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Al Qaeda group in India on first mission attacks wrong ship
Daily News ^ | Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 | David Harding

Posted on 09/13/2014 12:49:34 PM PDT by wtd

Al Qaeda group in India on first mission attacks wrong ship

The group tried to storm an American aircraft carrier, but attacked a Pakistan navy frigate by mistake in a failed effort that left three terrorists dead and seven arrested.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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1 posted on 09/13/2014 12:49:35 PM PDT by wtd
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To: wtd

(Note to self: rethink plans to storm American aircraft carriers.)


2 posted on 09/13/2014 12:50:55 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: wtd

Doh!


3 posted on 09/13/2014 12:52:57 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: wtd
Obviously they have never seen an aircraft carrier (even in a picture) if they could mistake a frigate for an aircraft carrier.

Of course walking by an aircraft carrier you might mistake it for a very large building.

An aircraft carrier could use a frigate for a life boat.

4 posted on 09/13/2014 12:55:48 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: coloradan

I’m trying to envision how one would go about “storming an aircraft carrier.”


5 posted on 09/13/2014 12:56:38 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: Sherman Logan

Abdul: Alahu Akbar!Kill!Kill!Kill!Kill the infidels!
Mustafa: Wait a second...this isn’t an Aircraft Carrier!
Abdul: Say what?
Mustafa: and not only that, it belongs to our allies!
Abdul: Frigate!


6 posted on 09/13/2014 1:00:02 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Sherman Logan
compare frigate to aircraft carrier (image)
7 posted on 09/13/2014 1:00:45 PM PDT by wtd
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To: wtd

Wow, the USS Carl Vinson .. great picture.


8 posted on 09/13/2014 1:09:19 PM PDT by CyberAnt (True the Vote: " MY AMERICA, ... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: Pontiac
Obviously they have never seen an aircraft carrier (even in a picture) if they could mistake a frigate for an aircraft carrier.

Seeing as how most of these jihadis have never even seen toilet paper, it's not hard to imagine that they would have made such a mistake.

9 posted on 09/13/2014 1:15:05 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: wtd

...and so they said, “Frigate! Ships is ships...”


10 posted on 09/13/2014 1:16:24 PM PDT by RichInOC ("In the name of Allah, The Inexorable, The Irresistible...")
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To: left that other site

Mustafa: Yeah—FRIGATE about it!


11 posted on 09/13/2014 1:19:19 PM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!)
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LOL.


12 posted on 09/13/2014 1:19:54 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: wtd

attacking the wrong ship... they could get jobs as local SWAT officers...


13 posted on 09/13/2014 1:22:11 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat they sh#t on.)
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... local SWAT won’t hire them.
They prefer shooting dogs to eating them.


14 posted on 09/13/2014 1:30:09 PM PDT by Sparklite
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To: Zeppo
Seeing as how most of these jihadis have never even seen toilet paper, it's not hard to imagine that they would have made such a mistake.

Perhaps you’re right. But if I intend to attack something I would do a little research or reconnaissance. I would want to know something about my target. At the very least I would want to know where it is and what it looks like.

I realize these guys were on a suicide mission but knowing that I would think they would want at least some chance of success if they were going to give up their lives.

If you attack a military target in blind ignorance you chance of success is very low.

15 posted on 09/13/2014 1:30:19 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: wtd

Impossible. Al qaeda is on the run. You all heard obama say so.


16 posted on 09/13/2014 1:31:24 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: Sherman Logan

I’m trying to envision how one would go about “storming an aircraft carrier.”

Perhaps straight up the gang plank. So that classic order “Prepare to repel boarders!” shouldn’t be retired just yet.


17 posted on 09/13/2014 1:32:17 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: wtd
But at least it resulted in three dead idiots and seven more derailed for a while.

I'm thinking we should tie up half a dozen jon boats at a dock in India, then hang signs on them saying "Poorly defended American aircraft carrier." Then when the wackjobs go all Allah Akbar, we can shoot them like clay pigeons.

18 posted on 09/13/2014 1:32:35 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Pontiac
Of course walking by an aircraft carrier you might mistake it for a very large building.

Or a city with 3 times the population of the one I grew up in.......LOL!

19 posted on 09/13/2014 1:34:56 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz bro......)
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To: wtd

Newbies ?


20 posted on 09/13/2014 1:35:55 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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