Thank God Captain Phillips is safe and sound now. Three out of the four pirates were reportedly killed in a swift firefight and the fourth one has been captured. Captain Phillips jumped out the lifeboat for the second attempt and freedom and as soon as he was out the pirates were fired upon.
Now it's time to send a couple of raids to the Pirates land base and raze it to the ground.BBC
The captain of a US container ship taken hostage by Somali pirates has been released, the US Navy has said.
Three pirates are reported to have been killed in the operation to free Captain Richard Phillips, who had been held in a lifeboat for several days.
Capt Phillips is safe and receiving medical treatment aboard the USS Bainbridge, a warship sent to track the pirates holding him, officials said. [...]
An unnamed US official told the Associated Press news agency that Capt Phillips was freed in what appeared to be a swift firefight.
Reports say he jumped overboard for a second time, and the pirates were shot and killed before they could take action to get him back.
US forces apparently took advantage of the fact one of the pirates was negotiating on the USS Bainbridge when the incident happened.
2 comments:
excellent news ! and three less pirates to deal with !
Oh boy, who was talking about snipers?
This is awesome news.
(Now if Obama would take out a few pirate havens with a couple of well placed missiles, I would be a happy girl.)
Yeah America!
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