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by Metroid » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:25 pm
Seriously?
NAIROBI (AFP) – Somali pirates attempted to storm the French navy's 18,000 tonne flagship in the Indian Ocean after mistaking it for a cargo vessel, the French military said on Wednesday.
The crew of La Somme, a 160-metre (525-foot) command vessel and fuel tanker, easily saw off the brazen night-time assault by lightly armed fighters on two lightweight skiffs and captured five pirates, a spokesman said.
"The pirates, who because of the darkness took the French ship for a commercial vessel, were on board two vessels and opened fire with Kalashnikovs," Admiral Christophe Prazuck said in Paris.
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by thedude » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:07 pm
To be fair (according to
wikipedia) the ship is a support ship. It was just an honest mistake.
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by Metroid » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:10 pm
thedude wrote:To be fair (according to
wikipedia) the ship is a support ship. It was just an honest mistake.
True, and they are French...not very threatening.
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