Dietrich,+Nick+6

Yet another oil tanker was siezed by Somali pirates off the coast of Somalia. This tanker was carrying $20 million in oil and its 28 crew members. The tanker was headed to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. This pirate attack was not the first, but one of many off the coast of Somalia. It is one of only two oil tankers ever to be hijacked. Since it is an oil tanker, precautionary measures must be taken to capture the tanker back without causing a leak that could destroy the habitat of thousands of marine animals.

Google: http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iEeJli3glF-iT9RgXaYJ5-gsu-yg New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/world/africa/01pirates.html

I believe these articles are very reliable because they are from very highly regarded new providers. The google article focused a lot more on precise facts, yet didnt provide all the information that the NY times article does. Neither article has any pictures besides one google image showing where the tanker was stolen.

I think that they need to send in a carefully trained SWAT team to stealthily attack the tanker and take out all the pirates. If done at night then this would not even be too difficult due to how little light would be onboard the tanker. The only other option I see is to take 100 helicopters, attach the tanker to the helicopters, and then fly the tanker out of the water and into the U.S. where it would be immediately taken over by hundreds of armed soldiers.