Thursday, October 29, 2009
Funny Stuff: Steven Seagal in the Reality TV Show ‘Lawman’!!!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Funny Stuff: The MAV (Manned Aerial Vehicle), Armed With Hellfire Missiles!!!
Cessna Grand Caravan 208Bs, armed with a pair of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles each, were photographed flying out of Meacham Airport earlier this month. These are shipping out to the Iraqi Air Force according to this blog. (thanks to Doug for sending this)
Monday, October 19, 2009
Funny Stuff: Islamic Extremists Winning ‘Hearts and Minds’ in Somalia
What a circus? Somalia should have webcams posted all over it, so we can turn that country into a massive reality TV show. I would call it ‘Somalia FAIL’! lol –Matt
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Guns and grenades for Somali Ramadan quiz winners
10/17/2009
KISMAYO, Somalia — No luxury cruise but a ticket to jihad was the prize for the winners of a team quiz organised by Somalia’s insurgent Shebab group during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.
“The reason the young men were rewarded with weapons is to encourage them to participate in the ongoing holy war against the enemies of Allah in Somalia,” Sheikh Abdullahi Alhaq said at a ceremony late Friday.
The radio-broadcast quiz organised by the Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab organisation in the southern Somali city of Kismayo lasted throughout Ramadan, which ended last month.
Five neighbourhoods of the port city entered the competition, which consisted mainly of questions on science, culture and the Koran.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Funny Stuff: Somali Pirates Mistake French Military Vessel for Commercial Ship
Matt sent me this one via iPhone, and I think that is a FJ first. (PMC 2.0) Although many folks write me via smart phone, Matt actually sent me a story that is certainly funny and pertinent.
I thought to myself, you just can’t make this one up. These dorks are so blinded by greed and bravado, that they actually attacked a Naval vessel thinking it was a commercial boat? Bwa ha ha ha ha.
Or we can look at this another way. The Q Ships that I talked about awhile back, seem like more of a better idea all the time. I think we could catch quite a few flies with that kind of bait. Something to think about for you naval strategists out there that are running the maritime security effort. –Matt
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Somali Pirates Mistake French Military Vessel for Commercial Ship
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early Wednesday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat, the French military said. The French ship gave chase and captured five suspected pirates.
No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, said Rear Admiral Christophe Prazuck, a military spokesman.
La Somme “was probably taken for a commercial ship by the two small skiffs” some 250 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia, said Prazuck.
“They understood their mistake too late,” Prazuck said.
One skiff fled, and La Somme pursued the second one in an hour-long chase.
“There were five suspected pirates on board. No arms, no water, no food,” Prazuck said.
France is a key member of the European Union’s naval mission, Operation Atalanta, fighting Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. It has aggressively tracked and caught suspected pirates and handed over at least 22 to Kenya. An additional 15 suspects were brought to France for prosecution after allegedly seizing French nationals’ boats.
President Nicolas Sarkozy called for tougher action against piracy last year after dozens of attacks.
Story here.
