tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post-17734135192302713622008-03-25T07:56:00.000-07:002008-03-25T08:03:47.383-07:002008-03-25T08:03:47.383-07:00The <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_re_mi_ea/egypt_us_navy">Associated Press reported</a> that a US Navy-contracted ship fired at a small Egyptian boat. Its crime was going through the Suez Canal. They killed a person.<br /><br />USS Cole, you're thinking. However, I am thinking that "small boats selling cigarettes and other products often swarm the civilian ships moving through the canal. These waterborne merchants know not to approach military vessels but the 'Global Patriot' looked like a civilian vessel, said the security official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity."<br /><br />The US military responded, "Our team did take the appropriate steps to take those measured steps to warn the vessels that were getting too close." Plus, what is one more dead Arab father, really?<br /><br />In related news, Hillary Clinton claimed to land on the 'Global Patriot' in the midst of sniper fire and small explosions. Mission accomplished.<br /><br />[<span style="font-style:italic;">tarboush tip</span>: Fadi and Fayyad]Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04776960696689767044noreply@blogger.com