Somali pirates cockup

[mybrainhurts]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUKL32...

Dumber than average Somali pirates mistake French warship for merchant vessel...

[Dominic H]

Somali pirates....

[off_again]

Suspected? Lucky to have lived more like it....

[Puggit]

[Simpo Two]

Ha, bring back the Q-Ships.

I can't believe that a few bandits with AK47s in a rubber boat can cause so much trouble. Just blow the fkers out of the water and have done with it.

[samdale]

Simpo Two said:

Ha, bring back the Q-Ships.

I can't believe that a few bandits with AK47s in a rubber boat can cause so much trouble. Just blow the fkers out of the water and have done with it.

is this with those new heavily armed oil tankers and merchant vessels..?

[Simpo Two]

samdale said:

is this with those new heavily armed oil tankers and merchant vessels..?

The concept of 'armed merchantmen' goes back centuries - specifically to deal with pirates. How easily the simple lessons of history are lost, dissolved in an expensive mess of political correctness and international law.

[Steamer]

"now tell uz where you buried all zee treasure before I taunt youz a second time!!!"

[paul0843]

i would just let them know that if any more merchant ship get attacked,we will nuke their village...their choice...dont bother us and we wont bother you...

[Tunku]

According to the story, the pirates (Arrrrr) were 600 miles out to sea? Surely not?

[mybrainhurts]

I bet you'd row 600 miles for a few million quid...

[ih8thisname]

[trooperiziz]

Tunku said:

According to the story, the pirates (Arrrrr) were 600 miles out to sea? Surely not?

It's true. They were a lot closer to shore until bigger boys came, so they had to take their football further out into the field.

[posterboy]

What is a French navy ship doing "around" Somalia?

[mybrainhurts]

Sailing...

Probably...

[Sgt Bilko]

posterboy said:

What is a French navy ship doing "around" Somalia?

"Fishing" for pirates, along with us, other EU navies and the US.

[skip_1]

I'm confused. The French didn't surrender?

[jeff m]

The solution could be just a simple peice of lumber canterlevered off the side of a ship and the Somalia words for "plank" and "walk"

[mybrainhurts]

skip_1 said:

I'm confused. The French didn't surrender?

Good point...

P'raps the pirates didn't understand...

[Martial Arts Man]

off_again said:

Suspected? Lucky to have lived more like it....

Indeedy; I'm surprised the Frenchies didn't blow them to smitherines. As much as we tease our Gallic cousins for being a little wet, they tend to show ruthlesness a little more openly than us when challenged.

If it had been a British ship, we'd have sent social workers instead of commandos out to meet them

the above line is just a joke....