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migrants in the thames: hijacking ended as special forces storm ship
Breitbart ^ | Dec 21, 2018 | Jack Montgomery

Posted on 12/22/2018 10:17:15 AM PST by robowombat

The twelve-hour hijacking of a cargo ship in the Thames Estuary by illegal migrants was brought to a dramatic end by a Special Boat Service (SBS) boarding, according to reports.

Commandos from the elite Royal Navy unit, regarded as something of a sister unit to the British Army’s Special Air Service (SAS), abseiled onto the Grande Tema some time between 11 p.m. and midnight on Friday, The Sun reports

The 236-metre Grimaldi shipping line vessel had been circling in the iconic Thames Estuary north-east of Margate, Kent, for hours, after a group of would-be illegal migrant stowaways who had been discovered some days earlier escaped from their quarters, armed themselves with iron bars and other makeshift weapons, and threatened the crew with violenc

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: illegals; invasion; pirates
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To: blueunicorn6

Yes, two countries separated by a common language.


21 posted on 12/22/2018 12:06:28 PM PST by DPMD
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To: Frank_2001

If George Washington hadn’t defeated Lord Cornwallis in Yorktown we would still be speaking English in this country!


22 posted on 12/22/2018 12:14:33 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Rebelbase

For Pete’s sake, the word is a perfectly normal word for rappelling down a rope (especially from an aircraft), and is used in American English too - although less commonly, unless you’re a mountaineer. Why criticize them for doing something good?

I’m more interested in what will happen to the hijackers. They’ll probably just be released into the British population and put on welfare.


23 posted on 12/22/2018 12:34:58 PM PST by livius
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To: blueunicorn6

Expect?

Some can not grasp the concept of lorry


24 posted on 12/22/2018 12:38:55 PM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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To: bert

Hey!

Leave my cousin Lorry out of this.


25 posted on 12/22/2018 12:41:55 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

“Hey....they call cookies biscuits.”

Chips are crisps
Fries are chips
Dessert is called a sweet
An elevator is a lift
The windshield is the windscreen
The hood is the bonnet
If a multi-story building has a basement the basement is the first floor, the street level is the 2nd floor

And my personal pet peeve
Aluminum is aluminium...even though Sir Humphry Davy named it aluminum when he discovered it in 1808

Forget it Jake, it’s England...or the soon to be Caliphate of Britain.


26 posted on 12/22/2018 12:54:30 PM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: oldvirginian

And the trunk is the boot.

Anyway, more cultural enrichers loosed upon Old Blighty or what’s left of it.


27 posted on 12/22/2018 1:53:38 PM PST by elcid1970 (My gun safe is saying, "Room for one more, honey!")
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To: morphing libertarian

No these folks were mussies


28 posted on 12/22/2018 4:16:42 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: robowombat

Russia would have turned them lose with a few concrete blocks to build homes in their new homeland.


29 posted on 12/22/2018 6:40:59 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortnes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Grampa Dave

Abseiling: of German origin—by way of Estonia...


30 posted on 12/23/2018 12:02:51 AM PST by Does so (If Trump Colluded with Russians, Why Did Hillary Win The Popular Vote?)
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To: Does so

Thanks.

I am amazed, so often, at the breadth of knowledge of so many freepers.


31 posted on 12/23/2018 7:48:26 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Let the Arabs kill each other. Build a wall & guard our borders with our warriors & the $'s saved!)
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