 A Miracle of Aden? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-04-14 16:50 |
| #15 Dolphins with friking lasers attached to their heads. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-04-14 15:38 |
| #14 Dolphins. Why do they hate us? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-04-14 15:37 |
| #13 I smell something fishing. I'm not sure I can believe that pirates wouldn't simple go through the dolphins. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-04-14 14:57 |
| #12 Day of the Dolphin II: This Time, It's Personal! starring Jackie Chan. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-04-14 13:29 |
| #11 It appears Dark Lord Cheney has had the Hunter/Killer dolphins moved from New Orleans. Can't wait for Sy Hersh's inside story in Press TV Iran... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-04-14 13:26 |
| #10 But did they have lasers on their foreheads? ;-) I do seem to recall that the Navy has been working with dolphins and porpoises for quite some time. |
| Posted by: trailing wife in Buffalo 2009-04-14 13:17 |
| #9 Perhaps Apollo has awoken and, fresh from guiding the bows of SEALs, continues his protection. The sea-mohommatons should take heed in angering this God. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-04-14 12:59 |
| #8 Will the One be taking credit for this piracy success story as well? |
| Posted by: Captain Throtle7951 2009-04-14 12:12 |
| #7 "The pirates could only lament their littleness before the vast number of dolphins." I see they've programmed the style of the "running dogs of capitalism" penman! Good for them. Lamentable littleness is a cute turn of phrase. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-04-14 12:04 |
| #6 If there are that many dolphins there must be fish. So much for the Somali claim that those waters have been fished out. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-04-14 11:39 |
| #5 So is dolphin fishing tuna safe? Inquiring minds and all . . . . |
| Posted by: GORT 2009-04-14 11:31 |
| #4 Have the CIA trained the dolphins to attack pirates yet?LOL |
| Posted by: Paul2 2009-04-14 11:31 |
| #3 Chicken Fried Dolphin and Steamed Shrimp. Surf and Surf. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-04-14 11:03 |
| #2 I think AP and Deacon could dream up some better recipes than soup.... heh.... whale (Dolphin) meat ... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-04-14 10:45 |
| #1 and were later turned into soup by the enterprising Chinese sailors |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-04-14 10:35 |