The Blog Really » somalia pirates http://blogreally.com COMMENTARY ON THE STORIES THAT LEAVE YOU STARING AT YOUR SCREEN SAYING, REALLY... Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:03:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Captain 1-Pirates 0 http://blogreally.com/2009/04/captain-1-pirates-0/ http://blogreally.com/2009/04/captain-1-pirates-0/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:43:00 +0000 admin http://blogreally.com/?p=529

The Really: There are reports that the Somalia pirates holding a sea captain on a lifeboat have been killed and the captain is free on a Navy ship.
UPDATE: CNN is reporting that the captain jumped overboard and this time the Navy was ready to respond. This guy is unbelievable. AGAIN! REALLY!
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UPDATE: 9:00am PST
FBI is consulting with Navy on hostage situation. Lifeboat is out of fuel and dead in the water. Maersk Alabama has left to a Kenya port. Just the four pirates and Captain Phillips and a US Navy destroyer.

The Really: The answer to a boatload of Somali pirates 350 miles from shore is a United States Navy destroyer? Arggh matey.

Let’s hope they try something a little more subtle to release the captain being held in a boat next to the Alabama which was boarded off Somalia (and through the actions of the captain and the fearless crew were repelled). Maybe some MAVs or SEALS.

The Bainbridge is likely to give the pirates pause and that is mostly its purpose in all its United States naval destroyer glory.

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