Pirates Attack
On Sunday, the U.S. Navy boarded a supposed pirate ship, and held 26 men for questioning, the Navy told the press. See Picture On this ship were a total of 16 Indians and 10 Somalian men. Their ship was chased down and stopped by the USS Winston Churchill. The pirates boat stopped trying to sail away form them after our American ship fired two shots towards the boat. The Churchill stopped the ship abotu 50 miles of the coast of Somalia. The U.S. Navy boarded the boat and found 26 men and a small collection of weapons.
The pirate ships crew and paseengers were being almost interigated on Sunday, while the military was trying to determine which group of these men were crew or just passengers. Information was released that said the sailors of this ship had hijacked the ship close to a week prior to this inncedent. The pirates used this boat to launch attacks on numerous vesseles throughout the Indian Ocean.
The Navy said they got a help call from the International Maritime Bureau in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. The International Maritime Bureau in Kuala Lumpur told our Navy that pirates had shot at the MV Delta Ranger, which was a full bulk carrier that was about 200 miles off the coast of Somalia. The Navy is still dicussing this situation and the punishment for the men they took off this dangerous boat.

Helicopter Crashes In Iraq

In Iraq, a Black Hawk Helicopter crashed killing twelve Americans that were involved. The crash occurred January 7, 2006, just before midnight. This happened in a city named Tal Afar. this was said to be the worst crash since a CH-53 Sea Stallion crashed on Jan. 26, 2005 in Western Iraq this killed thirty one U.S. military personnel. With these latest Marine deaths, at least 2,211 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the war in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.