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U.S. navy tanker under apparent pirate attack off Somalia
Reuters ^ | Sept 24, 2008 | Stefano Ambrogi

Posted on 09/24/2008 2:39:47 PM PDT by Islander7

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To: Islander7

Navy tankers dont have any weaponry at all? Not a naval expert but wouldnt a navy tanker have some type of escort?


41 posted on 09/24/2008 4:06:37 PM PDT by TheRedSoxWinThePennant
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To: steveyp

Exactly what I was thinking...these are nothing but terrorist Muslims...Jefferson dealt with them by dispatching them to Paradise, Allah and their 72 Virgins ... BTW has anyone asked if the virgins will be women? I’ve wondered how that could be since women are supposed to separate from the men in Paradise, taking care of the children and reading the Koran!


42 posted on 09/24/2008 4:09:19 PM PDT by missanne (If we lost the war in Iraq, who won?)
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To: rahbert

Since 1969
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Waaaaaay back when!
Currently a Martin Fan!
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44 posted on 09/24/2008 4:33:19 PM PDT by shadowcat
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To: TheRedSoxWinThePennant

“Navy tankers dont have any weaponry at all? Not a naval expert but wouldnt a navy tanker have some type of escort?”

You’d figure they’d have at least a couple 25mm auto-cannon mounts on each side.


45 posted on 09/24/2008 5:33:45 PM PDT by neutronsgalore (ROPERS DELENDA EST!!!)
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To: Islander7
From all appearances it does look like it was a pirate attack...

It wasn't the Welcome Wagon. But they don't like prey that shoots back. I say double the security detachments, run up the holiday colors and let them know who they're making a run on. I doubt it will become a habit.

46 posted on 09/24/2008 5:44:40 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: SolitaryMan

“i think the mcs is manned by civilians not navy...”

i still love the image.


47 posted on 09/24/2008 6:00:33 PM PDT by ripley
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To: SolitaryMan

“i think the mcs is manned by civilians not navy...”

i still love the image.


48 posted on 09/24/2008 6:00:46 PM PDT by ripley
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To: SolitaryMan

The John Lenthall is manned by a crew of 103; 82 civil service mariners and 21 Navy.


49 posted on 09/24/2008 6:12:23 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: Billthedrill

Somalia’s been a festering sore since Clinton screwed the pooch there in the ‘90’s...it’s going to have to be dealt with by someone, and that means the US..the Euros aint going to do it.


50 posted on 09/24/2008 6:30:22 PM PDT by coolbreeze (giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teen-age boys.)
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To: shadowcat
What is a Bofor?

The Bofors gun was a twin-barrelled antiaircraft gun of WW2 vintage, made by the Bofors company of Sweden, I believe. Well-known piece of ordinance which still sees service to this day, in some smaller militaries...

the infowarrior

51 posted on 09/24/2008 6:37:55 PM PDT by infowarrior (“Let the voters decide if Palin is laughable.”-Tublecane)
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To: coolbreeze

Kill the natives and then open it up to ‘40-acres and a mule’.

That colonized America... and look at us now - we’re the best nation on Earth!

Think of how much better we’ll be with a new territory ready for colonization.


52 posted on 09/24/2008 6:42:12 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: Islander7

I just hope our seamen got to introduce a towel head or 12 to allah and those 72 virgins.

the Deets


53 posted on 09/24/2008 6:45:59 PM PDT by ebiskit (South Park Republican)
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To: Islander7

I wonder where exactly they were. When my ship was patrolling off the east Somali coast a few years ago we had to go pretty far back north to get fuel. No oilers came down to us. Of course they may have changed their SOP since then, or the oiler was off the north shore of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden.


54 posted on 09/24/2008 7:14:51 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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To: Dumpster Baby

Classic photo bump!


55 posted on 09/24/2008 11:02:39 PM PDT by Fichori (ironic: adj. 1 Characterized by or constituting irony. 2 Obamy getting beat up by a girl.)
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To: Islander7
From all appearances it does look like it was a pirate attack...

What appearances? Did the captain have a wooden leg and a parrot on his shoulder? Was there a damsel in distress in a basket at the top of the mast? Did they have a map with an "X" on it?
56 posted on 09/24/2008 11:04:30 PM PDT by milemark (allegedly.)
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To: A.A. Cunningham; SolitaryMan
Real Americans rise to the event at hand in a heartbeat. If in doubt, remember Flight 93.
57 posted on 09/24/2008 11:06:04 PM PDT by Issaquahking (Maverick Barracuda voter!)
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To: milemark
What appearances? Did the captain have a wooden leg and a parrot on his shoulder? Was there a damsel in distress in a basket at the top of the mast? Did they have a map with an "X" on it?

No, but the skiff captain did sleep in a Holiday Inn last night...

58 posted on 09/25/2008 4:04:59 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Innocent until proven guilty; The Pendleton 8: We are not going down without a fight)
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To: Travis McGee
We have SEALs and SF in Djibouti, along with French SF. IMHO, this might have been a deliberate “Q ship” op, using a heavily armed ship that gave an outward appearance of being a merchie.

I’m not saying they sent the ship there for that purpose, but perhaps it was in transit anyway, and some clever frogman thought.....hmmmm....lets hunt over some bait.

Somebody else missed a dandy opportunity!

Mahmud! Hassan! Look my brothers, the infidels are removing the coverings from their tractors....AIIIIEEEE!

Tractors.

59 posted on 09/26/2008 12:36:43 PM PDT by archy (Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
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