Hostage captain recaptured by pirates after dramatic escape attempt - Times Online
Hey, BO makes history! First US ship that pirates have taken in 200 years!!
The MSM doesn't seem to be making as much of a deal out of the historic nature of this one would expect! I got to read quite a bit about the Barbary Pirates in "Six Frigates".
Hey, BO makes history! First US ship that pirates have taken in 200 years!!
More details have emerged about Wednesday’s dramatic seizure — and release — of the 509ft Maersk Alabama, which became the first US merchant vessel to be taken by pirates since the North African Barbary Wars two centuries ago.
The MSM doesn't seem to be making as much of a deal out of the historic nature of this one would expect! I got to read quite a bit about the Barbary Pirates in "Six Frigates".
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