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Somali pirate error ends with 5 in French brig
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.
No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, French military spokesman Rear Adm. Christophe Prazuck said.
La Somme "was probably taken for a commercial ship by the two small skiffs" about 250 nautical miles (290 statute miles) off Somalia's coast, Prazuck said.
"They understood their mistake too late," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091007/ap_on_re_af/piracy
other than the humorous darwin award....does anyone find it odd that two small skiffs were 250 miles off the coast...where is the mothership....there is no way that skiff could go that far without massive extra fuel and read the below...
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.
No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, French military spokesman Rear Adm. Christophe Prazuck said.
La Somme "was probably taken for a commercial ship by the two small skiffs" about 250 nautical miles (290 statute miles) off Somalia's coast, Prazuck said.
"They understood their mistake too late," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091007/ap_on_re_af/piracy
other than the humorous darwin award....does anyone find it odd that two small skiffs were 250 miles off the coast...where is the mothership....there is no way that skiff could go that far without massive extra fuel and read the below...
