French capture 11 suspected pirates; Greek ship freed

Peacetrain

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Wed Apr-15-09 04:41 PM
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French capture 11 suspected pirates; Greek ship freed

CNN) -- The French navy on Wednesday captured 11 suspected pirates off the coast of Kenya,

The navy tracked the pirates overnight after they attacked a ship called the Safmarine Asia, then seized them at dawn Wednesday morning, the ministry said in a statement.

The Greek-flagged Titan cargo ship was carrying a load of iron to South Korea when pirates seized it. Twenty-four crew members were on board -- 17 Filipinos, three Greeks, three Romanians and a Ukrainian. They are in good health, said Tilemahos Gasteratos, spokesman for the Greek Merchant Marine Ministry.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/15/somalia.pirates/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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KansDem

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Wed Apr-15-09 04:54 PM
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1. The French??!!! You mean the...the..."cheese-eating surrender monkeys?"

...what the neo-con Repub tea-baggers like to call them?

Looks like they kicked butt and took names.

Oh, and George...how's that search for Osama going?

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hlthe2b

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Wed Apr-15-09 05:03 PM
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2. This ought to piss off the Freepers no end....

The second armed intervention by the French... I thought they were supposed to be the cowering "cowards" of Old Europe?

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Hoopla Phil

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Wed Apr-15-09 05:03 PM
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3. Sucks to be in THEIR shadow. Oh well, as long as the pirates are

being taken care of I guess.

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