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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:40 PM
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Pirates hit navy ship 'in error'
Source: BBC News

A group of Somali pirates has been captured after attacking a French navy ship by mistake, apparently thinking it was a harmless cargo vessel.

French military spokesman Admiral Christophe Prazuck said the pirates attacked in skiffs late at night some 500km (310 miles) off the Somali coast.

But the command and supply ship, the Somme, repelled the attack and chased the pirates, capturing five of them.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8294858.stm


Whoopsie-daisy!
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:45 PM
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1. There are "errors"...
and then there are complete fuck-ups. :)

Sid
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Thothmes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 06:19 PM
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49. Here's Your Sign!
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:45 PM
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2. Uh sorry. Sorry. We'll just be going now. Cheery bye!
Run away!
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:47 PM
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3. What's Somali for "Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten me into!"

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chrisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:49 PM
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29. Haha. "Not Again!"
Edited on Wed Oct-07-09 01:49 PM by chrisa
Whump Whump Whuuuummp
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junior college Donating Member (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:49 PM
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4. Who knows what really happened here
They may be fishermen who were accosted by the French navy or perhaps the fishermen were upset because their waters have been fished out and polluted.
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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:51 PM
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5. Right and their AK-47s and RPGs were for gathering oysters.
:shrug: I suspect the French Navy would not run down hapless fishermen without due cause...
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:48 PM
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27. I think they actually carry those guns to repel oyster attacks. (nt)
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:10 PM
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10. Oh, yeah, right. Because we know the French are SOOOOO stupid.
Are you really THIS clueless about the whole Somali pirate situation??
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:34 PM
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15. No fish? Who can blame these poor fishermen for killing people instead.
Kill pirates.
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:36 PM
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17. No.... the correct term here is "Somali Maritime Adventuring Ecology Activists"

...or something like that during the last go-round.
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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:38 PM
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19. LOL. no seriously, what did you mean to post?
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:45 PM
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22. There's a fairly healthy pro-pirate contingent on site
I don't know if that guy's one in particular, but back when DU discovered this whole thing last year there were a whole lot of The Pirates Are Saintly Defenders Of The People type "discussions."
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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:48 PM
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25. Yeah, well it's like Julia Sugarbaker said about southerners.
We don't ask if you have crazy people in your family, we ask which side they are on.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:55 PM
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32. I've been waiting for them to show up in this thread
:)
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rd_kent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:54 PM
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31. Uh, yeah, thats...right.....sure.
Are you really that dense or just stirring the pot?
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:57 PM
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39. Or maybe they were pirates.
Maybe?
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:26 PM
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43. Let me guess. You're a birther too?
:shrug:
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Regret My New Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:52 PM
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6. That's sort of like trying to break in and rob a police station, huh?
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VaYallaDawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:21 PM
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12. Funny you should mention:
About 10 years ago one of the precinct substations on Broad Street here in Richmond was broken into in the middle of the night (station was closed shortly afterwards). Stolen: 1 Barcalounger.

People laughed about it for weeks.
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Oldtimeralso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:36 PM
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36. Someone Broke Into A Suburban Chicago Police Station...
and stole the toilet.

The police have nothing to go on.
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Regret My New Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:31 PM
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45. arrgghhh,... haha
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brendan120678 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:54 PM
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7. Too bad the French stopped their practice..
of using the guillotine.


