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2010-11-21 Africa Subsaharan

Five killed in Gulf of Guinea pirate attack

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Posted by tu3031 2010-11-21 12:11|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 There a a lot of piracy operations all over the world now. Somalia is getting the press, but the Straits of Malacca has been infested with pirates for a long time, as well as the west coast of Africa. You just don't sail your yacht around the world as freely as you once did.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-11-21 14:25|| 2010-11-21 14:25|| Front Page Top

#2 They got nothin' on the Rapid Action Battalion. When RAB does it, it goes the other way around.

Posted by gromky 2010-11-21 14:43|| 2010-11-21 14:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Muslim-controlled Nigeria is where the piracy against Cameroon is based; just like Muslim-controlled Somalia is where the Gulf of Aden pirates are based. Notice a pattern?

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-11-21 15:21|| 2010-11-21 15:21|| Front Page Top

#4 They got nothin' on the Rapid Action Battalion. When RAB does it, it goes the other way around.

Bangladesh may be only inches above sea level, but it's still essentially solid ground -- a lot easier to hit the thing you're shooting at when you and it aren't moving in different directions along all three axes... or so it seems to me, gromky.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-11-21 21:30|| 2010-11-21 21:30|| Front Page Top

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