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.

[TET1968]

Warner brothers will hire Oliver Stone to make a movie about this.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Just heard about while coming in for a yardwork-break.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Not them. Me! Happy dancing at hearing the news

Oh, duh! I get it now. Sorry. Boy is my face red!

[Kansas58]

Hope the surviving pirate goes to GITMO, that would be funny.

[al baby]

I bet he goes on tv tonight to pat himself on the back

[DoughtyOne]

I would suspect they wanted the fourth for information. Otherwise he would be pushing up daisies by now. Where will Obama send the guy, Detroit? I wouldn’t be surprised if he winds up at Gitmo for a period of time. Perhaps not.

I am glad the penalty for piracy was shown to be death. Excellent!

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Fortunately, it’s not that many. The overwhelming majority here are thrilled that this good man is free and returning to his family on this great Easter Sunday.

And if Zero gave the order that made it happen, he deserves our praise. We want him to take the defense of Americans seriously. On this, we absolutely want him to succeed.

[wagglebee]

I just saw that one of them is in custody.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Guess I should add: YAY!!!!!!!!!!

[eyedigress]

Did he send you a veggie pizza?

[Riley]

I could just imagine after the operation asking mamoud to stand up and cuffing him. Then telling him the Captain is free, your comrades are dead and you are screwed.

"How d'ya like me now?"

[Mike Darancette]

How did he get on that ship?

Maybe a motor launch (towing Navy Seals, of course) was sent to get him.

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, it would wouldn’t it.

[Jeff Head]

Outstanding. US NAVT SEALS! Hoo Haa!

God bless 'em and God bless the good captain whio will soon be reunited with his family!

[bert]

.....Can you imagine Oprah’s face with the Captain telling her the truth ....

“They were black like you”

[spectre]

"I'd assume the seals were in the water alongside the boat and signaled him from there. Probably by yelling "Jump

That sounds logical.

[Concho]

If they are smart, there will be NO information released as to how any of this transpired. Othewise, it is a learning tool for the skinnies. Take the survivor and ransom him back to the big dogs as in release all the other hostages, or we feed his azz to the pigs......alive.

[ThreePuttinDude]

I forgot the sarcasm tag sorry

What, are you practicing for an 0bami stand-in?

STOP IT al baby

[HollyB]

Thank the Navy, Thank the Captain for jumping. Obama didn’t do anything. His administration does not think that the terrorism going on in Somalia causes any problems outside of Somalia. He wants to take a more diplomatic approach to the piracy.

[Ron C.]

Funny - just heard on CNN that his wife knew 'for hours' (before CNN learned) that her husband was free.

I've heard it was night-time when this took place...