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Another ridiculous Internet rumor bites the dust: Obama OK’d 2 SEAL teams for pirates. President Obama dispatched two separate teams of Navy commandos to carry out last week’s rescue of a merchant ship captain held hostage by Somali pirates but left the operational details and rules of engagement to military ...
Writing in the New York Times, a former United Nations security officer describes what the UN did in Somalia in 1995, in response to a hostage situation. In 1995, for example, the water supply for Mogadishu, the capital, was shut off by the United Nations humanitarian agencies until a hostage ...
Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but what the hell happened to “The buck stops here”? President Barack Obama is the Commander in Chief of the US armed forces. I certainly don’t agree with a lot of his policies, but I’ll be damned if I won’t — at the very least — respect the ...
Great news in the Somali pirate standoff — it’s over: Official: US sea captain freed in swift firefight. WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Navy has rescued the American sea captain held by Somali pirates. A senior U.S. intelligence official said hostage Richard Phillips was not hurt in what appeared to be ...
CBS News reports that the crew of the hijacked cargo ship Maersk Alabama has possibly overpowered the Somali pirates: American Crew Battles Somali Pirates. (CBS/AP) The crew of a hijacked U.S. cargo ship is in a standoff with Somali pirates after attempting to retake the vessel, military sources told CBS ...
Pirates from the lawless state of Somalia tried to attack a US Navy oil tanker earlier today. LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday it appeared pirates had tried to attack one of its big military oil tankers. A security team aboard the vessel opened fire on two small ...