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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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To: AreaMan
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?
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:20:41 AM PDT
by
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
thye were Surprised” ......... are they fish food?
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:21:11 AM PDT
by
Broker
(OHFourTHIRTEENHUNDREDFIFTEEN)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:29:48 AM PDT
by
usslsm51
To: Tahoe3002
Dang, how bout a good ole M-60 mounted on the ships rail? Dillon Aero needs to whip up a quick deck/rail mount for its Miniguns. Hide 'em inside fiberglass false vent stacks or something.
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04/28/2009 10:32:01 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: DannyTN
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
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04/28/2009 10:38:55 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: Tahoe3002
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
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04/28/2009 10:41:19 AM PDT
by
70th Division
(I love my country but fear my government!)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
LOL! Great answer!
We went to Italy last year, and ate grandly, no doubt.
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:47:51 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
To: AngelesCrestHighway
Yeah, good for the pirates, wouldn't want to disrupt their entrepreneurship. Maybe we can kvetch over how to help them (ie send money) without disrupting their culture (ie piracy).
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
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posted on
04/28/2009 10:58:25 AM PDT
by
fortunecookie
(Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
To: GladesGuru
I guess it’s true! You don’t mess with Zohan!
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posted on
04/28/2009 12:11:54 PM PDT
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pingman
(Recession be damned; I refuse to participate!)
To: AreaMan
"Line up those hoses to a fuel header and then drop some magnesium flares....go a little medieval."I like your thinking!
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04/28/2009 12:25:34 PM PDT
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SW6906
(6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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