Cruise ship attacked by pirates off Somalia used sonic weapon

By Aussiegirl

Was this attempt to hijack a cruise ship part of the Ramadan offensive that some intelligence groups are talking about? Several intelligence organizations are saying that the thwarted major attack in Australia and the coordinated riots in France and other parts of Europe are part of a general offensive scheduled to begin during Ramadan. If they are right, then we are seeing the first shots being fired in an all out world-wide declaration of open warfare by international Islam. The tactics used by these pirates suggests that they were more interested in taking hostages and causing deaths than they were in robbing passengers.

AP Wire | 11/07/2005 | Cruise ship attacked by pirates off Somalia used sonic weapon: "The crew of a luxury cruise ship used a sonic weapon that blasts earsplitting noise in a directed beam while being attacked by a gang of pirates off Africa this weekend, the cruise line said Monday.
The Seabourn Spirit had a Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, installed as a part of its defense systems, said Bruce Good, a spokesman for Miami-based Seabourn Cruise Line. The Spirit was about 100 miles off Somalia when pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns as they tried to get onboard."