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Somali pirates attack French flagship

Published on 7 October 2009 - 3:53pm
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Pirates attacked a French naval vessel off the coast of Somalia last night, mistaking it for a cargo ship. Two speedboats drew alongside the command and supply ship for French military forces in the region and opened fire with automatic weapons.

 

The pirates attempted to escape when they realised the ship was heavily armed, but one of their boats was captured by French forces. The five pirates had thrown their guns overboard and were arrested.

 

 

 

 

 

 

photo: naval ship: Flickr / pbmurray654

  • naval ship: Flickr / pbmurray654

Discussion

Anonymous 18 December 2009 - 4:20pm / Someland

How would different frigates will respond on a Somalese pirate attack:

1. American
Fast counterattack wich will kill all the pirates, the fishes around the ship, the reef on the ocean floor, the relatives of the pirates, the villages of their relatives, in fact will destroy Somalia and place a KFC on the burned land.

2. UK
Slow counterattack followed by a martial court and a short walk on the plank. On the other side is a shoe factory in Surinam where they'll spend all life doing Nike shoes.

3. German
The Somali pirates would not understand what happened so we will not explain here.

4. French
Surrender to the pirates. The french marines will then enlist the pirates and surrender to German frigates.

5. Japanese
Pirates will be quickly neutralized and then moved around the Ocean and used as photo backgrounds for Japanese tourists

6. Romanian
What Romanian frigate?

7. Greek
Capture. YMCA all night. Transform the pirates into white, fat boys and marry them.

8. Australian
The Aussie frigate will attack first and loot the pirates.

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