U.S. ship captain held by pirates off Somalia, has been freed,

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[Ladycalif]

U.S. ship captain held by pirates off Somalia, has been freed, senior U.S. official says. Three of four pirates killed.

[calex59]

Given our current president, my guess is the Captain grabbed a gun. He certainly proved repeated times that he wasn't afraid of them. If true, his brave acts will save timid folks a lot money, blood, toil, and sweat for perhaps a few years.

Now that would take the wind out of the sails of Bozo if he tried to take credit, and if the captain did grab a gun and kill three he probably pi**ed off Bozo to no end!

[relee]

LoL!

[norwaypinesavage]

"Sounds like a SEAL deal"

Not quite, one of the pirates survived. Where will he be taken?

[Wissa]

It was mentioned that the 4th pirate was on the navy ship negotiating.

I'd really like to see the look on his face when they informed him that the other pirates were dead and the captain was safe.

I hope they put a video of it on youtube.

[Ladycalif]

He is on the Bainbridge now.

[PROTESTBYPROXY]

Amen!

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

The result was as close to perfection as anyone could have wished for. I don’t understand how anyone can say this took “too long”.

[TET1968]

Hey , maybe the one who was wounded ...turned.

[SE Mom]

Seals probably scuba’d in and popped out of the water right next to them

Except I just heard on FOX that the captain ESCAPED again...he got off the lifeboat and was swimming again... HOOOAH!

[fanfan]

Go tell your BS back over on DU

LOL!

al baby is not a troll. It was a joke.

[al baby]

I like the purple

[BallyBill]

The A-Team !

[anymouse]

3 - 0

[dirtboy]

I am surprised that some FReepers are not seeing the big picture here and they are just focused on 4 ragtag pirates trapped in a tiny boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean surrounded by the mightiest Navy in history and yet it took 5 days to resolve this problem rather than being solved in the first few hours of the hostage taking and all this because Obama the defeatist did not order any immediate action.

I've got to disagree with you here. This has all the hallmarks of Special Forces - and they probably developed a tactical plan, did live exercises, had to transit to the location, and then wait for late at night to catch the pirates mostly asleep. It looks like Obama gave the Pentagon leeway to conduct the op the way they wanted, and IMO that was a good thing.

[anniegetyourgun]

While Bambi and Hillary are still sitting on the swingset trying to figure out what to do.

[tobyhill]

Obama did nothing. All he wanted to do is yap away and it was The Navy that successfully rescued the Captain.

[PhilosopherStones]

Wasn’t peeing, really. Congrats to the troops. Just ashamed that it took DumbO took six days to decide that they should be allowed to do their jobs...

[TomGuy]

LOL

MSNBC is reporting that ‘3 pirates died’.

[Yeah, they died of heart failure, compounded with a few grams of lead, as they came face-to-face with a team of SEALS.]

[HotLead61]

Fox just reported Captain Phillips may have done this - by jumping out of the boat again.

I've heard it said that Vermonters were a different breed. This guy Mr. Phillips is certainly proving that. Add to that the gun laws being friendly in VT, might be a place I'd like to visit one day.

[perchprism]

It seems to me that it was Americans, start to finish, fighting for themselves that led to the Captain escaping and the pirates being killed, eventually, by the military. Captain Phillips first volunteered himself to the pirates to save his crew. Then, twice, he attempted to escape by jumping overboard. The second time was successful, probably because the Navy realized he might try it a second time and were prepared.

The fourth pirate was on the Bainbridge negotiating the ransom demands when Captain Phillips managed to escape.

It looks to me like the captain did what he had to do to stay alive.

[calex59]

Praise the Lord .. thank you, thank you. He jumped overboard again, and the SEALS got him!! Then they attacked the pirates, killing 3 of them.

Ok, so the Bozo didn't actually release the Navy, they took advantage of the bravery of the Captain. Not to diminish what the Seals did, but we would never have gotten him back if we had waited for Bozo's orders.

[Desron13]

"Why were’nt the “pirates” ALL killed?"

It's always nice to keep one alive for... questioning.

[al baby]

OMG just heard the operation was code named WATER DOG in honor of Obamas new pet

[clintonh8r]

An Easter gift.

