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| Egyptian killed, two hurt by US warship |
| 2008-03-25 |
| Unfortunate, but in a post-USS Cole world this is what happens. ONE Egyptian was killed and two wounded when a US military ship about to cross the Suez Canal opened fire on barges of hawkers that approached their boat today, a security source said. The ship, Global Patriot, was preparing to travel from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean when a group of Egyptians seeking to sell merchandise approached the boat on small barges, the source said. Americans on board told the barges to stop and opened fire when they continued to approach. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #17 FREEREPUBLIC > AP/REUTERS - USN at this time will only affirm that a shooting incident took place, but will not affirm or deny were any casualties. USN investigation is still on-going although EGYPT insists there were casualties. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-25 23:00 |
| #16 MSC vessels use embarked Navy security detachments. Likely the incident was videotaped. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-03-25 22:31 |
| #15 Bum boats have been a tradition for a long, long time. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-03-25 21:56 |
| #14 None of the rounds hit the barge and nobody was hurt let alone killed. As usual the MSM has it 180 out from reality. |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2008-03-25 13:14 |
| #13 #12 All rounds were accounted for? Did they send divers to pick them off the ocean floor? Probably videotaped the whole thing, just to make sure they weren't blamed for some dastardly deed. That SHOULD be standard procedure when transiting any hazardous area (the entire Muddled East). |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-03-25 12:02 |
| #12 All rounds were accounted for? Did they send divers to pick them off the ocean floor? |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-03-25 11:46 |
| #11 "ALL hands, stand by to repel boarders!" |
| Posted by: Chief Running Gag 2008-03-25 11:40 |
| #10 Capt. Willard, sticking his .45 back in his belt: "I told you not to stop..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-03-25 10:41 |
| #9 The Egyptians shouldn't feel special. If you approach too closely to the exclusion line around any of the carriers moored in San Diego Bay, a little boat with a BIG 50 caliber machine gun comes very quickly to counsel you on the wisdom of leaving the area. |
| Posted by: RWV 2008-03-25 10:30 |
| #8 The Yahoo story said that when the ship fired, AFTER giving warnings on a loudspeaker and firing a flare, the ship only shot 20-30 yards in front of the barge then it fled. According to the navy,all rounds were accounted for. Either this is muzzie |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-03-25 10:08 |
| #7 Every time I imagine taking a vacation in Egypt this sort of thing reminds me it would be a very bad idea. Consider a tourist cruise up the Nile, hawkers like this a commonplace and one boat with a bomb. It is not like it is a stretch of the imagination. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-03-25 09:41 |
| #6 I almost can't believe the Gyptians allow hawkers to approach ships. A bomb at the water line will sink a commercial ship and close the Suez for a year. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-25 09:25 |
| #5 About time. None of the lepers should get within a half mile of any of our vessels. They were probably very close due to their proximity to the Canal. Great shooting guys. Keep it up. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-03-25 09:00 |
| #4 How long did the secondaries last? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-03-25 08:32 |
| #3 Darwin Award contestants? |
| Posted by: GK 2008-03-25 06:58 |
| #2 From the BBC: "According to the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC), the Global Patriot is a US-flagged roll-on, roll-off container ship chartered from Global Container Lines. In the past, it has been used by the MSC to transport a US military Patriot Missile defence battery, ammunition, and MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles around the world" Apparently it's a stretch to call it a warship. Sounds more like an armed merchantman in a very bad neighborhood. Still the level of ignorance in the Middle East (on the part of these small boat men, in this case, or at land checkpoints in Iraq) continues to astound me. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-03-25 04:41 |
| #1 The Same kind of thing happens on Land at check points in Iraq. And the Iraqi Locals are to blame themselves, for after 6 years of Car Borne IEDs only the slowest-witted retards would just drive up uncleared to a check point without being waved in. OR Ident by Radio then ordered to proceed by the personal guarding the post. Same thing on the Sea, I would wait to be handed in person, a 5-pound freshly minted Gold-Invitation-Coin, wrapped in Red Ribbon before I would approach any US ship. :) |
| Posted by: RD 2008-03-25 03:29 |