Posted on 11/12/2008 12:59:23 PM PST by Mercia
Pirates caught redhanded by one of Her Majestys warships after trying to hijack a cargo ship off Somalia made the grave mistake of opening fire on two Royal Navy assault craft packed with commandos armed with machineguns and SA80 rifles.
In the ensuing gunfight, two Somali pirates in a Yemeni-registered fishing dhow were killed, and a third pirate, believed to be a Yemeni, suffered injuries and subsequently died. It was the first time the Royal Navy had been engaged in a fatal shoot-out on the high seas in living memory.
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I lived in NW London for a bit 20 years ago.
love Britain.
from whence we came....and the better for it
ditto, the rest of the world too from what I’ve witnessed first hand
Obama isnt a Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was a man who believed is protecting the republic, and believed in supporting those who supported us. Obama can never hold a candle to Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson also was not a fellow Muslim.
Very True
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