:hide:
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jakeXT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:55 PM
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8. looks a bit rusty


http://www.glenndefensemarine.com/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=289:fns-somme-in-port-klang&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:00 PM
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9. Hey, she works for a living
Only the pampered darlings of the wealthy can afford to be rust free.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:48 PM
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52. Depends on what you come to the party in.
They attacked a ship that size with skiffs. Pfft. Idiots.
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Mudoria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:11 PM
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11. The pirates should be happy they didn't become candidates for a "Darwin Award"..
Edited on Wed Oct-07-09 01:11 PM by Mudoria
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:32 PM
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13. Change the rules of engagement. Sink the worthless fuckers.
I mean the pirates.
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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:34 PM
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14. I wonder how long it will be until some repuke makes a joke...
Involving the French Navy surrendering to the pirates. I'll bet my watch won't need a minute hand, just a second hand.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:52 PM
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30. Actually, the French chased after the pirates, trying to surrender to them
but they all decided it would be better for the pirates to surrender to the French after they compared wine cellars.
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Tsar_Bomba Donating Member (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:36 PM
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16. It was night time but either way Somali pirates are muy estupido
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:37 PM
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18. These have to be the lowest self esteem pirates ever. Can't they do anything right?
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14thColony Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:38 PM
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20. And Le Somme inadvertently brings back the good ol' Q-Ships
Between this and Marine commandos using helos to chase pirates inland, it's clear the French Navy don't play.
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:47 PM
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23. The pirates hit two or three warships a year
The Somme definitely isn't pioneering this type of story, though I gotta admit I still find it somewhat hilarious each time someone else adds a chapter to it by attacking the wrong ship..
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14thColony Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:20 PM
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34. Was addressing the Q-ship aspect of it
Q-ships being merchant vessels commissioned into military service and armed to the teeth with hidden weaponry. Kinda sort inadvertently like this - Le Somme does look like a fast merchantman at first glance, but close up it packs a nasty surprise.
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proteus_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:38 PM
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21. They should be on their knees thanking Allah....
That the French didn't blow them out of the water.
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Ysabela Donating Member (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:47 PM
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24. They aren't "pirates", they are Somali "Coast Guard".
defending your nation against illegal dumping of medical waste and illegal fishing is not piracy.
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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:49 PM
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28. LOL. Sure they are. Coast Guards send ransom notes all the time.
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Ysabela Donating Member (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:32 PM
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35. Cost of cleanup of medical industrial waste costs A LOT of money.
I find it interesting how so many Americans find the intentional poisoning and stealing of food from black people is just hunky dorey.
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:47 PM
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38. I find it interesting how so many just as gleefully suck down the other side's propaganda. (nt)
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mamaleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:20 PM
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41. It covers all the bases.
1) 3rd world country - check
2) Poor underdog theme(whether real of imaginary) - check
3) attacking the "eeeeeevullllllll" west - check


It's like a porn for those that hate the evil west but still live here and enjoy the fruits of the "evil".
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imdjh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:44 PM
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50. Driving a Ford Expedition to a Save The Earth rally.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:57 PM
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33. There you are
:rofl:
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mamaleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:18 PM
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40. So you would have no problem if our Coast uard had AK-47s?
Oh wait, no doubt you would.
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Regret My New Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:33 PM
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46. They have m-16s and whatnots, no?
Who complains about that?
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mamaleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:37 PM
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47. No I was asking the pirate cheerleader. He or she seems to think
AK47 wielding thugs are a-ok because they are poor.
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Regret My New Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 04:25 PM
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48. Well, I got what your point was and I don't disagree with your point....
I didn't get... ahh screw it.
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chrisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:48 PM
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26. Like trying to pet a tiger mistaken for a house cat.
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bulloney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:44 PM
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37. they obviously weren't Pittsburgh Pirates because they can't hit anything.
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mamaleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:21 PM
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42. Zing!
nt
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:30 PM
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44. Oops!
:rofl:
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:47 PM
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51. Haha! I hope they shit their pants once they released the situation
they were in. Apparently there are good pirates and their are dead pirates - I put these guys in stupid -soon to be dead- pirates category.

Good job France!
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jeffbr Donating Member (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:09 PM
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53. They're lucky to be alive
The French were the only ones who went after pirates and killed a few last year.
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rayofreason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:28 PM
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54. Ineligible for Darwin awards...
...because they survived.

But how about an honorable mention?

In any case, this should make the "Least Competent Criminals" category

http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html
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