A cruise ship sailing off Somalia has beaten back gunmen in speedboats who opened fire on it in an apparent pirate attack which terrified passengers.
At least two boats closed in on the Seabourn Spirit, firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at the cruise liner.

But crew took evasive action, repelling the attackers without returning fire.

One crew member was lightly injured in the early-morning incident in waters notorious for pirate attacks.

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There's still hope for all of us aspiring pirates out there! I feel close to my brethren.

[ November 05, 2005, 02:49 PM: Message edited by: Repugnant Abomination ]

There was a special on "modern day pirates" on either TLC or Discovery a couple of years back. It was awesome, they had all kinds of badass boats and guns.

but what if it would have been a ghost ship filled with real pirates? huh? what about then... how do you think the cruise ship would have done then? ARGHHH me matey.....

are you referring to the black pearl? because nobody could even think about fucking with the black pearl.

i believe you mean the Black Pearl. capitalization is necessary to show proper respect and reverance......