October 07, 2009
Somali Pirate Ooooops
Somali pirates mistake French military tanker for victim.
PARIS — Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early Wednesday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat, the French military said. The French ship gave chase and captured five suspected pirates.Hat Tip: Palmach's Musashi.No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, said Rear Admiral Christophe Prazuck, a military spokesman.
La Somme "was probably taken for a commercial ship by the two small skiffs" some 250 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia, said Prazuck.
"They understood their mistake too late," Prazuck said.
By Howie at 02:41 PM |
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