Well blow me down! O’er the weekend, snipers from the imperial US Navy lined up on the poop deck and rained fire on a Somali man-o-war in order t’ free captured cap’n Richard Phillips. Thar bloody battle on the high seas resulted in the rescuin’ o’ Phillips, along wit’ three fish-feedin’ Somalis ‘n one bilge-suckin’ buccaneer captive.
Now, landlubbin’ US officials are weighin’ in on where the captured pirate—Mohamed Abdi, a young salt that, avast ye, could be as young as 14—best be tried, given his treasonin’ occurred on the open seas. Either way, it can be known fer certain that wherever Abdi ends up’ll be better than the alternative: swabbin’ the decks fer eternity down in Davy Jones’ locker. Savvy?
