Posted on 04/26/2009 2:22:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Israeli private security guards on Saturday night thwarted an attack on an Italian cruise ship by Somali pirates.
As the ship sailed far off the coast of Somalia, a small white boat carrying six heavily armed men approached and opened fire. The cruise ship's 1,000 passengers and 500 crew members immediately took cover, and the Israeli security team took over, returning heavy fire at the pirates.
Stunned by the resistance, the pirates made a hasty retreat back to shore. It was one of the first pirate attacks in which a nonmilitary ship fought back.
The cruise line later released a statement saying it hired the Israelis because they are the best trained private security guards it could find.
Israeli kicking the butt of Arabs... again!
This is the only thing pirates understand.
Well, that oughtta boost their sales right away.
“Sail with us, safe with the knowledge that Israeli security is on the job!”
And as a bonus, you’ll probably not see any Muslim or Arab on board!
Hmmmm. I see this turning into a tourist attraction :-)
Life just gets better with aggressive defense, just like in any sport.
Now, that’s the kind of on-board entertainment I could really enjoy. Ta heck with shooting clay pigeons off the fan-tail - plinking pirates in a dinghy sounds like way more fun!
Just waiting to see who at the UN is offended!
Just having GUNS on the vessel tilted the odds greatly against the pirates. Having Israelis was, comparatively, only the icing on the cake.
It still has to burn those pirates that their worst enemies played a part in thwarting them.
I just hope they were not “firing one over the bow”.
But shooting to “stop their action”....preferably permanently.
CNN had the article except they omitted one thing. The Israeli security detail.
ARMED guards..! WHAT A CONCEPT..!!!
Retired SEALs might give them a run for their money....
That’s the way I’d play it - kill ‘em or sink ‘em - or both!!
Remember when American men used to do things this way?
What will it take for American men to get enough of the likes of Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and girlie boy Obama, etc, etc...ruining our country, what will it take for them to stand up, get rid of these creeps and act like men?
What we have is a new weapon ~ the Jewish Boat Guard (JBG). They can protect any boat on the ocean except one owned or operated by a Moslem, or crewed by Moslems.
The Somalis will be reduced to attacking only Moslem boats.
How long until outrage comes from the UN Commission for the seas about how private ships are arming themselves, thus violating some enviromental ruling. After all, where’s the offset for all that lead the Israeli’s pumped into the waters, and how dare they keep firearms aboard a ship - didn’t they outlaw that already?
Not to mention outrage from within Italy over having armed guards on a flagged ship... Ahh, yes, the liberals will focus entirely on the fact that they resisted, rather than succumb like meek sheep to the Muslim attackers.
Works for me...
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