The seagoing missionaries made a tragic blunder. They left the relative safety of a communal group of fellow boaters. Look,..... spreading the "Word" is not anything I'll object to, however, common sense should have raised a myriad of red flags when it was decided to leave the convoy, and "just sail in pirate infested waters, toward Somalia unescorted and alone."
God provided us with many things, including free will AND not being stupid if we can avoid it. I don't want to sound cold, but this was a bad move in a bad part of the ocean.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/206460.phpAmerican Forces Press Service adds details from a press briefing by Navy Vice Admiral Mark I. Fox:
"At 8 a.m. this morning ... a rocket-propelled grenade was fired by the pirates from the Quest toward the Sterett," Fox said. "Immediately thereafter, gunfire erupted from inside the cabin of the Quest. Several pirates appeared on the deck of the Quest and moved up to the bow with their hands in the air in surrender."
U.S. special operations forces closed in on the Quest in small boats and boarded the yacht. "They discovered that all four hostages had been shot by their captors," Fox said. The service members took immediate steps to provide medical care, but the four Americans died of their wounds. The boarding party also found two dead pirates aboard the vessel.
The special operations forces did not fire weapons during the boarding, Fox said.
"While clearing the vessel, two additional pirates were killed," the admiral said. "The remaining 15 suspected pirates are in U.S. custody."
Fox said two additional pirates were killed as the special operators cleared the boat. One was killed with a pistol, the other in a knife fight, the admiral said. There were no casualties to service members or damage to Navy ships. The Navy and the FBI are investigating the incident.
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Here's the video of Russians dealing with Pirates..... The 1:00 mark is about right.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a6_1293369894Very sad Americans were killed, by killers. Perhaps a little Russian diplomacy would be a better deterrent.