http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/10/somalia-pirates-us-military-hostages
More Somali pirates and US warships rush to hostage stand-off
Published Date: 10 April 2009
MORE US warships – as well as pirate reinforcements with an international gallery of hostages – today rushed to where four Somali bandits are holding a US sea captain hostage.
In a dramatic escalation of the Indian Ocean stand-off, the pirates apparently fear being shot or arrested if they hand over Captain Richard Phillips and hope to link up with their colleagues who are using Russian, German, Filipino and other hostages captured in recent days as human shields.US Central Command chief General David Petraeus said US warships are also headed to the area, more than 300 miles off Somalia's Indian Ocean coast."We want to ensure that we have all the capability that might be needed over the course of the coming days," he said.Pirates have been holding Phillips hostage aboard the lifeboat since his crew thwarted the attack on Wednesday on the 17,000-ton US-flagged Maersk Alabama...more..http://news.scotsman.com/world/More-Somali-pirates-and-US.5162494.jp
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