AHOY Maytees!!! It's The Pirates Thread!!
 

Any news that's fit to print regarding pirates, post here:



SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni special forces Monday freed a Yemeni oil tanker seized by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, killing three pirates and capturing at least nine on board, a government official said.

The ship, named Qana, was seized by Somali pirates off Yemen's coast Sunday but was empty of oil cargo. The deaths Monday took to five the number of pirates killed as Yemeni forces battled for two days to take back the vessel.

They were escorting the tanker to the Yemeni port of Aden on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.

Pirates have made millions of dollars over the past year from seizing ships and taking crews hostage. Pirates have increased raids on ships passing through the Gulf of Aden, a key shipping lane for oil and cargo, since February.

Better weather has allowed them to operate more freely despite foreign navy patrols off the coast of Somalia.


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We drink and we pillage and we do what we please
We get all that we want for free
We’ll kick your ass
And rape your lass
Somalian pirates we

So with a yo ho ho
And with a yee hee hee
We take to the African sea
We’ll brave the squalls
And bust your balls
Somalian pirates we


We left our homes and we left our mothers
To go on a pillaging spree
We’ll cut off your ears
And break your toes
And make you drink our pee

And if you sail into our waters
You best hear this decree
We’ll take your boat
Set your ass afloat
Somalian pirates we

bwhahahaha @ the song!!!


Now I can't get the Pirates of the Carribbean song out of my head.
Drink up, me harteys, yo ho!!!

DIIITTTOOOO!!!

This is fun. Go to Facebook

Settings > Account Settings > Language

On the scroll-down menu, pick English (Pirate) - 6th from the bottom on the list. Hilarity ensues. I broke into my husband's FB and changed it to that without telling him. He asked me if it was Pirate Day or something!

Rear Admiral Michelle Howard
 

While the Navy SEALs get credit for taking out the Somali pirates, here is what we DIDN'T hear:


The first African-American woman to command a US Navy ship also stopped Somali pirates holding the Maersk Alabama captain hostage.


also see: Navy Times link


Hmmm....looks like the MSM (and some of the high porfile independants) missed that little tidbit...

Dangit - nevermind - jwright beat me to it.