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Maersk Alabama — Another Attempt of Piracy Attack

November 19th, 2009

The ship that was suddenly made famous by being right smack in the middle of a pirate hostage drama that culminated in a rescue operation that, in our opinion, will only be possible through the skills of special forces operatives – in this case, the Navy SEALs – reportedly warded off what would have been [...]

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Maritime Piracy: Still A Reality

October 19th, 2009

One of the more long-running stories we featured on various posts this year is the story of how young modern-day pirates boarded the cargo ship Maersk Alabama and eventually took its captain hostage. The drama ended with the intervention of Navy SEAL snipers; three of the four pirates were killed, while the remaining pirate was [...]

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Lifeboat Goes On Display From Navy SEALs Rescue Mission

August 7th, 2009

In April 2009 the world at large watched in frustration when they discovered that the Maersk Alabama cargo ship that was near the coast of Africa had been hijacked by Somali pirates.  This hijacking made news around the world as people anxiously awaited to see what would become of hostage Capt. Richard Phillips.
Mixed emotions [...]

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Another Side to the Maersk Alabama Story

June 19th, 2009

A feature on the ArmyTimes.com by Jon R. Anderson reveals that a documentary-drama to be premiered on the Discovery Channel will present a different side to a widely popular story that surrounds the pirate-hostage drama involving the Maersk Alabama and its crew.
For our part, the way we understood the story and the situation – based [...]

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Navy Investigates Missing Money From Maersk Alabama

June 2nd, 2009

What, indeed, is a good pirate story without some missing treasure? It looks like even stories in modern maritime piracy is not spared the treasure angle, as we found a report on CNN International by CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr that the Navy is currently investigating the apparent loss of thousands of dollars in cash [...]

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Navy SEALs Rescue Captain Richard Phillips

April 13th, 2009

The ordeal is finally over for Capt. Richard Phillips, captain of hijacked ship Maersk Alabama, who was taken as a hostage by four pirates off the coast of Somalia. He has been held in a lifeboat floating on the Indian Ocean since the attack on his ship last Wednesday, after he volunteered to stay with [...]