I am please there are more ships on the way to join the Brisbane. No doubt there are all kinds of plans being made 'on shore' including to attempt another 'USS Cole' maneuver, so the added Naval vessels are correct and prudent.
I am hoping all goes well and everything is ended peacefully without ransom paid or injury caused. It's about time, you know?
I also congratulate our Commander and Chief for risking the action with our Navy. The merchant ships have allowed this to go on because of the fear of reprisal. Perhaps we are, for the first time, showing them there are alternatives to piracy.
In making my observation about Iranian waters, there are many of these small attack boats that harbor themselves in Iranian waters although Iran does not allow pirated vessels into their ports. I am wondering if there is a specific ethnicity involved in the identities of these pirates that might lead to a better understanding of whom they are and whom they claim their allegence.
Somali pirates capture Captain Richard Phillips of US cargo ship Maersk Alabama carrying food to African refugees.
Navy sends more ships to fight pirates (click title to entry - thank you)
Michael Richards, Kenya
April 10, 2009 - 12:55PM
The US military says it is sending in more ships to the scene of a stand-off with Somalia pirates holding an American hostage on a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean.
A day after pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama aid ship before being overpowered by the unarmed American crew, the high-seas drama remained unresolved on Thursday with both the pirates and the US Navy promising to move in reinforcements.
The four pirates were ousted from the 17,500-tonne Danish-operated container ship, but were still holding the captain hostage on a lifeboat.
More naval ships were to join the destroyer USS Bainbridge that arrived overnight to help secure the release of the American, US defence officials said.
"The safe return of the captain is the top priority," Defence Secretary Robert Gates told reporters in Washington....
