Pirates hijack ship with 20 Americans onboard

[saltydogbk]

Tom, you nailed it once again.

[mudman]

Yep Nailed

[Pathfinder]

FoxNews is reporting that the Captain has been rescued. Can you say Delta? Can you say Seals? We will never know for sure . . .

Hallelujah!           


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,514719,00.html

Ship Captain Rescued From Somali Pirates
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Reuters

American sea Captain Richard Phillips was rescued from four Somali pirates Sunday, a U.S. intelligence official said.

Three pirates were killed and one was in custody after what appeared to be a swift firefight off the Somali coast, the official said.

Phillips, who was not hurt, was safely transported to a Navy warship nearby.

The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Talks began Thursday with the captain of the USS Bainbridge talking to the pirates under instruction from FBI hostage negotiators on board the U.S. destroyer.

U.S. warships and helicopters stalked the lifeboat holding Phillips and his four Somali captors Sunday, while his crew briefed FBI agents about how they fought off the pirates who boarded their ship, the Maersk Alabama.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Hazcat]

OHH RAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[L.E. Keeney]

God Bless the Navy SEALS..

[Sponsor]

[Pathfinder]

Seals are not mentioned - updated version of above story on Fox says "Initial reports indicate Phillips jumped overboard for a second time and the military was able to take advantage of the situation."

Update - forgot to include this piece of insanity FTA: "Asked whether the pirate arrested will now be brought to the U.S. for prosecution, the Department of Justice told FOX News, they will be "reviewing the evidence and other issues to determine whether to seek prosecution in the United States.""

Go for the 9mm solution, morons, simpler and sends a message.

I recall a story out of Lebanon during the 70's when it seemed everyone under the sun was being kidnapped by some extremist - er - peace loving mooslim group. One of the sheiks made the mistake of kidnapping a Russian diplomat's son, probably the local KGB wonk. Son of sheik subsequently kidnapped and then returned to daddy next day unable to talk. Seems his genitals had been stuffed into his mouth. That, and he was dead too.

Russkie diplomat's son released the next day.

Send the message, it will be heard. But we have klintoon 2.0 in charge, so we will try him and probably release him for lack of evidence or because of his poor, miserable, neglected/abused upbringing.

[fightingquaker13]

However it happened thank God. And lets hope the navy takes advantage of the other pirates who were dumb enough to leave port with their captured ships and hostages to "rescue" their comrades. If this plays out well we could get three ships back and underscorethe fact that these guys need to find another line of work.
FQ13

PS I posted this on the songs thread. I will post ithere as well, as it seems an appropiate Easter greetings to those gentlemen. What more could they want? Gillian Welsh, Allison Kraus, Emmylou Harris, and oh yeah, the SEALs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd_mI08B5k0&feature=related 

[twyacht]

Power of Prayer, What a great Easter Blessing.

[1776 Rebel]

Navy is going to a news conference a little later this afternoon. Heard on Fox that the rescue involved SEAL snipers. Way to go !!! I would suspect that once the Captain was in the water that the lifeboat was riddled with .50 cal. !!!

[ismram]

Proud too be a INFIDEL!!!!!