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Pirates seize French cruise

Post by Hank Fist » Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:17 pm

OK, this story isn't that interesting, but all I can think of is that scene where Steve Zissou goes nuts and starts shooting at the pirates crazily. Think of that scene and laugh. If you don't think it's funny you probably smoke cigarettes, and should just go puff on a cancer stick.




PARIS, France (AP) -- Pirates seized control of a French cruise ship Friday off the coast of Somalia, France's Foreign Ministry said.

A ministry official said details about the attack were scarce, and it was not clear how many crew members were on board the ship or if there were any passengers.

The ship is in the high seas in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean.

The official declined to identify the vessel or its owner.

The ministry has set up a crisis center to deal with the situation, said the official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Pirates seized more than two dozen ships off the Somali coast last year.

The U.S. Navy has led international patrols to try to combat piracy in the region. Last year, the guided missile destroyer USS Porter opened fire to destroy pirate skiffs tied to a Japanese tanker.

Wracked by more than a decade of violence and anarchy, Somalia does not have its own navy and a transitional government formed in 2004 with U.N. help has struggled to assert control.

The International Maritime Bureau, which tracks piracy, said in its annual report earlier this year that global pirate attacks rose by 10 percent in 2007, marking the first increase in three years.

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by El Rhino » Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:15 pm

Who the hell goes on a horn of Africa cruise? That's like the single worst part of the world ever.
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by joseph » Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:25 pm

the french

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by Joey Chaos » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:57 pm

Basically anyone who's willing to try can seize something from the French. It's a historical fact.
El Rhino wrote:Who the hell goes on a horn of Africa cruise? That's like the single worst part of the world ever.

Kind of like swimming at beaches in southern Australia?

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by El Rhino » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:40 pm

If that were true we would be sitting around Europe right now shitting in holes in the ground, riding donkeys, beating our wives and worshipping Allah right now. The French get a rep for being pussies, but if it weren't for them kicking the shit out of the A-rabs 1000+ years ago, the world would be an extremely different place right now. They also did a good job of fucking up the Mexicans in the 1800's.
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by noel_nothing » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:50 pm

but what have they done for us lately???

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by Joey Chaos » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:28 am

noel_nothing wrote:but what have they done for us lately???
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by El Rhino » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:18 pm

They did quite a bit in the first Gulf War "for us".


France has been dealt a bad hand as far as who they've had to fight wars with in recent history, getting Germany twice. Not a country in the world, except maybe the US could've taken them on one-on-one, not even Russia, France or England. Their smaller guerilla wars were met with pretty much the same sort of results as the ones we've fought.


Put France up against Portugal, Poland, Spain, Italy or pretty much anyone else in Europe historically who's not Germany, the UK or Russia and you're going to see a French victory.

France vs. Turkey or France vs. Iran. Would like to see that one.
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by Joey Chaos » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:57 pm

El Rhino wrote:They did quite a bit in the first Gulf War "for us".


France has been dealt a bad hand as far as who they've had to fight wars with in recent history, getting Germany twice. Not a country in the world, except maybe the US could've taken them on one-on-one, not even Russia, France or England. Their smaller guerilla wars were met with pretty much the same sort of results as the ones we've fought.


Put France up against Portugal, Poland, Spain, Italy or pretty much anyone else in Europe historically who's not Germany, the UK or Russia and you're going to see a French victory.

France vs. Turkey or France vs. Iran. Would like to see that one.
The question is, what the fuck does any of this have to do with Pirates?

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by El Rhino » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:59 pm

Absolutely nothing. You're the one who got started on the French.
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by Joey Chaos » Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:07 pm

I got started on the French getting robbed by pirates thing, yes. What does the French doing anything for US have to do with pirates?

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by Beaver » Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:54 pm

I hate french people. I hate their stupid barrets, and wine.

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by El Rhino » Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:13 pm

Look who's talking, Mr. sombreros and cerveza.

Anyways, what does what the French have done for us have to do with pirates? Again, absolutely nothing. Again, you're the one who brought the French up. Noel is the one who asked what the French have done for us. I guess that's what I get for dignifying his query with an answer.
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by noel_nothing » Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:09 am

the french ain't so bad. its those damn sweedes we gotta watch out for!

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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by El Rhino » Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:57 am

The Swedes are ok, I guess. While they're a little too tall for my book and have some strange culinary traditions, they're not really bothering anyone up there.
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Re: Pirates seize French cruise

Post by Hank Fist » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:00 pm

the french have good food and skinny people. You americans are fat.

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