US Navy frigate captures 5 pirates near Seychelles

NAIROBI, Kenya – The small gang of Somali pirates fired on an approaching ship, hoping their midnight ****** would bring them millions in ransom. The ragtag bandits, though, had taken on far more than they could handle: a U.S. warship.

The USS Nicholas, a guided missile frigate, was tracking the pirates when they opened fire early Thursday in Indian Ocean waters, the U.S. military said. The Nicholas, which saw combat in the first Gulf War, returned fire and disabled the skiff.

Navy personnel later boarded and detained three suspects. The Americans found two more bandits on a nearby mothership and later sank the skiff.
Yet another nomination for the Darwin Awards.

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