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I'm sure we have all made this mistake at one point

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8294858.stm

Somali pirates mistakenly attack Navy warship.
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:lol: It sucks to be them!

It's about time those cheeky buggers got a spanking. Though was it expected that they'd go begging for it?
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Sadly, it was the French who nabbed 'em. They'll likely be released and told they can't have cheese for a month as punishment.

Although on the bright side, this may count as France's first Naval Victory in quite a long time. :P
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Cmd. Cheyd wrote:

Although on the bright side, this may count as France's first Naval Victory in quite a long time.
What, since the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior?
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The RW was sunk by the DGSE (Intelligence Service). I think you have to go back to WW2 (Operation Dragoon) or some of the Pacific theatre events, but I wasn't able to find specifics on their involvement in those.
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Cmd. Cheyd wrote:
The RW was sunk by the DGSE (Intelligence Service). .
Entirely correct, sir.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of ... ow_Warrior
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