Report: Pirates were out of ammo, sought to trade captain

A relative of one of the pirates aboard the vessel, reached by phone in the Puntland region of Somalia, said three pirates were killed in the assault and a fourth one captured.

There was no official word from the Pentagon or from the White House, and it was unclear how involved President Barack Obama may have been in the decision to launch the raid.

The relative reached by phone said he had been in contact with one of the pirates on the lifeboat. He said the pirate reported they were out of ammunition and fuel and were getting desperate.

/that can’t be right