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Old 04 May 2009, 10:16   #1
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Pirates seized after threatening French navy ship
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(CNN) -- The French Navy said they seized 11 pirates Sunday after they apparently mistook a French military vessel for a commercial ship and made a run at it.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa...tes/index.html
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Old 04 May 2009, 10:26   #2
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Balls of steel!

(CNN) -- The French Navy said they seized 11 pirates Sunday after they apparently mistook a French military vessel for a commercial ship and made a run at it.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa...tes/index.html
Nice result!just goes to show what can be achieved[even by the French!]Pity they did'nt just 'blast em out of the water!'
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Yes it is a pitty the French couldn't have blasted them out the water. But a great result!
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Top news, it was almost starting to look like this whole location was getting out of hand with no one able or willing to step up to the mark… so will Google now this class as a French military victory?

But it must raise the question, how good where they at being pirates if they mistook a navy ship as a commercial one? Do they do YTS in Pirate?
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Remember most of them were probably chewing Khat at the time and were off their faces!!!
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I'm surprised the Frogs didnt blockade their mothership in a port somewhere ..........
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ow disgustin. fansy eetin a por likkul mogy

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That's odd, I must have been misinformed..., I understood that you were a veritable Enthusiast!

wen i sed i lyked a nise bitt ov pusy i didunt meen eetin de fing yew nobbur

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