Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Somali Pirates Murder Four Kidnapped American Sailors As



Somali Pirates Kill 4 American Boaters -- L.A. Times

Somali pirates shoot two couples, from California and Seattle, who had been on an around-the-world sailing trip when they were taken hostage off of Oman.

WASHINGTON — A California couple and two other Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates were mortally wounded Tuesday morning by their captors, shortly before a U.S. special operations team boarded the hijacked vessel, killed two of the pirates and captured the rest, U.S. military officials said.

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More News On 4 American Boaters Murdered By Somali Pirates

Pirates Kill U.S. Hostages, So U.S. Forces Kill Pirates
-- The Danger Room
Somali pirates kill four kidnapped American sailors -- The Telegraph
Pirates kill four U.S. hostages near Somalia -- Reuters
Seattle Singles Yacht Club Mourns Death of Couples Killed by Somali Pirates -- FOX News
Somali pirates' killing of Americans signals increasing turn toward violence -- Washington Post
Slain Americans were delivering Bibles -- CNN
Friends Mourn 4 US Yachters Killed by Pirates -- ABC News
4 Americans Seized By Pirates Found Dead On Yacht -- NPR
Somali pirates were rushed by Special Forces when gunfire was heard, officials say -- L.A. Times
Four Americans Held on Hijacked Yacht Are Killed -- New York Times
Were they trying to escape? Killings of four U.S. citizens held captive by Somali pirates came out of the blue -- The Daily Mail
Why did Somali pirates kill four American yachters? -- Christian Science Monitor

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