Those Pesky Pirates
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Those pesky pirates have struck once more. In fact the past week they have struck six times. This last time to over take an American Cargo ship the Maersk Alabama.
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Those pesky pirates have struck once more. In fact the past week they have struck six times. This last time to over take an American Cargo ship the Maersk Alabama. The vessel was headed to Kenya filled with aide when it was over taken by pirates. Once they boarded the ship the twenty man crew some how over took the pirates and they were off running for their dingy. Captain Richard Phillips surrendered to be taken hostage to keep the rest of his crew safe. This was the first type of situation American Sailors have been in, in about 200 years.
The pirates are now sitting in their dingy not far from the Maersk Alabama and are dead in the water from running out of fuel.
The USS Bainbridge has arrived and is sitting close to the Maersk Alabama. There is also aircraft flying overhead to keep an eye on the situation. It has been stated that there are now over twelve different nations patrolling the area of Cape Horn in Africa because of the pirate attacks that have been taking place.
The FBI hostage negotiators are also involved with the military maneuvers in this area. It is felt by all that the main purpose for all of this is for the safe release of Captain Phillips. As his family sit by at their home in Vermont anxiously awaiting news of their loved one.
Military spokesman have stated they think what will happen is the pirates will try to communicate with their mother ship to tow them back to shore, but with the US Navy on their flank they do not believe there is much chance of this happening, but at the moment there seems to be a standoff situation at hand.
With the world watching the outcome of this latest pirate attack our first thoughts are for the safety of the Captain and then I do hope the US Navy blows there pesky pirates right out of the water and ends this craziness. A message needs to be given to them and I see no other way to get our message across that we will not tolerate this anymore.
Will this happen? Who knows, but one thing is for sure these darn pirates have truly made a name for themselves and continue to take over slow moving ships.
14 Comments
Great work! Nicely done and very interesting article..Thnx for sharing
I say send in the Navy SEALS and let them take care of those pirates . . . perminantly!
This has to stop! I agree with Peter.
This is becoming a big problem and I hope it gets resolved quickly
very serious
Just goes to show how far it has come with every country and company letting themselves be blackmailed to pay ransoms.
It definitely has to stopped completely, and the paying of ransoms has to stop even before that. I hope Pentagon remembers to send the bills to that company who owns the ship, maybe they learn to take the other route, instead of endangering their crew.
Great article. I have been following this story. It is unbelievable.
Wow Linda heard about this but not all the details.Are the really stupid enough to test US????? How frigging stupid is that?I almost thought we’d step in sooner or later but wasn’t sure due to the cost of being there for no real good reason.I guess it’s finally time.
Im a Pirate too!
Pirates of xxi century.
i never know about that, thanks for sharing…
I can’t believe this is still happening, and I’ve followed it on the news..Great read!
Great theme, Linda. Thanks for bringing attention to this key issue. Brian
ARRRR…. lol…