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Four American Hostages Killed by Somali Pirates
Feb 22, 2011 11:14 AM
AP
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Tuesday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks plaguing the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean for years.
U.S. naval forces who were trailing the Americans' captured yacht with four warships quickly boarded the vessel after hearing the gunfire. They tried to provide lifesaving care to the Americans, but they died of their wounds, U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Florida said in a statement.
Scott and Jean Adam were among those killed by pirates Tuesday on boat their yacht, Quest. The vessel, which was being trailed by U.S. naval forces, was hijacked by Somali pirates on Friday off the coast of Oman.
A member of a U.S. special operations force killed one of the pirates with a knife as he went inside of the yacht, said Vice Adm. Mark Fox, commander of U.S. naval forces for the Central Command.
They also said in the article that because a Somali pirate was sentenced in a New York Court for the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama, that Americans would be the targets of choice for these sonsabitches. Another Somali pirate piece of shit informed them.
Kill them all. Our guys need the practice anyway, they need to get aggressive and just hunt these predators down, wherever they're found and simply kill them.