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shemp
19th November 2008, 09:14 AM
Indian Navy Scores Rare Win Over Pirates (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/19/world/main4615754.shtml?tag=lowerContent;homeSectionBloc k202)

(CBS/AP) The Indian navy said Wednesday its warship dedicated to fighting pirates had successfully fought off an attempted pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden, but it was a rare victory in a snowballing battle against Somalia's emboldened pirates.

An official press release said a suspected pirate ship with two speed boats in tow approached the INS Tabar late Tuesday, threatened to blow up the warship, and opened fire. Indian naval officers saw well-armed men roaming the ship's deck.

CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports the crew of the Tabar said the pirate's main vessel was destroyed.
mrbaracuda
19th November 2008, 09:17 AM
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Beerina
21st November 2008, 09:39 AM
Larsen said the only difference between the methods of pirates today compared with those of centuries past is the use of AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades.




But some things never change...

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UnrepentantSinner
22nd November 2008, 12:56 AM
I cannot express how much I loved this threads title. :roll:
shemp
25th November 2008, 10:51 AM
A rather unfortunate update to this story:

Sunken 'pirate ship' was actually Thai trawler, owner says (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/25/thai.trawler.india.navy/index.html)

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Fourteen sailors are still missing from a Thai trawler that was sunk last week by the Indian navy as a suspected pirate ship, the vessel's owner said Tuesday.

One crewman was found alive after six days adrift in the Gulf of Aden, and one is confirmed dead, said Wicharn Sirichaiekawat, owner of the Ekawat Nava 5.

Last week, India's navy reported that the frigate INS Tabar had battled a pirate "mother vessel" in the gulf November 18, leaving the ship ablaze and likely sunk. Wicharn said that vessel was his ship, which was in the process of being seized by pirates when it came under fire.
HarryKeogh
25th November 2008, 11:01 AM
Oh boy. I wonder what the Yankees and Reds are going to think about this.
gumboot
25th November 2008, 03:11 PM
A rather unfortunate update to this story:

Sunken 'pirate ship' was actually Thai trawler, owner says (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/25/thai.trawler.india.navy/index.html)


So in actual fact the Indians sunk a ship pirates were attacking? Fail.

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