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Norwegian warship in sea-battle off Somali coast: EU |
2009-11-01 |
A Norwegian warship inspecting fishing boats off the coast of Somalia for suspected pirate activity was caught in heavy gunfire in the early hours of Sunday, a European Union naval commander said. The Norwegian sailors, cruising just off the north-eastern Somali coast, were fired upon in the dead of night by a dhow with between five and seven men on board and armed with heavy weaponry and Kalashnikov rifles, he added. Local Puntland region officials claimed on Sunday that a Yemeni fisherman and a Somali had been killed when "French forces opened fire." |
Posted by:ed |
#5 Mizzou - I don't eat herring or Lutafisk but... my family did take care of Thor's grove and... got excommunicated for 100 years while still worshiping the old gods... Should we have hung down the tree for a look instead of a hammer? |
Posted by: 3dc 2009-11-01 22:22 |
#4 Don't fark with the herring eaters. /Herring eater |
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2009-11-01 22:05 |
#3 Then I guess they are not descendents of the worshipers of Thor and Odin... The shame they same.... |
Posted by: 3dc 2009-11-01 22:02 |
#2 Nah, they probably had to call the EU to get permission to return fire without reading the pirates their rights. And even if they did return fire, they would only be allowed to use weapons no heavier than the pirates. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-11-01 21:59 |
#1 So... did the do the rational thing and blow the f...ing Dhow right out of the water? |
Posted by: 3dc 2009-11-01 21:55 |