Posted on 06/02/2007 7:39:04 PM PDT by SmithL
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- A Danish cargo ship with five crew was hijacked off Somalia's coast, the owner said Saturday, citing a report by the French navy.
The Danica White was on its way to the Kenyan port of Mombasa from Dubai when it was seized by pirates Saturday or late Friday, Jorgen Folmer, a spokesman for Danish shipping company H. Folmer & Co. said.
He said a French naval vessel in the area had confirmed the ship was hijacked but was unable to intervene because it could not enter Somali waters.
"They cannot do anything right now,"
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Let me guess … ROP at work again.
Europeans and Americans need to stick together if we are to survive. French! sigh
NO, NO, NO.
It’s the Amish...
Ruh Ro
Wasn't an American destroyer inside Somali waters the other day for gunnery training?
Those darned Amish … scourge of the world. ;-)
The Barbary pirates....again?
Being European, they probably had no weapons on board. Bad move.
The Barbary pirates again.
>>He said a French naval vessel in the area had confirmed the ship was hijacked but was unable to intervene because it could not enter Somali waters.
>>”They cannot do anything right now,”
And just exactly *what* was the Somali Navy and Air Force going to do to the French, if they did intervene? A dhow with a 14.5mm HMG and a Cessna aren’t doing much.
The European Union thing sure is great for mutual defense, isn’t it?
LOL! Bingo!
I betcha Jefferson, Adams or Hamilton would solve the problem.
They need to declare anything beyond 3miles offshore of Somalia a free fire zone. If it floats , light it up.
Pirates targeting ships not calling at Somalia
15 May 2007
Heavily armed pirates are subjecting vessels to violent attacks while in international waters
The attacks have been targeted towards vessels not calling at Somalia.
Vessels, not calling at Somalia, are advised to steer at least 200 NM clear of Somali waters at all times.
http://www.icc-ccs.org/main/piracy_al.php?newsid=18
Piracy has been a favorite activity of Muslims for more than a thousand years.
I’m disappointed in the French, although maybe Sarkozy hasn’t yet had time to change the ROE on things like this.
What’s with this European Union thingy? They can’t seem to be bothered to defend each other or even to protest when someone kidnaps a member of the EU. When those British sailors were taken, the EU just shrugged and ignored the whole business.
sink the buggers....
I thought the French are participating in WoT Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa?
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