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    Dutch marines open fire on pirates

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says a team of marines stationed on a merchant ship has fought off a pirate attack in the Arabian Sea.

    The Defense Ministry says the marines opened fire early Tuesday on pirates armed with weapons, including a rocket propelled grenade, as the crew of the ship Flintstone took shelter in a safe room. The vessel is used to lay rocks around undersea pipelines.

    Marines fired tracer bullets at the six pirates as they sped toward the Flintstone, but they responded by aiming the rocket-propelled grenade at the ship.

    To prevent the grenade being fired, the marines opened fire on the pirates. The Defense Ministry said it "could not rule out casualties among the pirates."

    The Flintstone was heading from Malta to Singapore.

     
    • S Couple  •  4 mths ago
      This should be the standard for all merchant ships going forward.
      • Tim Yeakel 4 mths ago
        COUPLE: Ya all forgot the part of being allowed to use those pirates as fish bait. Then again they are so scrawny and dirty the fish may spit em out....
      • anonymous 4 mths ago
        US Marines should only be stationed on US flagged vessels. Let Monrovia provide its own marines.
      • M4LIC3 4 mths ago
        #$%$ is Anonymous blabbing about? "Dutch" Marines not US Marines.
    • Ranjo  •  4 mths ago
      The Dutch got it right! Great job!
      • Dick 4 mths ago
        and do never arrest some body !! But let them learn to swim
      • bob 4 mths ago
        they must have heard bam bam from the flintstone
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Fairfield, Connecticut  •  4 mths ago
      All pirate boats should be sank with crew on first sighn of agression, they never run out of pirates, but whats a pirate withou a boat.
      • remember you are no diffe ... 4 mths ago
        I agree with the shooting back, but the problem with sinking boats, is that they pirates will carry hostages into each fight.
      • A Yahoo! User 4 mths ago
        They need to take over a ship to get hostages, when they leave the mainland its only pirates. Sink them before they can get close and board.
      • Random Me 4 mths ago
        in just the last week a boat taken from fisherman still had the fisherman on board.. depends on the type of boat involved..
    • Kranky Kat  •  4 mths ago
      THIS is the way to "negotiate" with pirates... with a stream of tracers. No need to worry about language barriers.
      • Who Me 4 mths ago
        Yeah bullets speak a universal language. Needs to be spoken more often to pirates.
      • Lcajongirl 4 mths ago
        In total agreement!!!
      • james 4 mths ago
        True story! Gunshots sound the same no matter what language you speak
    • jtWallace  •  4 mths ago
      At least they had the cajones to do something instead of letting them get away.
      • MonikaC 4 mths ago
        And trying to be politically correct about it!
      • J 4 mths ago
        Doesnt say they captured them... So they must of got away..
    • Stephen  •  4 mths ago
      Pirating a rock laying ship? this is hillarious, you just can't make this stuff up!
    • OurVanishingAmerica.wordp ...  •  Miami, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      Prison in a civilized country is a dream come true. Sink them.
    • 2012  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  4 mths ago
      Good for The Dutch !
    • nela  •  4 mths ago
      Bravo to the Dutch!
    • G Man  •  Austin, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      I never understood why these private ships didn't do this from the beginning when this all started. Hell, at the very least, arm your crew. I am sure it would be cheaper to buy arms for your ship than pay a huge ransom later.
    • RICHARD P  •  4 mths ago
      What a novel approach. When bad guys try to board your vessel-shoot them. Are you paying attention World ???
    • Harley  •  4 mths ago
      Way to go Dutch Marines! They were kind in giving a warning of tracers - we can only hope there were casualties on the pirate side.
    • Jew-el  •  Tel Aviv, Israel  •  4 mths ago
      That's exactly what all the other nations should do BRAVO to the Dutch!!
      I hope there are no survivors, the fish need to eat too ;)
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 mths ago
      we need to dress up a destroyer like a regular ship and just have it going back and fourth killing pirates.
    • JD  •  4 mths ago
      Capture them alive - take them back to their home country and drop them off... From 3000 feet out of a military aircraft.... with a note tied to them saying "today was a bad day to be an #$%$."
    • Rabbi Moses Teitelbaum  •  4 mths ago
      Dutch marines on a ship named "Flintstone" killed a bunch of worthless pirates? All I can say is "Yabba Dabba Do!"
    • james B.  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  4 mths ago
      Great news-----death to all pirates
    • Derek  •  Kempton Park, South Africa  •  4 mths ago
      Piracy will stop very quickly if all ships carry anti-terrorist squads on board. Shoot first and dont bother asking questions afterwards.
    • S Couple  •  4 mths ago
      Stealing from Starship troopers line...

      The only good pirate is a dead pirate.
    • Citizen  •  4 mths ago
      About time somebody opened fire on them.
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