Well, apparently Obama doesn't believe in "detaining" them either.  Good for him.

That was one tough shot, from one bobbing ship to a bobbing boat in low light.
I especially liked the part about they told the bad guys they would tow them to calmer water and as they did, they slowly realed them is closer. LOL
Lets hit the beach and kill the rest of them.

Thank you to all military personnel for their selfless service and God Bless the captain and crew of the Maersk Alabama.
Rock On US NAVY!!!!!!!!!!!  
BW

Latest news:

Pirates attack U.S. cargo ship but fail to get aboard 

The Liberty Sun, a U.S.-flagged cargo ship bound for Mombasa, Kenya, was attacked Tuesday by Somali pirates, according to a NATO source with direct knowledge of the matter.

The ship was carrying U.S. food aid for African nations, the statement said.

The pirates never made it onto the ship and the vessel is now being escorted by a coalition ship, still bound for Mombasa, officials said.

Full story here:  http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/14/somalia.pirates/index.html

The Real Story is that the 'Pirates' were out of ammo and negotiating the Captains release.
We refused and sent in the Seals to sensationalize the event and not appear weak.
Theres alot more here than meets the eye but Ill just leave it at that.


April 12, 2009

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

U.S. Navy

Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, right, with Cmdr. Frank Castellano, commanding officer of the USS Bainbridge, after Phillips was rescued.

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By Nancy A. Youssef and Shashank Bengali | McClatchy Newspapers

MALINDI, Kenya —President Obama was told that Phillips had been rescued 11 minutes after the shots were fired, according to Pentagon and White House chronologies of events.

According to Somalis with knowledge of the discussions, the pirates, who at one time had demanded $2 million for Phillips's release, had grown desperate with their situation — adrift under a searing sun in waters infested with sharks, staring at two massive Navy ships armed with guided missiles, running low on fuel and having spent their ammunition.

A relative of one of the pirates, who said he spoke with the men by satellite phone at about 3 p.m. — four hours before the Navy opened fire — said they "were getting scared" and trying to persuade the Americans to let them go in return for the captain's release.

"They were trying to save their own lives," said the relative, Hassan Mohammed Farah, speaking by phone from Haradheere, a coastal town in central Somalia where pirates are known to operate. "The only thing they could bargain with was the captain, but the Americans would not accept."

The pirates had appealed by satellite phone to other pirate groups to sail captive ships and hostages to the scene of the standoff, to put some pressure on the U.S. forces. But Guled Farah, who belongs to another pirate group that had hijacked a German ship last week, said that the presence of the U.S. vessels scared them off.

"Their little boat was surrounded," Farah said by phone from Haradheere. "We couldn't go to help th

You're very naive, uglydog.

Poor ootsie-wootsie pirates.  They  hijack an American ship and wreak havoc, but ooops! we ran out of ammo!  oooo, no fair, we didn't mean it, we weren't killing people, we're "scared, our "little boat was surrounded" by the big bad American Navy.

Give me a break.

The "Real Story," uglydog, is that these THUGS used guns to hijack an unarmed American ship and got exactly what they deserved. 

I think I enjoyed reading these posts, (most of them anyway) as much as the event.  Glad to see there is a little common sense left, I was begining to wonder if it was all gone.

I think these shipping companies could afford their own security.

I wonder if CaptMikes working.

Takes a pirate to catch a pirate....AYE !

Sleep well tonight as my 2 boys are watching over you. dee

use to hang with a seal and have trained with them and one of their cqc instructors......bad mf''s ....just talking bout seals....