(April 12) - An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a U.S. Navy operation that killed three of the four Somali pirates who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, a senior U.S. intelligence official said.
One of the pirates was wounded and in custody after a swift firefight, the official said.
Four days after Somali pirates took the captain of a U.S.-flagged ship hostage off the coast of Somalia, an American intelligence official said Sunday that he has been freed. Richard Phillips, above, was being held captive on a lifeboat after several pirates boarded the the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday in an attempt to hijack it. Phillips surrendered himself to safeguard his menCNN.com: US Warns of Dangers Off Somali Coast
Capt. Richard Phillips, 53, of Underhill, Vermont, was safely transported to a Navy warship nearby.
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6 comments:
WAY TO GO NAVY SEALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME JUST FREAKING AWESOME.
NOW LETS WATCH OBAMA TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS, HE IS GOING TO SAY HE WAS ONE OF THOSE NAVY SEALS IN THE WATER. LOL
GOD BLESS THE CAPTAIN AND HIS CREW
Go Seals. Damn good job
Thank God for the Navy SEALS!
I called it............... Obama is now saying it was HIS DOING that made this happen.............Gawd I hate him and the Main Stream Media for LYING they way they do.
And Obama's already got his press people out there claiming that he "authorized" that, even though it was on-scene Navy personnel who made the call to shoot totally independent of Obama.
They neglect to mention also that Obama took three days to give that "authorization" even though the Pentagon was pressing him on it constantly.
But at least he found the time to pick out a new dog while Capt. Phillips sweated and the world watched.
Thank God for the Seals.
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