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Navy SEAL Team 6 Rescues Kidnapped Aid Workers in Somalia
CNNWashington -- Freed hostages Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted arrived at a U.S. base in Sicily Thursday, a day after being rescued in a U.S. military raid in Somalia, a spokesman for the base said. The pair are now at Naval Air Station Sigonella, said...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Labor Legislation, John Kirby, Terrorism, United Nations
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Maersk Alabama Repels 2nd Pirate Attack This Year
KTLA NewsNAIROBI, Kenya -- Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device. A U.S. surveillance...Tags: Bahrain, Advice Columns and Columnists, Vermont, Aircraft Hijacking, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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U.S. Special Forces launch daring raid in Somalia, rescue aid workers
CNNU.S. special forces swooped into Somalia in a pair of helicopters in a daring overnight raid to rescue two kidnapped aid workers -- an American and a Dane -- and killed several gunmen, American officials said Wednesday. The hostages, Jessica Buchanan and...Tags: Joe Biden, The Pentagon, Injuries and Wounds, Criminals, Relief and Aid Organizations
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Members of SEAL Team 6 rescue aid workers in Somalia
In a daring night time raid, U.S. Special Forces rescued two aid workers held captive in Somalia, American Jessica Buchanan and Dane Poul Thistead.
“To risk their lives to get the two lives of those captives is really heroic of them,” says...Tags: Osama bin Laden, The Pentagon, CNN (tv network), Richard Phillips, Hampton Roads
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A tale of two captains: One captain risks his life for his ship while another is accused of abandoning ship
You’ve heard the expressi
on, “the captain goes down with the ship.” The jarring details of the sinking of the Costa Concordia reveal behavior from the captain that flies in the face of basic maritime law.
As recent history has shown,...Tags: Costa Concordia Shipwreck, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Richard Phillips
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Inside the Navy SEAL Museum
WTKR-TV3From the Second World War, to the space race. "We are just yards from the beach here where the frogmen trained in World War II," says Mike Howard, Executive Director of the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum. "The UDT guys would be the first ones to the capsule,"...Tags: Osama bin Laden, Defense, Terrorism, Armed Forces, World War II (1939-1945)
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Paul Greengrass considers a Tom Hanks drama and a Formula One racing movie
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelHe lost his chance to do one of his trademark politically-charged historical dramas when Universal bailed out of the Martin Luther King assassination film “Memphis.” And he doesn't want anything to do with the “Bourne” reboot, even... -
Somali pirates kill four americans including Seattle couple
With Information From CNN, Reuters & KTLAA Seattle couple is among the dead in a hijacking off the coast of Somalia. Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle of Seattle and their friends, Jean and Scott Adam from California were on board a yacht when they were hijacked by Somali pirates Friday. Q13 FOX...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Aircraft Hijacking, Bodies of Water, U.S. Navy, Somalia
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Daughter of sailor killed by pirates thanks Navy
ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- The daughter of one of the four Americans killed Tuesday by Somali pirates thanked the Navy sailors who tried to save their lives and asked to be allowed to grieve in private.
Jean and Scott Adams of Marina Del Rey, Calif., were...Tags: Punishment, FBI, Around The World Sailing, U.S. Navy, Somalia
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U.S. says pirates kill 4 Americans on yacht off Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya — Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Monday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks plaguing the Gulf...Tags: Punishment, Wars and Interventions, Aircraft Hijacking, Assault, Somalia
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Tom Hanks to play the captain rescued from Somali pirates
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelTom Hanks has taken on the role of Capt. Richard Phillips, the merchant ship skipper taken hostage, with his crew, on board the Maersk Alabama and rescued by US Navy Seals. He wrote a book about it. Considering the limited scope of the tale, this isn't... -
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