Posted on 04/28/2009 9:55:47 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The small white skiff approached the Italian cruise ship Melody after dinnertime as it sailed north of the Seychelles, the pirates firing wildly toward the 1,500 passengers and crew on board.
What the pirates didn't expect was that, in the darkness, the crew would fire back.
In a new twist to the increasing scourge of Somali pirate hijackings, the private Israeli security forces aboard the MSC Cruises ocean liner fired on the pirates Saturday with pistols and water hoses, preventing them from clambering aboard, the company's director Domenico Pellegrino said.
"It was an emergency operation," Pellegrino told The Associated Press. "They didn't expect such a quick response. They were surprised."
I’ts got to be a hell of an advantage to be able to lob anything down at them....sewage, boiling water, bricks...
It could be like “whack the mole”. Why not let the passengers pick anything they want to throw. You know, make it a ship activity— just part of the cruise. At least the cruise would be more exciting. How mant pirates did you whack on your cruise?
Good one!LOL
thye were Surprised” ......... are they fish food?
Makes sense to me!
Dillon Aero needs to whip up a quick deck/rail mount for its Miniguns. Hide 'em inside fiberglass false vent stacks or something.
That’s an ISRAELI shooting a pistol at Muslim pirates with RPG’s.
Unfair, and the Israeli’s knew it and switched to water pistols, er ... water hoses.
Arguably, the Muslims were hosed by the Israeli’s. /puns
M-60 is like the chevy of machine guns. Just keeps humming. For the price of a Barrett you can buy a lot of shotguns and a whole load of slugs. They put big holes in boats and people
LOL! Great answer!
We went to Italy last year, and ate grandly, no doubt.
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.....
Yes, they should sit passively and wait to be taken hostage or even killed and then listen as the pirates rant on about avenging the deaths of their fellow pirates killed when the hostages are rescued. Yeah, that seems best. /major sarcasm
I guess it’s true! You don’t mess with Zohan!
I like your thinking!
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