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Somalia pirates attack Chinese ship with bullets & RPGs--Crew fights back with molotov cocktails
2008-12-19
Check out the article, complete with pics. The crew was brave and effective, and some air support helped, too.
Posted by:Alaska Paul

#13  Gasoline inter-coaster?

Looks like a heavy-lift transport ship. The type used to transport oil rigs, yatchs, etc.
Posted by: Pappy   2008-12-19 22:39  

#12  ION CHINA > CHINESE MIL FORUM > THE "THIRD KOREA" YANBIAN [Yanbian Autonomous Perfecture] IS BEING INCREASINGLY SINICIZED [no longer seeing themselves as Koreans per se].

ALso, WORLD MIL FORUM > US REPORT:JAPAN QUIETLY SEEKS GREATER NATIONAL INFLUENCE, GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ROLE IN CHINA.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-12-19 22:13  

#11  Happy Hour!
Posted by: Unomomble Borgia3031   2008-12-19 21:59  

#10  OTOH, REDDIT > seems a SOMALI PIRATE BAD-BOY was having serious troubles getting the local Babes to notice him until after he became a Pirate - now a lady friend(s) seeming can't keep her hands off of him.

And yet JACK SPARROW struck out ...

SOMALI PIRATE SEX > D *** NG IT, THEY WERE MARRIED ONLY AFTER HE BECAME A PIRATE = $$$, BUT HE JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT!?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-12-19 20:42  

#9  WORLD MIL FORUM [GOOGLE Chinglish translation] > SOMALI AMBASSADOR: SOAMLIA WOULD LOVE IT IFF FRIEND CHINA CAN SEND LARGE 100 SHIP-FLEET, ARMY FORCES TO FIGHT PIRACY, which is prob why WMF repors the USA is "WORRIED" about the size and intent of China's potential mil contribution agz Somali = Regional Piracy.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-12-19 20:35  

#8  I'm just happy people are starting to fight back.

It is cultural suicide not to.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-12-19 19:32  

#7  i be damened if you would get me on that boat
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2008-12-19 18:28  

#6  Gasoline inter-coaster?
Posted by: .5MT   2008-12-19 18:11  

#5  one can use slings (www.slinging.org) to deliver bottles for over 100 meters away.

Of course, practice is needed for satisfactory accuracy, but practice makes perfect.
Posted by: Gloluting Darling of the Heathen Rus4265   2008-12-19 16:27  

#4  


Notice how empty this container ship is. Business must be bad.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2008-12-19 15:56  

#3  "Fire for effect!"
Posted by: gorb   2008-12-19 15:53  

#2  Interesting lead off photo at the link, reminds me of the NBA uniforms.

Good on the crew for not rolling over. Too bad the 'buzzing helicopters' didn't sink the boats the bad guys used, they would have had to make a real choice then.

Posted by: USN, Ret.   2008-12-19 15:33  

#1  they sure did have alot of liquor on that ship
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2008-12-19 15:26  

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