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Somali Pirates Fire On US Chopper



Aug 27, 2009 9 Comments ›› Erik Wong

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Somali pirates holding a hijacked ship off the coast of Somalia fired at a U.S. Navy helicopter as it made a surveillance flight over the vessel, the first such attack by pirates on an American military aircraft, the Navy said Thursday.[...]The copter was flying on Wednesday over a Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel, the Win Far, which pirates seized along with its 30-member crew in April and were holding south of the Somali port town of Hobyo.

The helicopter was about 3,000 yards away from the ship when the pirates opened fire with “a large caliber weapon,” the Navy said in a statement. The helicopter did not return fire, it said.


  • DC

    What are you waiting for…..light em’ up!!!

    • Hawkerdriver(Pisson the Koran)

      The joker has changed the ROE to help his muzzie brothers.Lots of us in the public know it now.You guys have our support..

      HIGH TREASON!

  • POD1

    Maybe the pirates never saw this:
    http://gotwarporn.com/

  • ODIN2008

    Call in a scrape with an A-10. Watch the pirates shit themselves to death. :gun:

  • http://www.accdf.com aboutTObegin

    here we go….ROE that is designed to protect the leadership and not the Servicemember!!!! Should have lit those little skinnies up, you know they had M240′s on there…

    -aTb
    Fed up Combat Vet!!!!

  • Tarantula

    It is funny that the crew did not even know they were being fired at until reviewing the IR footage later. Yes,if they were aware of incoming fire, they SHOULD have opened up. Even in self defense, though, you KNOW the libtards would have gone ape shit over it and continued to ignore the way Egyptians handled being hijacked the last time … 7 bodies washing up on shore … hmmmm … good, not great, but it is a start.

  • danh

    So…let me get this straight….I can fire live rounds at a military helicopter and not get killed!!!???? Did they at least get a letter telling them that they should refrain from such behavior,,please pretty please!

  • http://www.americanjarhead.com AMERICANJARHEAD

    And their ship is still afloat… why???????????? WTF?

  • streeter

    Thirty member Taiwanese crew are still hostages. Gotta deal with that.