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Havasu Cig
03-18-2006, 01:14 PM
How stupid to you have to be to fire on a Navy war ship with an rpg... :rolleyes:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060318/ts_nm/somalia_pirates_usa_dc

BigBlockBaja
03-18-2006, 01:40 PM
Solmalians aint to bright i guess...
Black Hawk Down...

buzzaro
03-18-2006, 04:19 PM
Im surprised the navy had the restraint to only use small arms on them. Im not sure i would have after having been fired on with an RPG.

Mandelon
03-18-2006, 04:29 PM
Somalia has been without a functioning central government since 1991, when Siad Barre's regime was toppled. Warlords have carved the country into a series of personal fiefdoms, making travel impossible without an armed escort.
The country is experiencing its worst drought in more than 40 years, but the Red Cross says it has only managed to raise 10 per cent of its £11m target for 2006. All now pin their hopes on rains due next month.
Donors are failing to respond to the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Somalia, where more than 1.5 million people are on the brink of starvation, according to aid agencies operating in the region.
I bet most folks care about this [ ] much.

SmokinLowriderSS
03-18-2006, 04:36 PM
It is entirely possible the "small arms fire" included .30 and .50 cal belt-fed machine guns. F'n RPG definitely deserves a "shoot first, frisk the corpses later" policy. :skull: Good job USN. :)
Somalia is definitely among the worst of the high-seas piracy trouble spots today.

Red Horse
03-18-2006, 04:50 PM
Somalia has been without a functioning central government since 1991, when Siad Barre's regime was toppled. Warlords have carved the country into a series of personal fiefdoms, making travel impossible without an armed escort.
The country is experiencing its worst drought in more than 40 years, but the Red Cross says it has only managed to raise 10 per cent of its £11m target for 2006. All now pin their hopes on rains due next month.
Donors are failing to respond to the unfolding humanitarian disaster in Somalia, where more than 1.5 million people are on the brink of starvation, according to aid agencies operating in the region.
I bet most folks care about this [ ] much.
Been there done that. We were based out of Mombossa Kenya and the locals would say kill a Somali for me. You try to feed the people and the shoot at you.
I say let figure out themselves. Way too much politics in so called humanitarian missions.

Mandelon
03-18-2006, 05:24 PM
1.5 million less skinnies.... oh well. :yuk:

lilrick
03-18-2006, 06:43 PM
1.5 million less skinnies.... oh well. :yuk:
:D

My Man's Sportin' Wood
03-18-2006, 08:15 PM
It's just a sad situation over there. Anyone see Hotel Rwanda? I loved it. It was very sad, but beautifully done.

Seadog
03-19-2006, 08:32 AM
It is hard to have much emphasy for a nation run by bands of cutthroats.There are times when it is best to let nature take its course. Many of the African nations have run off the whites who made a sustainable society in those countries and now they have fallen into anarchy. And all the people here can think about is instant results from any attempts at changing the world. So be it, let them wipe theirselves out and thn we will have to deal with the hard core remains.

bigq
03-19-2006, 08:53 AM
This is what will happen t Iraq when certain people in the USA get us to pull out. Where is all the out cry for that FUBAR now?

Biglue
03-19-2006, 12:15 PM
No food no water but plenty AK-47's. HMMMMMM Wonder where their priorities are.

Red Horse
03-19-2006, 02:30 PM
One of the reasons that the people like Aidid (sp) so much is because he controled everything off the record, then gave it to his supporters on the record. men will do alot of things to provide for their families and this guy knew that. I am not to sympathetic to their cause or hunger. Like Biglue said, lots of guns and no food. You can see where they spend their money!!