Posted on 11/12/2008 12:59:23 PM PST by Mercia
Pirates caught redhanded by one of Her Majesty’s 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
The Falklands?
So were the Barbary Pirates. In both cases it is Islam. This time around, I don’t expect the USA to bail everyone out.
I’m sure the EU has lawyers on-board all those English ships to make sure they protect those pirates human rights ...
I suggest you Google up some facts on the Falklands War.
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Obama isn’t 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
I'd have loved to see the faces on the islamoscum when the Brits opened up on them.
"Stand by to repel boarders!!"
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Billions for entitlements, but not one cent for defense.
“I think they are trying to make up for the last encounter with 4 Iranians in a row boat. That time they all surrendered and sold out their country on TV at the first opportunity.”
Short memory on the part of the author of this article ...
Iranian Vessels Seize 15 British Navy Personnel in Iraqi Waters
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,260583,00.html
I like the pictures of your garden...I hope to be out of the city sonn so that I may plant one of my own.
A good start for the Brits. Now let's let others have a go at things and rather than landing the pirate for civil court trials, put them in the brig of a ship of the line of a nation that still allows the death penalty and have a maritime law court try and execute them for piracy on the high seas.
They used handguns and rifles on board ship? I thought is was missiles, guns, torpedoes, and larger machine guns at sea. I guess I’m getting old.
Even better — Britain still has one survivor of the Battle of Jutland:
Henry William Allingham
No need to shout -- especially when you're wrong.
You learn something all the time. I hadn't known shoot-out was a naval term.
Thanks. This was the second year I had a garden. I was some what like you, but not city bound, just never had the opportunity for a garden. There is a member here that is a Master Gardner, Diana in Wisconsin. There are a lot of other very knowledgeable gardeners here on FR. Hope you make to somewhere to plant your own.
Looks like the Royal Navy will have to report to cultural tolerance class.
The Battle of Jutland (1916), the Ajax, Achilles and Exeter going after the Graf Spee off of Montevideo, Uruguay in 1939, the Bismarck in 1940? That recent spot of bother called World War Two? I seem to remember the Royal Navy being peripherally involved in that unpleasantness.
Read the whole piece...They were British commandos in an assault boat...
Commandos= SAS, SBS in UK
Commandos= SEALs, DELTA, Army Special Forces, Marine Recon in USA
There is plenty of opportunities for small arms engagements at sea with these forces...
The pirates are gay?
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