14 Somali Pirates Captured

Fourteen Somali pirates have been captured off the coast of Somalia. Somali pirates regularly attack and kidnap sailors and demand ransom. The pirates channel the ransom funds over to terrorist group al Shabaab for the jihad in Somalia. Reuters

BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - An unidentified warship off pirate-ridden Somali waters captured 14 pirates and destroyed their boat, a minister of the northern Puntland region said on Sunday.

Abdulqadir Muse Yusuf, fisheries minister for the semi-autonomous region said the pirate vessel met a warship "that we think could be American" and all the pirates on board were captured and their boat destroyed.

However, the U.S. Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain, said there was no American involvement in the operation.