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A US flag can be seen flying in a mast of the US merchant ship Maersk Alabama as she sits moored at the Mombasa port on April 12, 2009 a day after arriving in this Kenyan coastal city.
Monday, Apr. 13, 2009

Open quote See ships, take ransom, make millions. Close quote

  • ADM. RICK GURNON,
  • head of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, describing the Somali pirates' increasing threat to maritime activities after the U.S. Navy rescued an American ship captain
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