Captain freed, pirates killed

According to CNN and Fox it appears the US Military just killed three of the terrorist pirates holding the captain of the Maersk Alabama off Somalia and the captain is now free. I have been following this ordeal and have felt so sorry for the captains family. Way to go US military.

They got what they deserve! I wonder if it was a SEAL operation that saved him, I was talking about this yesterday with some friends and we were wondering if a commando team could sneak up on them underwater, I think this is exactly what happened.

Glad to see the hostage has been freed.

AlexGT

Wow. What a relief! And those #*! pirates got what they deserved. Let it be a lesson to others.

It appears the Captain tried to escape again. This time the SEALS were waiting outside and did not miss the chance. Once he was separated from the boat, it was over. It will be interesting to see how it went down.

Glad he's free.

I'm sure it was SEAL Team Six. It's what they do... :twothumbs

They're confirming that it ended in a firefight. Story here...

Good job boys, glad to hear the Capt. is safe and kept trying to escape.

Big thanks to the United States Navy SEAL team.:devil:

Mayo

I think a lot (if not all) cargo ships should have armed security on board. I read that all the crew had to protect themselves was a firehose.
Those pirates got what they deserved. I'm certainly glad the Captain got away unharmed.

It went down exactly as I'd pictured it; one SEAL sniper per pirate - one of the four pirates swims over to the ship to negotiate, and is quietly arrested and hidden within the ship. The remaining three pirates get antsy after waiting a long while and move closer to find out what happened to their comrade, and in an instant a loud crack fills the air, and the hostage captain finds himself sitting in the middle of three headless men. Nicely done SEALs :thumbsup:

for the freed captain, that is one brave man!

Big_Ed said:

I think a lot (if not all) cargo ships should have armed security on board. I read that all the crew had to protect themselves was a firehose.
Those pirates got what they deserved. I'm certainly glad the Captain got away unharmed.

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I agree completely. Unfortunately, current international laws can prohibit an armed crew, depending on the laws of their port's destination country. It's utterly ridiculous. People need to wise up and fast. Some companies do have armed guards. It's definitely the way to go.

Pretty close StarHalo, but the SEALs now use SR25 sniper rifles, .308 cal and silenced. My son used one of those several times in Iraq and was quite impressed. No loud crack just wispered death come from those rifles.

I'm glad the SEALs were allowed to end this the way it should have been ended. Make it real expensive in pirate lives and the nonsense will start to end.

Good start, now they just need to blow all the motherships out of water and scorch all the land bases of the pirates.

jzmtl said:

Good start, now they just need to blow all the motherships out of water and scorch all the land bases of the pirates.

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+1

This situation with piracy wouldn't even exist if they were destroyed. Make it too expensive and dangerous, and they'll disappear.

I smell some future sting ops coming soon..... and glad to hear it.

Greta said:

I'm sure it was SEAL Team Six. It's what they do... :twothumbs

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Marcinko's old crew. Maybe he helped out. Either way, it worked out. :thumbsup:

I was waiting to hear this.

I'm sure plenty of people knew in the back of their minds it would end similarly to this.

Way to go guys.

Search said:

I was waiting to hear this.

I'm sure plenty of people knew in the back of their minds it would end similarly to this.

Way to go guys.

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My thoughts exactly..

gorn said:

Pretty close StarHalo, but the SEALs now use SR25 sniper rifles, .308 cal and silenced. My son used one of those several times in Iraq and was quite impressed. No loud crack just wispered death come from those rifles.

I'm glad the SEALs were allowed to end this the way it should have been ended. Make it real expensive in pirate lives and the nonsense will start to end.

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I wonder how they compensate for wave movement of both boats with a sniper shot? Up close, next to the boat I could see a 100% result.

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I wonder how they compensate for wave movement of both boats with a sniper shot? Up close, next to the boat I could see a 100% result.

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From what I read, the lifeboat was getting a tow away from dangerous waters and wasn't too far away, although I'm sure it would still take incredible discipline to constantly maintain one's readiness to shoot on split-second notice:

Seas in the area were getting rough at the time of the rescue, Gortney said, and the Bainbridge was towing the lifeboat presumably to calmer waters with a towline about 82 feet long.

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