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TXlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 12:29 PM
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CANADIAN WARSHIP SEIZES TANKER IN... WAIT...CANADA HAS A WARSHIP???
CANADIAN WARSHIP SEIZES TANKER IN... WAIT...
CANADA HAS A WARSHIP?

Oh Right, and Switzerland Has Nuclear Weapons

Arabian Sea (SatireWire.com)
— Canadian television reported Friday that a Canadian warship in the Arabian Sea had seized a tanker suspected of smuggling oil from Iraq, leading many to suspect that the report was a hoax.

"You're kidding, right? Canada has a warship?" asked U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "Like for war?

"Does Canada know?" he added.

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MSchreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 12:33 PM
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1. ROFL!
Added to my favorites!

Martin
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Holly Donating Member (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 12:34 PM
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2. LOL
Edited on Tue Dec-16-03 12:34 PM by Holly
and our ships come equipped with those Sea King helicopters....you know the ones that are always seeking the ground.
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 12:44 PM
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3. hehe
Does that ship really exist?
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 12:44 PM
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4. Having worked with Canadian sailors...
All three of them...

Ok, enough joking.

Canada has a small but professional navy, and I am glad to have worked with them repeatedly, in the Persian Gulf and other locations.

Thier warships are modern, comfortable vessels quite capable of holdint thier own in their weight class. While they don't have a large fleet, it is a good one.
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 12:49 PM
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5. How to have a successful Navy:
Don't tell anyone you have it.
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 01:11 PM
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6. I thought that was the rule
for a sucessful spy agency.
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-16-03 03:12 PM
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7. They have a fine Navy, just a little larger than our Coast Guard
And much better ships than the CG does. Mission is about the same. Enforcement of Canadian and International Laws on the high seas.
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