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2009-04-29 Africa Horn

Somali pirates getting more sophisticated; cruise ship captain a heel

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Posted by gromky 2009-04-29 04:37|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 the satellite phone on the bridge rang. "You have been attacked, you need help," a man said in broken English. "Give us your coordinates and we will come to you."

The Somali ~~pirate~~ dirtbag version of a Windoze popup ad alerting me to a virus in my 'puter and offering to scan my system and install security software.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-04-29 10:09|| 2009-04-29 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 The German magazine, Der Spiegel. Is that the one that's ever so fond of America and Israel?

Posted by trailing wife 2009-04-29 12:54|| 2009-04-29 12:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Sefarious _ that's actually not an ad. If you click on the "install" it loads a nasty to your PC.

Posted by Slereting Bucket8056 2009-04-29 14:39|| 2009-04-29 14:39|| Front Page Top

#4 For the curious of mind, the phone system is run by INMARSAT. You can go to http://www.inmarsat.com and check out the ship directory to find the phone numbers.

Posted by Dreadnought 2009-04-29 16:15|| 2009-04-29 16:15|| Front Page Top

#5 SB8056 - Exactly. And that wasn't an offer of assistance either, that was a nasty attempting to load itself onto the cruise ship.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-04-29 16:17|| 2009-04-29 16:17|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 For the curious of mind, the phone system is run by INMARSAT. You can go to http://www.inmarsat.com and check out the ship directory to find the phone numbers.
Posted by Dreadnought 2009-04-29 16:15||

Hopefully, some forwarding leaning folks at Fort Meade are doing just that. If not, why not?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-04-29 16:45|| 2009-04-29 16:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Screw it. It's time for a bombing run.

Posted by Icerigger 2009-04-29 19:57|| 2009-04-29 19:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Its called a BULKHEAD = HULL, which could effectively mask small-caliber gunfire as seemingly "normal" ship engine/oper sounds. DOESN'T EXCUSE THE BOYZ ON LOOKOUT WATCH, THOUGH. The good CAPT may be being PC becuz a board of inquiry, ship's owners, etc. could still blame him as El CAPITANO for NOT HAVING RELIABLE OR PROPERLY TRAINED MEN ON WATCH, IN THESE "TRUUUBLED TYMES".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-04-29 22:44|| 2009-04-29 22:44|| Front Page Top

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