Somali pirates attack French Flagship!
Stupidity and poor intel knows no limits. The Sydney Morning Herald reports ...
Somali pirates attempted to storm the French navy's 18,000-tonne flagship in the Indian Ocean after mistaking it for a cargo vessel, the French military says.
The crew of La Somme, a 160-metre command vessel and fuel tanker, easily saw off the brazen night-time assault by lightly armed fighters on two lightweight skiffs and captured five pirates, a spokesman said.
"The pirates, who because of the darkness took the French ship for a commercial vessel, were on board two vessels and opened fire with Kalashnikovs," Admiral Christophe Prazuck said in Paris.
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And the Darwin Award goes to…
Five jack-asses on a bass boat!
Messieur Darwin must have been asleep to have missed these rocket surgeons.
Maybe they were expecting the french to surrender?
Rather defines slow learners.
Good for these parasites! Sailors from my country (Philippines) have become prey to these lowlifes. One ship manned and captained by Filipinos was taken over at the Gulf of Aden and the entire crew subsisted almost entirely on water collected from an air conditioner and a loaf of bread during their ordeal. Their ship’s rooms also bore the bullet holes courtesy of the pirates as they partied up the ship. When their ransom was finally dropped (after months; by a plane), they were let go and a Dutch ship mercifully spotted them, gave them supplies, fuel, food, medical check-ups, and armed escort. Vive Le France!
And Dankuwel, Royal Nethaerlands Navy!