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Navy ship accidentally fires on Polish port



nauczyciel Edited by: Moderator   Oct 31, 09, 19:08 /  #
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/30/poland.us.navy.shoot/in dex.html?eref=rss_topstories

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Washington (CNN) -- A crew member aboard a U.S. Navy ship accidentally fired a machine gun into the Polish port city of Gdynia on Wednesday while cleaning the weapon, Navy officials said Friday.

Three rounds were fired from an M240 machine gun into the town but no injuries or damage were reported, officials said.

The gun, aboard the USS Ramage, a Navy destroyer, is used to defend the ship in close combat.

Navy officials said a crew member was cleaning the weapon when it accidentally discharged.

The incident happened as the ship was in port after retuning from an international exercise in the Baltic Sea. It was preparing to leave later that day, the Navy said.

Polish military police boarded the ship to investigate and Navy officials said the crew of the Ramage fully cooperated. No U.S. sailors were taken into custody by Polish authorities, Navy officials said.

There was no immediate word of a U.S. Navy investigation into the incident.

wildroverThreads: 180
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  Oct 31, 09, 19:22 /  #
One wonders why a ship would have loaded machine gun in a friendly port....and why some muppet who didn,t know how to check a weapon was not loaded was allowed to clean it..... good thing nobody was killed....
nauczyciel   Oct 31, 09, 19:26 /  #
i knew my title would've been changed... :S
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  Oct 31, 09, 19:30 /  #
nauczyciel:
i knew my title would've been changed...

What was your original title......Dumb yank attacks poland...?
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  Oct 31, 09, 19:31 /  #
THis is a proper picture:

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  Oct 31, 09, 19:34 /  #
pawian:
THis is a proper picture:

Exactly...if you are going to attack Poland , a few hundred large caliber shells are whats needed to get people holding their hands up...three rounds from a machine gun is not going get the Poles to quit...its just gonna make em angry...
nauczyciel   Oct 31, 09, 20:42 /  #
original title was "Ooops.... Sorry bout that"
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  Oct 31, 09, 20:56 /  #
wildrover:
why some muppet who didn,t know how to check a weapon was not loaded was allowed to clean it

User manual disappear somewhere ;)
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  Oct 31, 09, 21:54 /  #
nauczyciel:
accidentally fired

Typical Americans they are good at 'friendly fire'
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  Oct 31, 09, 22:01 /  #
g60edition:
Typical Americans they are good at 'friendly fire'

Polack isn't good at any kind of fire.
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  Oct 31, 09, 22:20 /  #
Mindless provocation, Scrappy! If they were so bad, why did GROM get a special invite to come across and handle a matter on behalf of the US?

You have no clue what you are talking about. Go and ask US soldiers who have worked with Polish ones and they'll likely paint a very different picture from the bile that you spew.
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Edited by: pawian   Oct 31, 09, 23:20 /  #
nauczyciel:
original title was "Ooops.... Sorry bout that"

Someone on the warship had a bout and started shooting.... :):):):)

scrappleton:
Polack isn't good at any kind of fire.

I protest!! I am good at camp fire! Lookie here:
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Are you able to play such games? I bet you aren`t. :):):):):)

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  Oct 31, 09, 23:45 /  #
Oh Sh*t!

I heard that the squid that f*cked this up was of Polish/Scottish descent. He got busted down to bilge pump. All is well. :/
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  Oct 31, 09, 23:48 /  #
We can't hold any squids accountable ;) ;) They are good for okonomiyaki :)

Accidents happen but there is a reasonable duty of care to be expected.

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