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Somali pirates seize ship with 21 Americans onboard
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... off the Horn of Africa nation, a maritime group said. Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme said the 17,000 ton vessel was hijacked in the Indian Ocean 400 miles off the Somali capital Mogadishu. He said all the crew were believed to be safe, and that the vessel had been tentatively identified as the Maersk Alabama. Gunmen from Somalia seized a British-owned ship on Monday after hijacking another three vessels over the weekend. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE53721Z200... Here's a prophetic story from ...
Here We Go....Somali Pirates Hijack American Flagged Ship, 20 US Citizens On Board
Ace of Spades HQ —
Here We Go....Somali Pirates Hijack American Flagged Ship, 20 US Citizens On Board Given all of the ships that have been hijacked recently, this was just a matter of time. Somali pirates hijacked a U.S.-flagged, Danish-owned container ship on Wednesday with 20 American crew on board in a major escalation in attacks at sea off the Horn of Africa nation, officials said. Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the Mombasa-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Program, told Reuters the 17,000 ton Maersk Alabama had been seized off Mogadishu far out in the Indian Ocean, but all its crew ...
Somali pirates hijack U.S. ship
Jihad Watch —
... , this piracy is jihad-related. What will Obama do? Offer to talk without preconditions with the pirates? "Somali pirates hijack U.S.-flagged container ship," by Daniel Wallis for Reuters, April 8 (thanks to all who sent this in): ...
