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Crash Test Dummy
Joined: 25 Sep 2005
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Location: London(ish)
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject: Pirates With Rocket Launchers |
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http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-13458538,00.html?f=rss
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The captain of a luxury cruise liner carrying British tourists has been praised for fending off pirates who tried to attack his ship.
The Seabourn Spirit was 100 miles off Somalia in Africa when pirates attacked the vessel with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades.
:shock: :shock: All I can say |
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Dhavlos
Joined: 13 Aug 2005
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Location: Birmingham
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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WEll, no suprise its near somalia...that place is a free for all.
Quite dangerous |
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Suppose so |
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Xenos 2Fan
Joined: 16 Aug 2005
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Location: Dallas,Texas/Mersin, Turkey
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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| The captain suspected that their motive was theft. Ya think!!!! :roll: |
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bg_turk
Joined: 08 Oct 2005
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Location: Bulgaria
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| Gosh, I though Pirates were only on the movies. |
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city
Joined: 15 Aug 2005
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Location: Larnaca area
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:06 am Post subject: |
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bg_turk wrote: Gosh, I though Pirates were only on the movies.
Unfortunately not. In recent years they appeared quite regularly, but actually not towards passenger ships. |
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brother
Joined: 15 Aug 2005
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Location: London/Cyprus
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Thats quite worrying if they have progressed to cruise liners. :shock: |
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