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2013-09-19 Africa Horn

Saudis donating $300K to help end piracy in Somalia

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Posted by Steve White 2013-09-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Hardly a significant amount or their is a mistake in the editing.

Posted by Beldar Tingle 2013-09-19 01:29|| 2013-09-19 01:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Shiver me timbers! $ 300 Thousand Doubloons Arab Booty...

Talk Like A Pirate Day is on Thursday, September 19, 2013 - Thats Today !

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Posted by Au Auric 2013-09-19 09:11|| 2013-09-19 09:11|| Front Page Top

#3 US Air Force blows up this tiny pirate boat with a 2,000-pound smart bomb.

Recent WP Blog article on meeting "pirates" with the force of "cold war" weapons.

"the term 'using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut' springs to mind."

Posted by Au Auric 2013-09-19 09:44|| 2013-09-19 09:44|| Front Page Top

#4 ...anyone check to see if on the annual training requirements was the line item to drop a bomb? Maybe getting a twofor here. Or getting rid of ordnance before its expiration date, a threefor.

BTW a 2000 pound 'smart' bomb or a dumb bomb with 'smart' attachments? Remember we're dealing with LSM who can't tell a shotgun from an AR-15.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-09-19 10:43|| 2013-09-19 10:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Somebody had to give up their new Lamborgini.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-09-19 11:50|| 2013-09-19 11:50|| Front Page Top

#6 The bomb, painted blue, is a dummy. No HE but functioning guidance system. It was weps capability demo at a range in the Gulf of Mexico.

Impressive.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2013-09-19 15:40|| 2013-09-19 15:40|| Front Page Top

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