Aaaarrrgghh!!!!

MAHE, Seychelles Nov 7, 2005 — Pirates who attacked a cruise ship off the coast of Somalia grinned as they aimed grenade-launchers and machine guns at the deck and staterooms, some passengers said Monday, recounting the ordeal after safely docking in this Indian Ocean archipelago.

The ship escaped by shifting to high speed and changing course, and the cruise line said Monday the crew also used a sonic weapon, which blasts earsplitting noise in a directed beam, as it tried to ward off the attack.

"I tell you, it was a very frightening experience," Charles Supple, of Fiddletown, Calif., said by phone.

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