< http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/27/somalia > This is in the face of a coordinated NATO maritime patrol. BTW, the French only got back $200,000 of the $2,000,000 ransom paid. Further, only 2 of the actual hijackers were captured. The driver of a car and a guard from the yacht were also captured. Three other "hijackers" may have been killed when helicopter gunfire halted a car carrying some of the "hijackers." A cargo vessel was hijacked while carrying food and cars from the Middle East to a Somalia port. Amazingly, a "Somalia Army" force assaulted the vessel wounding 3 pirates and retaking the ship and the remaining 9 pirates. Where did these highly proficient troops come from? Well, how many black and Latino SOF troops are in Djibouti? That's the likely answer. Ron Rogers