[Nachum]

From where? Who are the 250?

[jamese777]

From where? Who are the 250?

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Here you go:
Phillips is one of about 260 hostages being held by Somali pirates preying on the busy sea lanes of the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

There are more Filipinos than any other nationality and the pirates are keeping about 17 captured vessels at or near lairs like Eyl, Hobyo and Haradheere on Somalia’s eastern coast - six of them taken in the last week alone.

“Once again, it has taken American involvement to get world powers really interested,” said a diplomat who tracks Somalia from Nairobi. “I hope they don’t forget the Filipinos and all the others, once this guy is released.”

[cruise_missile]

I think they said mostly Filipino.

[SuziQ]

I think those other 200+ hostages are from other raids over the previous year, but I don’t think any are Americans. They’re being held until the ransom is paid.