Modern Day Pirates attack Cruise Ship

[Legs]

A luxury cruise line will re-evaluate whether to offer future cruises off the coast of Somalia after Pirates attempted to attack one of its ships early Saturday.

The modern-day pirates were in two small boats and carrying machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade when they attempted the attack on Seabourn Cruise Lines' "Spirit" about 5:35 a.m. local time Saturday, Deborah Natansohn, president of the cruise line, told CNNRadio.

Passenger Mike Rogers of Vancouver, Canada, said the pirates were shooting and sending rockets at the boat.

"The captain tried to run one of the boats over, but they were small boats, about 25 feet long," he told CNNRadio affiliate CKNW in Vancouver.

"Each one had four or five people on it, and (the captain) said he was going to do anything to keep them from getting on board."

"He announced it over the speakers, because he was scared people would run up on deck, and he didn't want people on deck because they would have been shot."

[Dingfod]

I would say that they should shoot back, but I already know that most international shipping lines don't carry any weapons on board because just having them might subject their crew to arrest in various ports they visit. Too bad. Maybe a flamethrower is in order. They could make one out of plumbing parts, fuel it with onboard oil pumps to fend off attacks, and dismantle it before going into a port.

[Legs]

pic of one of the boats

[Dingfod]

Originally Posted by Legs

pic of one of the boats

The fellow in the bow has an RPG-7, the fellow just in front of the fellow running the motor has an AK-47 rifle. They all look like they could use a laptop computer, then they could do something harmless like some 419 scams from Mogadishu.

[TomJoe]

That dude who seems to be wielding a stick (in the middle) looks like the most dangerous one of all.

[Legs]

The word is that after the captain out manuevered these dudes they received an SOS from a vessel in trouble who asked for them to assist... the Captain ignored the SOS - which turned out to be a trick to lure them back. Apparenty it came from the 'mother ship' so there was more than those 2 boats involved.

[alphamale]

Originally Posted by Legs

The word is that after the captain out manuevered these dudes they received an SOS from a vessel in trouble who asked for them to assist... the Captain ignored the SOS - which turned out to be a trick to lure them back. Apparenty it came from the 'mother ship' so there was more than those 2 boats involved.

Just think, Legs! You would have ended up in a harem!

Uh, if YOU'RE a guy, well....you would have ended up in a gay harem.