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]

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?