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Cruise ship fends off pirate attack with gunfire
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| 04/26/09
| RUKMINI CALLIMACHI AND NICOLE WINFIELD
Posted on 04/28/2009 9:55:47 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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But analysts say the unprecedented use of weapons by the ship's security force could make things worse in the pirate-infested waters off the Horn of Africa.....
Well yeah!...for the pirates!
To: AngelesCrestHighway
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posted on
04/28/2009 9:57:14 AM PDT
by
bgill
(The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Why does an Italian cruise ship have Israeli security?
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posted on
04/28/2009 9:57:14 AM PDT
by
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
private Israeli security forces aboard the MSC Cruises ocean liner Interesting.
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posted on
04/28/2009 9:58:39 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Right on...take that you ‘freedom fighters’.
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posted on
04/28/2009 9:58:54 AM PDT
by
lesko
To: AngelesCrestHighway
The pirates attack with rocket launchers, and the Israeli security force defends with pistols and water hoses?!
Surely the world can mount a more vigorous defense than that and discourage this plague of piracy.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:00:49 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Pistols and a water hose? Damn.....I guess it is a start.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:01:14 AM PDT
by
mosaicwolf
(Strength and Honor)
To: DannyTN
The pirates attack with rocket launchers, and the Israeli security force defends with pistols and water hoses?! Line up those hoses to a fuel header and then drop some magnesium flares....go a little medieval.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:03:04 AM PDT
by
AreaMan
To: mosaicwolf
It was apparently sufficient ... but it strikes me as a bit marginal.
7.62mm rifles and 12 ga shotguns would seem more appropriate.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:03:51 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: mosaicwolf
The freakin’ pirates use rocket launched grenades. Ships in the area should use them as well. Or better. A nice .50 would come in handy, too.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:03:55 AM PDT
by
jdsteel
(CONGRESS: Take it again in twenty ten.)
To: mosaicwolf
The freakin’ pirates use rocket launched grenades. Ships in the area should use them as well. Or better. A nice .50 would come in handy, too.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:03:57 AM PDT
by
jdsteel
(CONGRESS: Take it again in twenty ten.)
To: AreaMan
>Line up those hoses to a fuel header and then drop some magnesium flares....go a little medieval.
Good idea.
Of course, I think Phosphorus or Sodium cored bullets would be pretty effective, interesting, and awesome.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:05:36 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Time for a Soldiers of FoRTune cruise or what?
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:07:26 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: OneWingedShark
Of course, I think Phosphorus or Sodium cored bullets would be pretty effective, interesting, and awesome.True, but sometimes you just gotta go with what you have on hand. If you don't have magnesium flares you can just go to the "rag in a bottle of Bacardi 151" route.
But it seems a shame to waste good booze on criminals.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:08:13 AM PDT
by
AreaMan
To: DannyTN
Dang, how ‘bout a good ole M-60 mounted on the ships rail?
A Barrett .50 cal, anything bigger, badder more whallop than an Israeli 9mm???
(Before you flame me, I carry either 9MM or .45. Comfortable with both as CCW.)
Semper Fi, USMC....”Prepare to repel boarders!)
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:10:31 AM PDT
by
Tahoe3002
(Politicians = Proof Positive that Crime does Pay.)
To: ontap
Why do they have Israeli security on an Italian cruise ship?
Here’s the answer from the article:
Pellegrino said MSC Cruises had Israeli private security forces on all their ships because they were the best.
To: ontap
Because they were hired by MSC to protect the vessel.
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Handguns? Why not rifles????
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:14:46 AM PDT
by
2harddrive
(...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
To: ontap
Why does an Italian cruise ship have Israeli security? For the same reason Israeli cruise ships have Italian chefs.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:16:31 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The age of 0bama: the transient ischemic delusions of adequacy decade.)
To: AreaMan
no no no.. you drink the bacardi, then fill the empty bottle with diesel and oil- easily found in the engine room- then molotov it.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:17:07 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
(thank God for Chicago: makes Detroit look wholesome by comparison.)
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