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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 13 > Split-second assault plucks captain from ‘imminent danger’

Split-second assault plucks captain from ‘imminent danger’

Navy snipers kill 3 pirates; the remaining 1 is in U.S. custody

By Todd Pitman and Lara Jakes / The Bulletin
April 13, 2009

NAIROBI, Kenya — Navy snipers on the fantail of a destroyer cut down three Somali pirates in a lifeboat and rescued an American sea captain in a surprise nighttime assault in choppy seas Easter Sunday, ending a five-day standoff between a team of rogue gunmen and the world’s....

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