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2009-04-03 Africa Horn

Mystery "naval vessel" sinks Somali pirate mother ship

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Posted by tu3031 2009-04-03 12:09|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#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|| 2009-04-03 12:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Does Blackwater have a 'navy'?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2009-04-03 13:06|| 2009-04-03 13:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Yargh! It's the Black Pearl mateys.

Capt. Barbossa

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2009-04-03 13:09|| 2009-04-03 13:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Fred's mysterious Ruritanian Naval Flotilla strikes again.

Posted by ed 2009-04-03 13:34|| 2009-04-03 13:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Carnival Cruise line?

Posted by Injun Jutle2612 2009-04-03 14:24|| 2009-04-03 14:24|| Front Page Top

#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">Old Patriot 2009-04-03 14:24|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-04-03 14:24|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-04-03 14:39|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-04-03 15:32|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-04-03 15:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2009-04-03 16:21|| Front Page Top

#11 The ghost ship "Chupacabra". It's jinn-tastic!

Posted by Seafarious 2009-04-03 17:32|| 2009-04-03 17:32|| Front Page Top

#12 You are all wrong

The Flying Dutchman, of course

Posted by European Conservative 2009-04-03 17:53|| 2009-04-03 17:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Kraken

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-04-03 17:54|| 2009-04-03 17:54|| Front Page Top

#14 Here be dragons

Posted by European Conservative 2009-04-03 17:55|| 2009-04-03 17:55|| Front Page Top

#15 What pirates?

(I think I like that strategy. Sink them and move on)

Posted by European Conservative 2009-04-03 18:04|| 2009-04-03 18:04|| Front Page Top

#16 Captain Nemo?

Posted by djh_usmc 2009-04-03 20:57|| 2009-04-03 20:57|| Front Page Top

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