Somali pirates hijack US cargo ship
It was bound to happen, and Obama's response to this so far has been rather weak. This report says that they've been holding the captain hostage (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin). The crew may have regained control of the ship and captured some of the pirates, but the captain is reportedly still held hostage. The FBI and some warships have been sent to deal with the case:
FBI hostage negotiators joined U.S. Navy efforts Thursday to free an American cargo ship captain held captive on a lifeboat by Somali pirates. A U.S. destroyer and a spy plane kept a close watch in the high-seas standoff near the Horn of Africa.Obama has so far refused to comment on the issue, and so has Joe Biden (via Hot Air).
The pirates took Capt. Richard Phillips hostage Wednesday after they hijacked the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama, but the cargo ship’s crew overpowered them and at least four then fled to an enclosed lifeboat. It was the first such attack on American sailors in about 200 years.
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