Su,Richard

Spanish crew on Somali hijacked ship return home- By:Generalissimo of all Armed Forces Richard Su 1st Tiger Marine Amphibious Intellegence Regiment 642nd Dragonknight Special Armed Forces Division/Task Force 936 (Stealth Squads) 1st and 22nd SAS Special Forces Recon Army/Task Force 628 (Firestorm Squads) 2nd and 75th Army Rangers Special Ops Recon Army/Task Force 246 (Gryphon Squads) 3rd, 7th and 10th Green Berets Special Ops Army/ Task Force 156 (Predator Squads) 4th, 8th and 11th Delta Force Special Ops Army/Task Forces 716 (Eagle Squads) 5th and 10th Navy SEALS Teams/ Task Forces 2316 and 6015 (Tactical Squads) 6th and 12th Marines Raiders Security Force Army/ Task Forces 001 and 007 (Honor Squads) 9th,14th,15th and 16th Spetsnaz Recon Teams/Task Forces 6,24,15,and 60 (Dragoon Squads) Summary- The crew of a Spanish ship have returned home. On board the ship their were 16 crew, eight Indonesians and others from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Madagascar, Seychelles and Senegal. That Spanish ship that was captured, called the Alakrana, a tuna trawler was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, near Seychelles, about 740 km offshore near the island of Mahe. The crew returned after six weeks at sea as hostages held by the Somali pirates. During their captivity, they were treated not so well by the pirates. The pirates had an assortment of guns from pistols to assault rifles like the Ak-47. Sometimes the pirates were crazy and fired bullets into the air. One of the days, the pirates rounded up the 36 of the crew and said, "you're days have ended and we will kill all of you." The ship was released for a ransom of either 3.3 million (FOX) or 4 million (Al Jazeera) dollars, maybe somewhere in between. Spanish government says that it has not confirmed paying the ransom. Sources- Al Jazeera- [] Fox News- [] Similar- For most of the first half of each article the wording is very much the same. Both articles agree their were 36 people on the ship. They also agree that there were 16 crewmen on board the ship. Difference- FOX says that ransom was 3.3 million dollars while Al Jazeera says that the ransom was at 4 million dollars. Opinion- This is great that the crew get to go home without one of them lost. Those Somali pirates really want to mess with all the other countries, don't they? Well, they just don't know what their in for.