So some pirates shot at the navy...

Post by **tnf** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:23 am

..but what I wonder is why they would think it wise to shoot at these ships:

*Guided missile destroyer USS Gonzalez*

I'm all for the little guy sticking it to the man, but FFS guys, pick your targets a bit wiser...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11233378/

Post by **dzjepp** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:29 am

Haha! Do pirates still use those old large galeons with gunpowder cannons?

Post by **d3mol!t!on** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:43 am

tnf wrote:..but what I wonder is why they would think it wise to shoot at these ships:

[img]http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060318/060318_navy_somalia_hmed_1p.hmedium.jpg[img]

Yeah, you'd think they'd have enough sense. Though I suppose they assumed their chances were high because they thought RPG's were cooler.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:48 am

sounds more like

"fuck we've been caught with a shitload of illegal stuff, what shall we do?"

"FIRE"

"shit franks dead !"

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:11 am

wait - they were using RPGs, and it was in mid east.

how come they weren't called terrorists!?

Post by **tnf** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:22 am

i guess if you are somalian you are a pirate..

Post by **tnf** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:23 am

"BUT I DON'T WANNA BE A PIRATE!"

Post by **Freakaloin** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:38 am

i doubt they fired a shot...

Post by **tnf** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:46 am

I don't. But I don't care either. If I were manning a boat like that I'd be firing on random folks just for the hell of it too.

Post by **d3mol!t!on** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:47 am

tnf wrote:I don't. But I don't care either. If I were manning a boat like that I'd be firing on random folks just for the hell of it too.

Yeah, you've gotta squeeze some rounds off when you're stuck on one of those big beefy machineguns all day. And if the opposition is illegal, even better.

Post by **Transient** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:09 am

Post by **seremtan** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:12 am

i shot at the us navy once. it was no biggie

Post by **I cant spell u** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:15 am

I fought the law and I won.. I fought the law and.. I won...

Post by **R00k** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:44 am

Yea it sounds like they didn't attack the Navy ship, sounds more like the ships saw them holding RPG's and preciptated the standoff.

I think the fact that pirate attacks have gone from 2 to 35 from one year to the next is more interesting than this attack though.

Post by **Dukester** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:59 am

Seven other suspects were taken into custody after the early-morning shootout, said Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.

Good Grief! It's Charlie Brown!

Post by **Canis** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:00 am

I'm sure he gets a lot of shit for that in the armed forces.

Post by **Dave** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:21 am

Freakaloin wrote:i doubt they fired a shot...

It was off the coast of Somalia... I'd be more surprised if they didn't fire

Post by **Underpants?** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:26 am

Post by **Ryoki** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:47 pm

A dutch led taskforce? Wtf? Oh.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:49 pm

Dave wrote:
Freakaloin wrote:i doubt they fired a shot...
It was off the coast of Somalia... I'd be more surprised if they didn't fire

i meant the pirates nitwit...

Post by **Survivor** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:12 pm

Ryoki wrote:A dutch led taskforce? Wtf? Oh.

Yeah, they sent the Batavia to take care of the pirates.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:43 pm

Freakaloin wrote:
Dave wrote:
Freakaloin wrote:i doubt they fired a shot...
It was off the coast of Somalia... I'd be more surprised if they didn't fire
i meant the pirates nitwit...

i think he meant the pirates too ?

Post by **Tsakali_** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:14 pm

seremtan wrote:i shot at the us navy once. it was no biggie

this is not one of your homoerotic fantacies

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