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Dramatic Footage Captures A Deadly Firefight Between American Mercenaries And Somali Pirates
Daily Mail ^ | 4-22-2017 | Rod Ardehali

Posted on 04/22/2017 5:06:08 PM PDT by blam

•Somali pirates tried to hijack a cargo ship attacking the vessel in speedboats
•Private security contractors hired to protect the cargo began shooting at them
•The guards saw off the pirates firing dozens of rounds from sub-machine guns
•Dramatic footage captures the furious gunfight between the two boats
•Attack thought to have happened in 2012 but reemerged after hijacking in March

Dramatic footage of a private security team engaging in a fire fight with Somali pirates trying to hijack a cargo ship has emerged online.

A speedboat can be seen hurtling towards the vessel as a private security contractor wielding a sub-machine gun begins to take aim.

One guard begins by firing warning shots around the boat which can be seen landing just feet away from the speedboat.

After firing dozens of rounds at the speedboat which crashes into the ship's hull, one contractor can be heard shouting: 'Where they at, what's their position?'

As one speedboat careers off in retreat security can be heard calling: 'Second skip coming in.'

A second boat races towards the starboard of the ship.

Security guards fire dozens more rounds at the vessel which eventually retreats.

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(Click to the site to see the video)

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cargoship; hijack; pirates; somali; somalia
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1 posted on 04/22/2017 5:06:08 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

I wouldn’t mind that kind of work.


2 posted on 04/22/2017 5:10:56 PM PDT by Del Rapier
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These damned Somali’s will probably end up in Lewiston,Maine some day.

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3 posted on 04/22/2017 5:12:30 PM PDT by Mears
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To: blam

Spray them with fuel and light them up.


4 posted on 04/22/2017 5:12:34 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: Del Rapier

“I wouldn’t mind that kind of work.”

Some people pay to have that kind of fun.


5 posted on 04/22/2017 5:15:36 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: blam

Wow. They picked those subhuman rats to pieces. Just let them come in closer, and closer, and closer...

The dumb bastards didn’t know what hit them. Good.

The civilized world should have begun treating these pirates as PIRATES decades ago. There should have been carnage.

Do this and there won’t be pirates.

Well, not living ones, at least. Only the stupid ones will keep trying, and they won’t last as long as the smart ones.


6 posted on 04/22/2017 5:19:30 PM PDT by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: blam

WOOOHOOOO!

HOORAY Americans


7 posted on 04/22/2017 5:20:01 PM PDT by PGalt
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Why don’t these merchant-sailors have their own guns? Why do they have to spend money hiring mercenaries?

Why didn’t Captain Phillips and his crew have their own guns? They could have defended themselves against these thugs.


8 posted on 04/22/2017 5:20:44 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Mears

Sorry. Your post made me laugh initially, and that is nothing to laugh about.


9 posted on 04/22/2017 5:21:13 PM PDT by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: blam

Gotta love the coiled contratina wire on the gunwales.


10 posted on 04/22/2017 5:21:29 PM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: Jim 0216

“Why didn’t Captain Phillips and his crew have their own guns? They could have defended themselves against these thugs.”

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It wasn’t allowed then.

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11 posted on 04/22/2017 5:21:34 PM PDT by Mears
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To: blam

Looks like a good position for a .30 minigun.That would really eat into them.


12 posted on 04/22/2017 5:24:49 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Every time a toilet flushes,another liberal gets his brains.)
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To: blam

Captain Phillips and his crew should been able to do the same thing to those Somali thugs.


13 posted on 04/22/2017 5:25:12 PM PDT by Jim W N
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“Why didn’t Captain Phillips and his crew have their own guns? They could have defended themselves against these thugs.” - It wasn’t allowed then. -

Stupid huh? Was that under Obama or Bush?

14 posted on 04/22/2017 5:27:31 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: blam

And after the firefight the Somalis received visas to move to Minnesomalia.


15 posted on 04/22/2017 5:32:28 PM PDT by 353FMG (AMERICA FIRST.)
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To: blam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpNpDM-enLw


16 posted on 04/22/2017 5:34:43 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: blam
Then there is the all time favorite from 2010:
Russian Navy vs Somali Pirates
17 posted on 04/22/2017 5:34:48 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: blam

The hell with the warning shots. Let them get in rifle range and kill as many as possible.


18 posted on 04/22/2017 5:35:31 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: BinaryBoy

Yeah, where are the tracers?


19 posted on 04/22/2017 5:36:30 PM PDT by Bogie
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To: blam

When did an M16 become a sub-machine gun?


20 posted on 04/22/2017 5:36:55 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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