Yeah, that's an easy cargo ship, the owners obviously don't care about it that much, they left it primer painted instead of a nice red/black like most other merchant ships. Even better, look at all the rails we can use to climb on board!
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| US Navy holds 6 suspected pirates after battle |
| 2010-04-10 |
| The U.S. Navy is holding six suspected pirates after a sea battle off the Horn of Africa. It's the third U.S. Navy encounter with pirates in the past 10 days in the violence-plagued waters off Somalia and nearby regions. At least 21 suspected pirates have been captured. The U.S. Navy says suspected pirates began shooting at the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland Saturday, about 380 miles off Djibouti, a small nation facing Yemen across the mouth of the Red Sea. Try shooting back with larger caliber weapons next time. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #10 Just sink the fuckers and be done with it. If they didn't bring life jackets, insha'Allah. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-04-10 16:44 |
| #9 I suspect the pirates' handlers don't spend a lot of time on ship-recognition before they send them out. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-04-10 13:10 |
| #8 Hey Abdul, you sure we should attack this ship? Yeah, that's an easy cargo ship, the owners obviously don't care about it that much, they left it primer painted instead of a nice red/black like most other merchant ships. Even better, look at all the rails we can use to climb on board! |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-04-10 12:28 |
| #7 The U.S. Navy says suspected pirates began shooting at the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland Saturday That they are alive is an indictment of naval marksmanship. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-04-10 12:17 |
| #6 Frank wins the coveted 'snark of the day' award! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-04-10 10:58 |
| #5 "look, the back is open, we can pull up right there" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-04-10 10:55 |
| #4 They attacked an LPD? The haze grey paint didn't tip them off that this wasn't a very very large fishing boat? |
| Posted by: john frum 2010-04-10 10:49 |
| #3 The Somalis need to work on their ship recognition skills. Helicopters or landing pads: bad juju. A few hundred Marines on board: pirate career limiting move. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-04-10 09:52 |
| #2 Put them in a recliner and give them a beer and a cigarette. That'll show them. Another one of the benefits of being an illegal combatant and a non-citizen. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-04-10 09:44 |
| #1 To be given compensation, a stipend, and houses in Minneapolis? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-04-10 09:18 |