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To: bentway who wrote (471126)4/13/2009 12:46:39 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1576893
 
Acting with President Obama’s authorization and in the belief that the hostage, Capt. Richard Phillips, was in imminent danger of being killed by captors armed with pistols and AK-47s, snipers on the fantail of the destroyer Bainbridge, which was towing the lifeboat on a 100-foot line, opened fire and picked off the three captors.

Its the kind of finesse for which the Israelis are noted. <g>