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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 10/30/2007 : 15:30:19
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When pirates seized the bridge of the freighter Dai Hong Dan off Somalia, they got more trouble than they counted on.
As a US warship approached and ordered the pirates to surrender, the North Korean crew rallied in the ship's engineering spaces and counterattacked. By the time the battle was over, two pirates were dead, and five were captured. Three wounded North Korean sailors are being treated aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams.
Maybe there are no diplomatic relations between North Korea and the US, but there was certainly a bit of comradely cooperation between sailors in the waters off the Horn of Africa.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Edited by - HalfMooner on 10/30/2007 16:25:10
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2007 : 10:59:04 [Permalink]
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| Can't hurt, that's for sure. |
I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
The result of an unbiased and rational search for the truth.
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 10/31/2007 : 11:28:47 [Permalink]
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| Yeah, Pirates are a major problem off the coast of Africa, my cousin just finished an anti-pirate stint off Tunisia. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2007 : 12:12:03 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
Yeah, Pirates are a major problem off the coast of Africa, my cousin just finished an anti-pirate stint off Tunisia.
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Jeeze, the Barbary pirates are still active, too?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 10/31/2007 : 12:18:34 [Permalink]
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| Well, Im not sure they are affiliated with the Pasha leaders of Barbary c1500-1700, but they are back in action with much crappier boats. Really the Ethiopia-Somalia area is far more dangerous, I reccomend avoiding it with your yacht. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2007 : 12:24:35 [Permalink]
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You know, this incident reminds me of James Clavell's Taipan. The main character was merchant-adventurer Dirk Struan, a predatory Imperialist bastard, but a smart one that the reader can sympathize with. One of his greatest enemies was a guy named Tyler Brock, a rival merchant.
These guys were ready to fight one another to the death on the drop of a hat. But anytime Chinese pirates or patriots threatened the merchants as a class, all the contentious merchants united instantly. (Brock immediately bowed to the leadership of Struan, because he knew Struan was smarter than he was.)
Likewise, the tradition of the sea is for sailors to assist one another, against storms, fires, and pirates. It's great to see the way the US and North Korean sailors kept up this vital tradition.
(Hey! Thanks for the tribute in your sig, BigPapa!)
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 10/31/2007 12:31:19 |
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N Korean merchant seamen kick pirate ass
