We have SEALs and SF in Djibouti, along with French SF. IMHO, this might have been a deliberate “Q ship” op, using a heavily armed ship that gave an outward appearance of being a merchie.
I’m not saying they sent the ship there for that purpose, but perhaps it was in transit anyway, and some clever frogman thought.....hmmmm....lets hunt over some bait.
Navy ships are colored differently from commercial ships. Then again, the Somalis might not know that.
Hope they nail em good versus just warding em off with warning shots. Kill em.....When Abu doesn’t come back for dinner then others will get the message off CNN International !
Half dozen GAU 19’s or Oerlikon 20MM’s will suffice or a low tech Barrett 82A1 sniper team with a CCT team calling in CAS on em !
I’m not saying they sent the ship there for that purpose, but perhaps it was in transit anyway, and some clever frogman thought.....hmmmm....lets hunt over some bait.
Somebody else missed a dandy opportunity!
Mahmud! Hassan! Look my brothers, the infidels are removing the coverings from their tractors....AIIIIEEEE!
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