Somali pirates vow to hunt down, kill Americans

Somali pirates vow to hunt down, kill Americans: "One of the pirates whose gang attacked the Liberty Sun said Wednesday his group was specifically targeting American ships and sailors.

'We will seek out the Americans and if we capture them we will slaughter them,' said a 25-year-old pirate based in the Somali port of Harardhere who gave only his first name, Ismail.

'We will target their ships because we know their flags. Last night, an American-flagged ship escaped us by a whisker. We have showered them with rocket-propelled grenades,' boasted Ismail, who did not take part in the attack."
Despite President Barack Obama's vow to take action against the rise in banditry and the deaths of five pirates in French and U.S. hostage rescues, brigands seized four vessels and more than 75 hostages since Sunday's dramatic rescue of Phillips.

That brought the total number of sailors being held by Somali pirates to over 300 on 16 different ships—a distinct surge in the number of captives over the last few days.


This is strictly because our Government now will not acknowledge what we have learned in the past. All issues of terrorism must be dealt with swiftly (not over 4 days. That they must be treated as an enemy not as criminals that we do not know how to deal with. See this article which shows that the US has no clue whatit is doing now with their captured pirate.
So they give the terrorists hope that they can barter for liberating the pirate or expect comfrotable treatment instead of death which it should be