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04-12-2009, 06:22 PM
MOMBASA, Kenya – An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a swift firefight that killed three of the four Somali pirates who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, the ship's owner said.
A senior U.S. intelligence official said a pirate who had been involved in negotiations to free Capt. Richard Phillips but who was not on the lifeboat was in custody.
Phillips, 53, of Underhill, Vermont, was safely transported to a Navy warship nearby.
http://i39.tinypic.com/fvvrp.jpg
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/piracy
Good to see this standoff has ended finally, hopefully this sucessful hostage rescue will motivate other nations.
A senior U.S. intelligence official said a pirate who had been involved in negotiations to free Capt. Richard Phillips but who was not on the lifeboat was in custody.
Phillips, 53, of Underhill, Vermont, was safely transported to a Navy warship nearby.
http://i39.tinypic.com/fvvrp.jpg
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/piracy
Good to see this standoff has ended finally, hopefully this sucessful hostage rescue will motivate other nations.