Oops! Somali Pirates Attacked French Navy Ship

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law on October 7, 2009 at 2:32 pm


Bad idea: being a Somali pirate and attacking …
Really bad idea: … in the middle of the night …
Neatorama-worthy: a ship that turns out to be a French navy ship!

Admiral Prazuck told French TV station La Chaine Info the pirates seemed to be surprised that the navy ship fought back.

"Once they realised they were facing a ship that was responding and was heading towards them, they stopped shooting and attempted to flee," he said.

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16 comments to "Oops! Somali Pirates Attacked French Navy Ship"

  1. JoeD
    October 7th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    Isn't that about the same as attacking a Greenpeace ship?

  2. zavatone
    October 7th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    I read this as "Salami Pirates Attacked French Navy Ship".

    Damn salami pirates. No respect for maritime law at all I tells ya.

  3. Rich
    October 7th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    Life imitates South Park... except on South Park, I think the French ship surrendered. (let's be fair, I think it was because Butters had a lightsabre)

  4. lansing wedding photographer
    October 7th, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    not as cool as the snipers that parachuted onto the boat a few months ago and took out the pirates, but still pretty cool!

  5. Rich
    October 7th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Shame the Navy Ship didn't tow them out to sea and sink the pirate's boat with them on it.

  6. Jeb
    October 7th, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    This isn't the first navy vessel to be accidentally attacked. I wonder how long it will take before the pirates realize that merchant ships are never painted "haze gray."

  7. Gorf
    October 7th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

    Now that's one of those Nelson from the Simpsons' "Ha-ha!" moments.

  8. EvilTim001
    October 7th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

    Karma!

  9. Dude
    October 8th, 2009 at 12:21 am

    Admiral Prazuck told French TV station La Chaine Info the pirates seemed to be surprised that the navy ship fought back.
    Because it was flying a French flag.

  10. Larfin Jackarse
    October 8th, 2009 at 3:16 am

    Damn those Africans. How dare they be pirates. They should be out fishing for the wee fishies the illegal factory trawlers leave behind or maybe they could pull up the barrels of industrial waste dropped in their waters and sell them to the Iranians.

  11. antoine
    October 8th, 2009 at 4:16 am

    french guy says "fuck you south park".

  12. Christophe
    October 8th, 2009 at 5:29 am

    antoine, la classe.

  13. Jean-Pierre
    October 8th, 2009 at 5:46 am

    Trop fort Antoine ! lol

  14. Splint Chesthair
    October 8th, 2009 at 6:27 am

    Le light sabre terrible!

  15. ted
    October 8th, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    Would have been funnier if it was a ship full of cross-dressing cage-fighters.

  16. barack
    October 8th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    I am surprised that they didn't call the US Navy to bail them out.


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