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Pirates Vow Revenge After Daring Rescue

Navy Snipers Fire Three Flawless Shots to Free American Hostage

By PAULINE JELINEK
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NAIROBI, Kenya (April 13) - Bracing themselves on a rolling warship in choppy seas, U.S. Navy snipers fired three flawless shots to kill a trio of Somali pirates and free the American sea captain being held at gunpoint, a Navy commander said Monday.
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A U.S. intelligence official says that the U.S. cargo ship captain who was held captive by pirates off the coast of Somalia is now safe on a Navy ship. The official says that three of the four pirates who had been holding Capt. Richard Phillips, left, have been killed.