All 4 Americans on the hijack yacht killed.

[Gheelle.T]

The four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia are dead.

 

Hijacked last Friday off Oman, the Quest was being piloted toward the Somali coast - and was being shadowed by a U.S. Navy warship.

 

CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports that gunshots aboard the yacht were heard, and the warship took action.

 

All 4 Americans were dead, killed apparently by their captors.

 

There were more than a dozen pirates on board, some dead and others captured, Martin reports.

 

The Americans were Scott Adam and his wife, Jean, of Marina del Rey, Calif.; and Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle, both of Seattle.

 

Adam, in his mid-60s, had been an associate producer in Hollywood when he turned in a spiritual direction and enrolled in the seminary a decade ago, Professor Robert K. Johnston of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena and a friend of Adam's, told The Associated Press.

 

"He decided he could take his pension, and he wanted to serve God and humankind," he said.

 

Johnston and Adam worked together to start a film and theology institute. Adam also taught a class on church and media at the school.

 

Since 2004, the Adams lived on their yacht in Marina Del Rey for about half the year and the rest of the year they sailed around the world, often distributing Bibles in remote parts of the Fiji Islands, Alaska, New Zealand, Central America and French Polynesia, Johnston said.

 

Scott and Jane Adam documented their maritime missionary work on their website, S/V Quest Adventure Log.

 

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[Gheelle.T]

There are counts of Pirates that have been killed as well. I am assuming the American Navy Seals tried to rescue the hijacked 4 and failed to do so. Now that Westerners are killed, will the war on Piracy take a different approach? Tune on

[nuune]

4 of the 19 Somali pirates were killed by the American special forces, in return, the Somali pirates killed the 4 Americans.

 

Ps: They have captured the remaining 15 Somalis

[Showqi]

Allow sahal amuuraha.

[NGONGE]

Gheelle.T;696986 wrote:

There are counts of Pirates that have been killed as well. I am assuming the American Navy Seals tried to rescue the hijacked 4 and failed to do so. Now that Westerners are killed, will the war on Piracy take a different approach? Tune on

Not just any old "Westerners", Americans duqa, Americans. I now expect Farole to go on the airwaves again and declare a state of emergency.

[nuune]

We are all assuming that the pirates are Somalis, they could be Yemenis disguised as Somalis(eating khat etc).

[Gheelle.T]

NG, Faroole's approach is/was the right way, but they never listened. Now this has happened, they must take a heed of what he's been saying. Ku dayo comes to mind

 

On a serious note though, Americans will heavy-handedly going take a decisive action which may result loss of lives. We will wait and see how it turns out. It's already a breaking news in all the US media.

[Jacpher]

^I don't know about policy change but the headline just changed to American Christian missionaries slaughtered by Somali Muslims iyo Somali Muslims murder four American Christians. The far right bloggers linking up phrases like Muslim, Somali, Obama to the story.

[Chimera]

What a shame!

[Taleexi]

The saga to be continued.

[Valenteenah.]

Oops. Here come the drones.

[Jacaylbaro]

what da hell were they thinking ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Che -Guevara]

I find it hard they just shot the captives. This is failed attempted operation by the navy seals.

[BOB]

Ala France?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[Cara.]

Che -Guevara;697145 wrote:

I find it hard they just shot the captives. This is failed attempted operation by the navy seals.

Definitely the more likely scenario.