Apr 12, 2009

Navy rescues American sea captain unharmed

At the link below Andrew Breitbart reports:

An American ship captain was freed unharmed Sunday in a U.S. Navy operation that killed three of the four Somali pirates who had been holding him for days in a lifeboat off the coast of Africa, a senior U.S. intelligence official said.

One of the pirates was wounded and in custody after a swift firefight, the official said.

Capt. Richard Phillips (pictured), 53, of Underhill, Vermont, was safely transported to a Navy warship nearby.

Earlier negotiations had broken down because of the U.S. insistence that the pirates be arrested and brought to justice.

More of the story here.