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Day By Day by Chris Muir April 9, 2009 – The Way We Were
Day By Day by Chris MuirThe United States WILL be increasing its military presence in the Somalia area within 48 hours according to General Petraeus as a stand-off continues between a United States Navy Destroyer and Somali pirates.
A stand-off was continuing on Thursday between a US navy destroyer and pirates holding a US-flagged ship’s captain hostage, amid signs other pirate-held ships were being moved towards the area.
The USS Bainbridge arrived at the scene on Thursday morning to monitor events aboard the pirate-held lifeboat, containing four pirates and Richard Philips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, the first US-flagged ship to be seized by Somali pirates. The lifeboat ran out of fuel shortly after the pirates left the Maersk Alabama with it on Wednesday following a struggle with the vessel’s 20-strong crew of US citizens.
The crew had handed over a pirate they had held hostage in a deal that would have seen Mr Philips returned, but the pirates reneged on the deal and left in a lifeboat with him, only to run out of fuel only a short distance away.
In blogging matters today, it is my birthday, so blogging will be very light.
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