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American war ship fires on Gdynia?

28.10.2009 19:22

A crew member of the USS Ramage shot three shots towards warehouses in Gdynia, northern Poland while the destroyer was leaving port.

The incident happened at 10.40 CET, Wednesday morning. According to lieutenant-colonel Marcin Wiacek from the Military Police, nobody was injured and damage resulted from the shooting. It is not known why the shots were fired.

“The USS Ramage crew is being interrogated in relation to the case,” says Commander Tom Williamson from the US embassy in Warsaw.

Military police confiscated a handgun which was used for shooting.

The American destroyer came to Poland in order to participate in military exercise with Polish navy officers. It was to depart today but because of the ongoing investigation it will have to prolong its stay in Gdynia.

There are 250 marines serving at the USS Ramage, including five women and a man whose grandparents were Polish. (mg)

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28/10/2009 21:14:42

Most likely they were provoked by Russians.

28/10/2009 21:15:43

Most likely they saw my mom naked

mike

28/10/2009 21:39:38

lol, naked mom.

US Marines are not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed of the US arsenal.

Stu

28/10/2009 21:58:39

Mike ... try to make a distinction between Navy and Marines, will you? I bet there weren't any Marines on board.

You have a similar logic like:
All birds have wings
A bat has wings
Thus a bat is a bird.

Don't give a gun to a drunken cracker!

28/10/2009 23:02:16

They were trying to open fire on Kalingrad but their GPS malfunctioned, which was undoubtedly due to Russian sabotage.

Crackers and guns

28/10/2009 23:04:07

USS Ramage or USS Rampage?

Jeff

28/10/2009 23:30:18

The West attacked Poland again! Let's pray and hope there were no secret protocols with Moscow this time.

Maciej Skiba

28/10/2009 23:55:04

First, good nobody got hurt, I'm curious about the reason they fired. I like Ed's second response, but I don't think that is probably the reason why.

Mario

29/10/2009 01:16:29

American troops are there to finally bring democracy to Poland.

Floddo Beggins from Whoreshowstershire

29/10/2009 01:17:41

Year ago at 25 or 26.10, ten US. Navy soldiers kicked Polish taxi-driver in Sopot, nowadays they fired polish harbour in Gdynia. That's why I hate USA - bunch of morons.

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