CNN is reporting that elements of the 15th MEU Maritime Raid Force stormed and seized control of a hijacked vessel off the coast of Somalia. No shots fired; the pirates surrendered immediately.
Updated: Link fixed
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Link seems to be broken.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/09/09/us.somalia.pirates/index.html?iref=allsearch
Sorry – posted from my mobile and manually typed the address. Issue corrected.
Ahhhh, gotta love the good old Islamo-Pirates, but you have to love the USMC more.
Umm, given the history of the USMC (especially with their dealing in Tripoli), shouldn’t the score be: USMC – 4, Pirates – 0?
New season, the scores reset :-P
Franchise record vs pirates is a good deal larger, of course.
Were one the unenlightened type, one might draw the conclusion that a disarmed community encourages the unenthusiastically violent to graduate to violent crime.