04-11-2009, 01:42 PM
Looks like this is going to get ugly.
"NAIROBI, Kenya â The head of a Kenyan seafarers' program said Saturday that Somali pirates had hijacked an American-owned tugboat with 16 crew in the Gulf of Aden.
Nairobi-based Italian Ambassador Pierandrea Magistrati said he only could confirm that "there is a boat that has been hijacked, I believe by Somali pirates."
"The hijacking took place as the American captain of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama was still being held hostage on a lifeboat being watched by two U.S. warships."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/ap_o...FyZXJzb2Zm
"NAIROBI, Kenya â The head of a Kenyan seafarers' program said Saturday that Somali pirates had hijacked an American-owned tugboat with 16 crew in the Gulf of Aden.
Nairobi-based Italian Ambassador Pierandrea Magistrati said he only could confirm that "there is a boat that has been hijacked, I believe by Somali pirates."
"The hijacking took place as the American captain of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama was still being held hostage on a lifeboat being watched by two U.S. warships."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/ap_o...FyZXJzb2Zm
....hopefully though, this will raise enough awareness and we will take measures to see that this dont happen again.