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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons) on May 05, 2009, 01:34:38 PM
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6218274.ece
From Times OnlineMay 4, 2009
Doh! Pirates captured after attacking the wrong ship
(afp)
Pirate boat is 'cleaned' after capture by French navy
Anne Barrowclough
From a distance the large ship on the horizon looked like the perfect target, ripe for a successful spot of piracy.
But as the Somali pirates sped toward the vessel sailing near the Seychelles, they were horrified to see two boats and a helicopter set off from their target and launch their own counter-attack.
They had failed to spot, in the dazzling sun, that the 'merchant ship' they thought they were intercepting was, in fact, a French naval ship bristling with cannons, radar technology and armed commandos.
When the three pirate boats were spotted heading toward them the frigate Nivose, one of the ships patrolling the region as part of the European Union anti-piracy mission Atalanta, headed into the sun to camouflage its true identity before turning to confront its attackers.
The helicopter fired two warning shots to stop the three boats from fleeing and within minutes the 11 pirates had surrendered. happy001
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happ096
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Zut! Shrugs:
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alors
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I wonder what Somali for "Oh Shit!" is whistle:
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I wonder what Somali for "Oh Shit!" is whistle:
"American"
It is the same in many languages.