*Retaken: *If you have been listening to the radio, you have heard the
story <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513238,00.html>.
American crew members aboard a U.S.-flagged ship have regained
control of the vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia
Wednesday, FOX News confirms.
Defense Department officials confirmed that one pirate is in
custody. A U.S. official said the status of the other pirates is
unknown but they were reported to "be in the water."
"All the crew members are trained in security detail in how to deal
with piracy," Maersk CEO John Reinhart told reporters. "As merchant
vessels we do not carry arms. We have ways to push back, but we do
not carry arms."
Which, as is usual with these preliminary reports, omits almost all the
interesting details.
And then there is this report
<http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97EE5GO2&show_article=1>.
A crew member on the vessel hijacked by pirates is telling The
Associated Press that the ship's captain is still being held
hostage. The American says negotiations are under way for his release.
Until we know more, commentary seems pointless.
(But I will speculate, a little. I have been wondering for some time
whether we might put security people on a few of these ships, secretly.
That seems like an obvious counter to the pirate attacks, and one that
you would want to keep secret as long as possible.)
- 11:04 AM, 8 April 2009
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