Scrappy U.S. shipmates retake control of ship seized by Somali pirates
According to the NY Times, the crew of a Maersk U.S. container ship regained control of their ship from Somali pirates who boarded the ship off the coast of Somalia early this morning.
A Pentagon official speaking on condition of anonymity to the NY Times said that one of the pirates was in custody on board the ship. The official said the status of the other pirates is unknown but they were reported to “be in the water” — translation: swimming with the fishes.
“All the crew members are trained in security detail in how to deal with piracy,” Maersk CEO John Reinhart told reporters. “As merchant vessels we do not carry arms. We have ways to push back, but we do not carry arms.”
Somali pirates take advantage of the “no arms” rule by laying in wait for ships to venture near the coast of Somalia then hijacking the ships for ransom. The pirates made world news last year when they hijacked a Ukrainian arms freighter. The owners paid $3.2 million in cash, dropped by parachute to the deck of the freighter.
This is thought to be the first time Somali pirates commandeered a U.S. flagged ship in that area.
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LMAO at the modern day Pirates. They dont sound like they were very prepared!
sandra, ru sure thats not juelz santana. hahahahahahahahaha……….mouth all white look’n all hungry and shyt.that boy need a beating.
Man, all these blogs are getting boring, reporting on the same things. I can’t even remember where I commented on what.
i gotta go, yall have a good weekend