Pirates Hijack US ship.

[Duke{CLR}]

This can't be good.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...53721Z20090408

[Trooper110]

Heard about this earlier from my teamlead but it's been busy so I didn't have time to look it up. I hope we go in and crush the bums.

[Duke{CLR}]

There is a report that says the crew may have taken the ship back. Pentagon believes US crew in control of ship

[Apache Warrior]

There is a report that says the crew may have taken the ship back. Pentagon believes US crew in control of ship

I just heard that too. Good for them. Now they need to make the pirates walk the plank.
Apache

[mapes]

I heard the captain was still a hostage. Hope he makes it out ok

[ryanbatc]

The piracy (ocean going) is insane these days...

Crews ought to have RPG's or something aboard their vessels... or something to counter the pirates

[mapes]

I don't know if anyone else reads bad ass of the week. Its fairly humorous and filled with cussing fyi. I just read Michael Groves entry in the badassoftheweek


He was the guy who turned back the Somali pirates from a cruise ship a while back using a fire hose and the the long range acoustic device (sound cannon)

Badass of the Week: Michael Groves

Intresting

[{CLR} Major.Massacre]

"Getting nailed by a cruise ship fire hose is kind of like having your buddy pump a SuperSoaker BFG 9000 like eight million times and then shooting you in the face with it from about six inches away."

[jaspurr]

I hear the US Navy/ Marine Corps are flexing their musces by flying over the pirates homes on the coast. I am all for the tactic of 'we got a bigger stick than you'. These idiots thank fully don't realise that every time they call home they just help to locate their bases. Fingers crossed for the captain.

[BigTwinky]

Seems that Obama ordered a retake and capture of the ship, which happened today. The captain was saved

Hostage captain rescued, 3 pirates killed - CNN.com

MANAMA, Bahrain (CNN) -- U.S. forces killed three pirates Sunday and rescued cargo ship Capt. Richard Phillips, held hostage in a lifeboat since Wednesday, after seeing him in "imminent danger," a senior defense official told CNN.

The official contradicted earlier reports that the captain jumped into the water off Somalia on Sunday.

Three of the pirates on the lifeboat with Phillips were shot and killed, the U.S. Navy said. A fourth pirate was aboard the nearby USS Bainbridge negotiating Phillips' fate when the shootings occurred. He has since been taken into custody, officials said.

Phillips' ship, the Maersk Alabama, was attacked by the pirates Wednesday. He was uninjured and in good condition after his rescue at 7:19 p.m. (12:19 p.m. ET) Sunday, a senior U.S. official said.

[bobytt]

Well at least ended good

[Rand{CLR}]

I was sort of hoping the little pirate fleet would have found the lifeboat. Can you imagine a bunch of pirates running into three USN vessels?

-Rand

[JohnyRico]

Yeah, but what if they had brought that Kraken thing or the giant creole lady?

[Rand{CLR}]

Yeah, but what if they had brought that Kraken thing or the giant creole lady?

The SEALS kidnap Johnny Depp and send him out there as Jack Sparrow. Which, as much as I think the character is one of the all-time best movie characters every portrayed, would be helpful to us because it would avoid the need for the fourth Pirates of the Carribean movie that is in the works.

-Rand

[Cain]

Boom three headshots from three snipers....

Pretty sweet shooting on a bobbing boat firing at a bobbing lifeboat.