Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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The US government is working to respond to the first pirate attack against American citizens in recent memory -- an American-flag ship hijacked off the coast of Somalia.
A senior Navy official in Washington says the Obama administration is talking to the shipping company to learn "the who, what, why, where and when" of the incident in which the US-flagged Maersk Alabama and a crew of some 20 people was taken over by pirates.
Officials are refusing to say what, if any, plans the US has for trying to free the ship and its crew.
He says officials are still in the information gathering phase on the event.
The 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama is the sixth to be seized within a week and the first with an all-American crew.
Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme said the ship was taken about 400 miles from the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
It could be interesting to see how Obama reacts to this situation.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Brian Dixon
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marek,yes they have been rather active of late.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i think that the pirates have done a wrong un here, never mess with our allies property.
surprised that a ship from this company would be caught out, equipped with all the latest technology, captain and crew aware of all the correct procedures to follow, in order to avoid piracy.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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yeah i know its that jack sparrows fault.im sure the black pearl has a cloaking device on bored.
Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Latest news is that the crew have recaptured the ship, but the captain is still held prisoner on board a small boat possibly the ships lifeboat.
beer the food of the gods
#6
As with all theft and crimes against the person, I am outraged that they think this is ok! What twisted synapse makes someone think it is ok to just take what someone else owns, and with violence?