Pirate war escalates

Putting down Somalian piracy is going to take more than rescuing one captain and killing three pirates:

Somali pirates fired grenades and automatic weapons at an American freighter loaded with food aid but the ship managed to escape the attack and was heading Wednesday to Kenya under U.S. Navy escort, officials said.

In defiance of President Barack Obama’s vow to halt their banditry, pirates have seized four vessels and over 75 hostages off the Horn of Africa since Sunday’s dramatic rescue of an American freighter captain.

One pirate declared Wednesday they are grabbing more ships and hostages to prove they are not intimidated by Obama’s pledge.

One Response to Pirate war escalates

  1. flemette says:

    It’s like a dad saying, “Stop that or else!”, and the kids saying, “Or else what?”. Will Obama follow through? I would be pleasantly surprised.

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