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2008-05-20 Africa Horn

Pirates attack oil tanker off Somalia: Malaysian watchdog

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Not necessarily Somali pirates. The Gulf of Eden is also within range of Yemen. Al Qaeda and other groups have called for attacks at sea.

Posted by Pappy 2008-05-20 01:26|| 2008-05-20 01:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I like the pic: should be used whenever the thought "bringing a knife to a gun fight" is appropriate (This one, and a good shot from the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" scene where indy produces the gun in a big knife fight. (knife was big. The fight wasn't.))

Posted by ptah">ptah 2008-05-20 09:04|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-05-20 09:04|| Front Page Top

#3 (knife was big. The fight wasn't.)

As a pointless trivia bit (redundant), the fight was IIRC supposed to be big, or at least bigger, but Harrison Ford was ill (that is, diahrrea caught from drinking third world tap water), so they came up with that alternate, unexpected and rather dry quick end to that scene. Movie-making is a sort of magic.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-20 09:22|| 2008-05-20 09:22|| Front Page Top

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