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Somali Pirates Vow Revenge After Captain Rescued

Somali Pirates Vow Revenge After Captain Rescued

Somali pirates on Monday vowed to retaliate for the deaths of three colleagues who were shot dead by U.S. Navy snipers hours before in a daring nighttime assault that freed a 53-year-old American captain.

 

Pirate had 'AK-47 leveled at the captain's back'

Pirate had 'AK-47 leveled at the captain's back'

The American captain of a cargo ship held hostage by pirates on a lifeboat off the coast of Somalia was rescued today by Navy SEALs. "We saw the captain was in imminent danger," a U.S. official said. The SEALs shot and killed three of his four captors, the official said. Capt.

 

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