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To: franksolich
...stormed by seven pirates armed with jungle machetes...

Are guns illegal even on Norwegian ships in international waters or something?

16 posted on 03/30/2005 2:44:58 PM PST by nosofar
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To: nosofar

You know, I wondered about that myself.

Surely firearms would be tolerated under such circumstances, even by the most lily-livered liberals.

And one hesitates to place Norwegians in the same category as Swedes or Frenchmen; and besides, the Norwegian tradition is that THEY are the terror of the seas.

Perhaps someone might know what "security measures" are usually taken on Norwegian ships; surely there must be some, but the news reports (this is not the first one) omit such details.


18 posted on 03/30/2005 2:47:45 PM PST by franksolich (coming soon (April 17): the Albania ping list)
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