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caption) Not a cargo ship: The French Navy ship "Somme" was
attacked by Somali pirates on Tuesday.  About these ads  It's
time to roll that sad trombone sound again. You know ... whomp
whomp whomp waaaaah.  Lately, those once fearsome Somali pirates
have been behaving more like Keystone Krooks than savvy
organized criminals.  Yesterday, they bit off more than they
could chew by attacking a French Navy ship off the coast of
their lawless country.  They thought it was a cargo vessel.
"Once they realized they were facing a ship that was responding
and was heading towards them, they stopped shooting and
attempted to flee," said French military spokesman Christophe
Prazuck. "The Somme [a command and supply ship] gave chase and
intercepted one of the pirates' boats. All the weapons had
apparently been tossed into the sea and the suspected pirates
are now being held on board the Somme."   A