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A second U.S. freighter foiled an attack by Somali pirates who fired rocket propelled grenades at it, and a French warship stalked and captured a pirate "mother ship" today, officials said.
Crewmembers Shane Murphy and Colin Wright relive Somali pirate attack.
The U.S. freighter Liberty Sun, which is carrying food aid for Care and the World Food Program, successfully evaded the pirates' attack off the coast of Somalia, U.S. officials told ABC News station WLS in Chicago. The ship is said to be heading to its port destination of Mombasa, Kenya.
It was the first attack on an American ship since the U.S. Navy shot and killed three pirates who had captured American freighter captain Richard Phillips. Their deaths had angered pirates in Somalia and prompted Vice Admiral Bill Gortney to say it "could escalate violence in this part of the world."
One of the pirates whose gang attacked the Liberty Sun told the Associated Press today that his group was specifically targeting American ships and sailors.
"We will seek out the Americans and if we capture them we will slaughter them," said a 25-year-old pirate based in the Somali port of Harardhere who gave only his first name, Ismail.
"We will target their ships because we know their flags. Last night, an American-flagged ship escaped us by a whisker. We have showered them with rocket-propelled grenades," Ismail told the AP.
Hours after the latest attack and threats, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined steps the administration will take to combat piracy.
Clinton called for international efforts to help Somalia crack down on piracy, for ships to avoid pirates, and to secure the release of about 300 hostages.
She also proposed freezing the assets of pirates, although they work from remote fishing villages, often use stolen ships, and their multi-million dollar ransoms are bags of cash that are air dropped to them.
Clinton said, however, "We have noticed that the pirates are buying more and more sophisticated equipment. They're buying faster and more capable vessels. They are clearly using their ransom money for their benefit, both personally and on behalf of their piracy. And we think we can begin to try and track and prevent that from happening."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/International/story?id=7339855&page=1
Wow the Americans must feel good about what they have done.
Sure pirates are bad news but the US had better make sure they do something military style or their people will start dying. Slaughtered Americans coming to a town near you.
Invade now that you have Escalated the problem because revenge is not something that these American ships want to get involved with. Look gary the hero's are going watch their fellow Americans get slaughtered. Sad but now the US must react and invade or bomb the crap out them. Freeze their assets is the answer to this crysis, damn that is a stupid comment considering they get paid in cash. Maybe instead of trying to freeze hard cash they should look at how to solve the problem on the ground and not at sea because killing 3 pirates on water is pointless and has only made them want to murder, they had not murdered anyone.
Crewmembers Shane Murphy and Colin Wright relive Somali pirate attack.
The U.S. freighter Liberty Sun, which is carrying food aid for Care and the World Food Program, successfully evaded the pirates' attack off the coast of Somalia, U.S. officials told ABC News station WLS in Chicago. The ship is said to be heading to its port destination of Mombasa, Kenya.
It was the first attack on an American ship since the U.S. Navy shot and killed three pirates who had captured American freighter captain Richard Phillips. Their deaths had angered pirates in Somalia and prompted Vice Admiral Bill Gortney to say it "could escalate violence in this part of the world."
One of the pirates whose gang attacked the Liberty Sun told the Associated Press today that his group was specifically targeting American ships and sailors.
"We will seek out the Americans and if we capture them we will slaughter them," said a 25-year-old pirate based in the Somali port of Harardhere who gave only his first name, Ismail.
"We will target their ships because we know their flags. Last night, an American-flagged ship escaped us by a whisker. We have showered them with rocket-propelled grenades," Ismail told the AP.
Hours after the latest attack and threats, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined steps the administration will take to combat piracy.
Clinton called for international efforts to help Somalia crack down on piracy, for ships to avoid pirates, and to secure the release of about 300 hostages.
She also proposed freezing the assets of pirates, although they work from remote fishing villages, often use stolen ships, and their multi-million dollar ransoms are bags of cash that are air dropped to them.
Clinton said, however, "We have noticed that the pirates are buying more and more sophisticated equipment. They're buying faster and more capable vessels. They are clearly using their ransom money for their benefit, both personally and on behalf of their piracy. And we think we can begin to try and track and prevent that from happening."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/International/story?id=7339855&page=1
Wow the Americans must feel good about what they have done.
Sure pirates are bad news but the US had better make sure they do something military style or their people will start dying. Slaughtered Americans coming to a town near you.
Invade now that you have Escalated the problem because revenge is not something that these American ships want to get involved with. Look gary the hero's are going watch their fellow Americans get slaughtered. Sad but now the US must react and invade or bomb the crap out them. Freeze their assets is the answer to this crysis, damn that is a stupid comment considering they get paid in cash. Maybe instead of trying to freeze hard cash they should look at how to solve the problem on the ground and not at sea because killing 3 pirates on water is pointless and has only made them want to murder, they had not murdered anyone.
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