President Barack Obama twice authorized the use of deadly force to rescue Capt. Richard Phillips, who was taken captive by Somali pirates last week.
After the 2nd order was given by President Obama on Saturday, USS Bainbridge Cmdr. Frank Castellano saw a small window of opportunity and ordered three navy seal snipers to open fire on 3 of the pirates, killing them instantly.
A fourth pirate was taken into custody without incident and will be brought back to the U.S. to face trial.
The navy seal snipers fired 3 simultaneous kill shots to the heads of the pirates using high powered weapons with a muzzle velocity of 2000 feet per second, meaning the pirates never heard the shots that killed them.
Said President Obama:
“I am very pleased that Capt. Phillips has been rescued and is safely on board the USS Boxer,” the president said in a statement. “His safety has been our principal concern, and I know this is a welcome relief to his family and his crew.”
“We remain resolved to halt the rise of piracy in this region,” he said. “To achieve that goal, we must continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks, be prepared to interdict acts of piracy and ensure that those who commit acts of piracy are held accountable for their crimes.” READ MORE…
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First Jay & Bey & now an Obama post with no snid remarks…. You must have a fill in today.
Let me find out all that Bow Wow press done made you enough money to hire help.
She even posted a pic of him reading to the kiddies.. Wow.
Didn’t I tell you we wasn’t going down without a fight AND we wasn’t paying them no damn millions on dollars.
see this is what makes people think they site has multiple writes.
maybe bow done sicked his people on sr.com
He didn’t have to hold 5011 press conf to get the job done on the other hand I hope they really don’t seek revenge like they have been saying
IF she got her some help, she’d better step it up on the posts, cause sure seems like a slow news day…
Yes it has been dry and slow round these parts today and I’m bored at work lol
Good job for the navy seals!!! I didn’t think for a second they were gonna pay em. It just allows them to continue doing what they’ve been doing.
Pirates have been stepping up their game on the African coast for over FIVE YEARS!!! Basically every week, a ship was being hijacked to get money…it got to the point where I was thinking it was an insurance scam (there is hostage insurance on those large cargo ships)
If somebody who shall remain nameless had handled this mess YEARS ago…along with some other quagmires…than this wouldn’t have happened (I mean…having Blackwater Mercs loaded for bear as security on some of those ships…THAT MAKES SENSE)!!!
Now…I wish Obama would use the same strategy in Afghanistan as he did in this instance…because it dosen’t take thousands of troops to get Bin Laden…it takes the Navy Seals…the Texas Rangers…Special Forces…some Mossad agents…some Greek boys…maybe about 100 in all to root THAT problem out of existence…
@ Star I love your advatar. I think Kevin Williams (wak) makes some powerful pictures. I wanted power of a man/woman but couldn’t find one big enough.
sandra what the easter bunny put in your basket? like someone said first a jay and bey nice post and now this. easter needs to come more often…..
I’m glad the captain made it out of this situation alive as well. But I couldn’t believe Sandra did not say 1 negative thing about this….WOW!
what site am I on?
I have to be honest whatever alien captured auntie & took over her blog please release her. While I don’t always agree with everything she post I like the objective point of view she gives. I can visit 3 different sites & all the post are worded the same or similar. You can always count on Sandra to give her spin on things.
I would assume she is busy bc she hasn’t really updated at all today.
Kayne has a ghose blogger why not ms rose
Them some bad boys … 3 seperate shots at the same time .. .THATS how u get Mess DONE
Send the Crips .. the bloods .. the KKK … the Militant Panter’s to find Bin Laden .. they’ll be back in 2 and 2