[SumProVita]

“Navy must have been released to do what the Navy does.”

YEP! ;-)

[digger48]

CNN saying the captain jumped overboard again! This time, apparently with Seals in the water.

I'm guessing he thought they'd be there the FIRST time he jumped overboard. The Waffle House was too busy right then with more pressing important World issues like trying to get the puppy tale into the news before the Easter weekend.

[HotLead61]

Please, oh please, Captain, do NOT include Oprah, the View, Maddow or Obermann on the interview circuit.)

Live interviews only, no videotape. They'll edit the piece to death.

[JimRed]

Can hardly wait for the real story to come out.

I'm more than a little interested myself, but releasing too much detail only tells the next enemy what to expect and endangers our people.

Loose lips sink ships.

[Bahbah]

I am so thrilled that I am nearly crying. I am so proud of our guys.

[al baby]

Whats a beeber?

[Husker8877]

Agreed.

Many of our posters sound just like the idiots over at DU every time things went right for a republican.

GREAT ENDING! Who gives a flying F**K whether Obama’s administration is going to get credit or not!

Sheesh!!!!!!!!

[kabar]

We don’t know the details, but if the captain is the one who precipitated the killing of the pirates, then the question must be asked, “What if he had not tried to escape a second time?” Would we still be negotiating?

[STARWISE]

Me too.. me too, Praise our Merciful Lord .. an Easter rescue.
You don’t mess with our Navy SEALS!

[spectre]

I'd bet the Captain knew the seals were in the vicinity, or even recognized a "signal" of sorts from the ship saying so. (Morse Code?)

I'm curious, but it's OK for them to keep the details secret.

sw

[jveritas]

The Seals should have been sent in the first few hours of the hostage taking. Remember that it took hours for the pirates to first take the ship then hours for the crew to take it back before the pirates escaped with the brave Captain. All this precious time went on because Obama the defeatist did not take any action.

Also if the reports that the Captain was saved once he jumped into the sea then he should have been the first time two days ago when he did the same but back then either the Seals were not in the waters next to the pirates boat which means they were not deployed i.e. Obama did not deploy them or the Seals were there but were given orders not to interfere at that moment i.e. Obama orders were not to shoot.

Anyway all this does not take away from the big pictures which is our other more dangerous terrorist enemies such Al Qaeda, Taliba, Iran, Korea, Hizballah, Hamas, etc... have been greatly emboldened by the shocking weakness of Obama.

[freedumb2003]

>>Whats a beeber?

Something that you stune

[dirtboy]

I'm more than a little interested myself, but releasing too much detail only tells the next enemy what to expect and endangers our people.

Exactly. Tell the world what went down, and those tactics probaby won't work nex time.

[70th Division]

Reminds me onf another captian who set down a plane in the Patomic. WOW! All in the same year. KEWL!

[CheneyChick]

Why were’nt the “pirates” ALL killed?

So that we can practice our Enhanced Interrogation skills?

[texas yoeman]

Read on-line that US helicopters reported flying around. One eyewitness said one helicopter landed briefly. Can you spell sea, air, land services children?

[Jim Noble]

Whats a beeber?

Something that gets stuned.

Are you logged in?

[Riley]

You don’t mess with our Navy SEALS!

Easter SEALs? :-)

[TomGuy]

>> Happy dancing!!!!

You’re kidding, right?

Not them. Me! Happy dancing at hearing the news that the Captain has been freed/rescued.

[freedumb2003]

>>Exactly. Tell the world what went down, and those tactics probaby won’t work nex time.

I think we need to give enough info out so that pirates would be very, very afraid to go after US vessels again.

[STARWISE]

That’s just too cumbersome ... ya know, good news.

[ShandaLear]

Three out of four ain’t bad. And on Easter too! :-)

[Electric Graffiti]

Exactly....

[wagglebee]

Wonderful News!

We need to hunt down the surviving pirate and deal with him too.

[hattend]

I would have thought that the the same White House staff of chefs who prepare huge state dinners for all kinds of different nationalities could whip up a freakin’ pizza with no sweat.

I think flying in Guido from the Chicago ‘hood was a “because I can” moment.

[savedbygrace]

I agree. I wasn’t really calling for it, just knowing that it will happen. Obama is too vain.