A more detailed account of what happened.
To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
If the crew had been allowed to arm themselves, this story would be very different!
2 posted on
04/16/2009 9:33:36 AM PDT by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
Not enough was made of this:
which was ferrying 17,000 tons of food aid to East Africa ,
3 posted on
04/16/2009 9:34:20 AM PDT by
DManA
To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
The crew said Phillips, 53, wasn't the easiest man to work for. "He's in charge, and he wants you to know he's in charge," said Ken Quinn , a trim, middle-aged man from Detroit . His weekly, taskmaster-style drills, however, probably saved them all. That's obviously what it takes to run a ship.
To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
****the only pirate alive to tell their side of this story. ****
The Pirates dont have a side inthis story. They tried to hijack a ship and they failed. The price for failure is execution-———or rather it should be.
10 posted on
04/16/2009 10:13:57 AM PDT by
Venturer
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