<![CDATA[Captain Richard Phillips Freed From Somali Pirates]]>

1.0 link 185983 <![CDATA[Captain Richard Phillips Freed From Somali Pirates]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/12/captain-richard-phillips_n_185983.html ***UPDATE 9:32AM EST***
Adm. William Gortney said Monday that it took only three shots for Navy snipers to kill the trio of pirates holding captain Richard Phillips hostage on a lifeboat drifting on the high seas.

Interviewed from Bahrain, Gortney said the takedown happened shortly after the hostage-takers were observed by sailors aboard the USS Bainbridge "with their heads and shoulders exposed."

***UPDATE 6:36PM*** CNN is reporting that Navy sharpshooters were secretly parachuted onto the fantail of the USS Bainbridge and...

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