Pirates fired on French Navy vessel by mistake..

[Nina]

"PARIS – Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early Wednesday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat, the French military said. The French ship gave chase and captured five suspected pirates.
No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, French military spokesman Rear Adm. Christophe Prazuck said.
La Somme "was probably taken for a commercial ship by the two small skiffs" about 250 nautical miles (290 statute miles) off Somalia's coast, Prazuck said.
"They understood their mistake too late," he said."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091007/ap_on_re_af/piracy



LOL..tragic comic situation..those annoying pirates..

 

[03USMC]

I'm really beginning to like.....no love the French! Doing everything we ought to be doing.

 

[Zastava-Arms]

C'est magnifique!

 

[Zort Boy]

Love the French. They just don't take cr#p from anyone.

 

[Nina]

Viva la France!

 

[fingolfin361]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

'nuff said.

 

[A Can of Man]

I'm really beginning to like.....no love the French! Doing everything we ought to be doing.

Yeah... never thought I'd be saying this but: we should be more like the French.

 

[captiva303]

maybe the pirates will think twice next time lol...
but i dont think so

 

[George]

No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, French military spokesman Rear Adm. Christophe Prazuck said.
La Somme "was probably taken for a commercial ship by the two small skiffs" about 250 nautical miles (290 statute miles) off Somalia's coasthttp://

I can see how they thought it was commercial. 2 pirate boats back in the late 70s(?) fired on the Destroyer USS C. Turner Joy off Vietnam. How do you not notice that it's a Destroyer?

 

[Nina]

I can see how they thought it was commercial. 2 pirate boats back in the late 70s(?) fired on the Destroyer USS C. Turner Joy off Vietnam. How do you not notice that it's a Destroyer?

How "cool"*..is that so? At the same waters?

Going to research..

Yep..how can someone mistake a warship from merchant or touristic ones??? Maybe it was really dark, no moon going on?

(* those scenarios brings Cops song into my mind..LOL "bad boys bad boys what you gonna do?..") hehe..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_f4_X8TFuc

 

[captiva303]

well i'm imagining that pirates aren't the brightest of people

 

[Zastava-Arms]

well i'm imagining that pirates aren't the brightest of people

Especially the ones that have probably never seen a destroyer before. I mean come on, these guys are from Somalia, they pretty much grew up without running water.

I can imagine a Boeing 747 would look like Allah to them.

 

[captiva303]

well pirates would be familiar with guns and im sure they would of recognized the large guns on the destroyer

I can imagine a Boeing 747 would look like Allah to them. ???

Mogadishu has an airport

 

[KJ]

Ooops!

I dunno about the French doing anything special though.
Who here wouldn´t fire back if fiered upon raise your hand now..

Somali pirates aren´t the sharpest spoons in the drawer, true.
Nor are they totally oblivious to modern kit.

It´s the mix that makes them a problem IMHO.
//KJ.

 

[captiva303]

ohh me i would never return fire cough... cough...