Remember those Chinese sailors that sent that pack of scurvy Somali MUSLIM pirates packing? Here's how they did it. Molotov cocktails (well, that and some well placed shots from a helicopter.) I told you I thought this must have been a balls to the wall battle so when I saw this over at Noblesse Oblige I just knew my possums would enjoy it as well.
Despite their best efforts the nine pirates clambered aboard after tying up alongside.
The 30 Chinese crew then locked themselves in their accommodation area - which includes their sleeping rooms, mess rooms and recreation area - to prevent the bandits from entering the ship itself.
The ship's captain, Peng Weiyuan, told Chinese TV that the crew used 'water cannon, self-made incendiary bombs, beer bottles and other missiles to fight the pirates' during the five-hour stand-off.
'Thirty minutes later, the pirates gestured to us for a ceasefire then the helicopters from the joint fleet came to our help.'
I was not planning to visit anyone. I am not in the mood for one, second that mood is because today is the 13th anniversary of my son who was Autistic - his death, which I put up on my blog. I do not even leave the house on the 22nd of December and today is the first time I sent my second Autistic child to school on the 22nd out of fear it would happen to him too.
But I wanted you to know I am not so selfish as to not want to wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Layla | 12/22/2008 at 10:08 AM
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Great news! A lesson to us all!
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
don't KILL the poor pirates
it is not their fault at all
it is all America's
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Posted by: USpace | 12/22/2008 at 03:33 PM
thats a nice mix...molotov cocktails and a few beers
Posted by: kyros | 12/24/2008 at 12:51 PM