Snipers seize moment to kill pirates and free captive sailor

13.04.2009 12:14 - category: Worlds and Business: World News - Source: syndication

It took only three precision shots to end the five-day ocean standoff between the world's most powerful navy and pirates holding an American hostage in a lifeboat. United States Navy snipers on the fantail of the destroyer USS...

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