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."
Well yeah!...for the pirates!
But, but guns are bad!
Why does an Italian cruise ship have Israeli security?
Interesting.
Right on...take that you ‘freedom fighters’.
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.
Pistols and a water hose? Damn.....I guess it is a start.
Line up those hoses to a fuel header and then drop some magnesium flares....go a little medieval.
It was apparently sufficient ... but it strikes me as a bit marginal.
7.62mm rifles and 12 ga shotguns would seem more appropriate.
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.
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.
>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.
Time for a Soldiers of FoRTune cruise or what?
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.
(Before you flame me, I carry either 9MM or .45. Comfortable with both as CCW.)
Semper Fi, USMC....”Prepare to repel boarders!)
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.
Because they were hired by MSC to protect the vessel.
Handguns? Why not rifles????
For the same reason Israeli cruise ships have Italian chefs.
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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