Somali pirates hijack 4 more ships take 60 hostage

Somali pirates Sin was in a frenzy of shameless kidnapping four vessels more and take more than 60 crew members hostage in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway in the center of the world in the fight against piracy.
Hackers have pledged to retaliate for a period of five killed by colleagues in the United States and French forces during the recent rescue of hostages - and the top U.S. military said Tuesday that the comments taken seriously.
However, Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the ABC "Good Morning America" that "we are well prepared to deal with something."
Mullen, despite the declaration and the President trusts Barack Obama warning over U.S. action over sea pirates captured two trophies Tuesday to coincide with the two boats were seized by one or two days before.
The latest seizure of property of the Lebanese freighter MV Sea Horse, Greek-managed bulk carrier MV Irene EM Egyptian and two fishing boats. Irene Maritime officials said that 21 to 23 Filipino crew members and Egypt reported 36 fishermen, most of the Egyptians, in the two boats.
No one knows exactly how many crew of the Sea Horse had on board, but a ship of this size, you probably need at least a dozen.  
Spokesman for the NATO Shona Lowe said three or four pirates seized the engine Sea Horse, on Tuesday - an attack which occurred just hours after Irene was seized a rare foray into the night.
The two fishing boats were abducted in Egypt, the Gulf off the northern coast of Somalia, but it is not clear whether the attacks were on Monday or Sunday.
The Gulf of Aden, which connects the Suez Canal and Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, is one of the world's busiest and most vital shipping lanes, crossed by more than 20,000 vessels each year.
A flotilla of warships of almost a dozen countries have patrolled the Gulf of Aden and near the waters of the Indian Ocean for months. Have stopped numerous attacks on vessels this year, but that the area is so large that it can not stop all kidnappings.
The pirates have attacked 78 ships this year, removing 19 of them, and 17 ships with over 300 crew remain in the hands of hackers, according to Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau of the declaration Center of piracy in Kuala Lumpur.
Each vessel has the potential of a million dollars in ransom.
The Irene, flying the flag of the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, sailing from the Middle East to South Asia, "said Choong.
U.S. Navy Lt. Nathan Christensen, spokesman for the 5th Fleet base in Bahrain, "said Irene took a crew of 23 Filipinos, while 21 reported Choong sailors and Greek officials said the first 22. is no immediate way to reconcile the figures.
A contractor for maritime safety, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is a sensitive issue of security, said that Irene put a distress signal to say that there was a suspect vessel approaching. It quickly became an attack, then a kidnapping. "
"They tried to call in support of the emergency channels, but has never received any response," said the entrepreneur.
The last entry after the Navy SEAL snipers American ship rescued Captain Richard Phillips, the Sunday of the death of three young hackers who held captive in a lifeboat drifted for five days. A quarter of pirates after delivering a doctor for an injury he received in his attempt to take over Phillips vessel Maersk Alabama.
Phillips was on Tuesday on board a naval vessel to an unknown destination, "said Christensen. Initially, he was taken aboard the Norfolk, Virginia-based USS Bainbridge and then flown to San Diego-based USS Boxer for a medical examination.
In Washington, Obama appears to move the problem of piracy high on their agenda, vowing the United States will work with the nations of the world to combat the problem.
"Let me be very clear that we are determined to halt the rise of piracy in this region and to achieve this goal, we will continue working with our partners to prevent future attacks," Obama said Monday.
The 19 crew members of Alabama held its structure with free beer and a barbecue on Monday evening the Kenyan port of Mombasa, said Ken Quinn crew.
The ship was head of the United States urges strong action against piracy.
"It is time to intervene and end this crisis," said Shane Murphy. "This is a crisis. Alarm.
United States is considering new options to fight against piracy, including the addition of marine artillery along the coast of Somalia and the launch of a campaign to disable pirate "mother ship", according to military officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because no decision has been taken yet.
The four hijackers who attacked the Alabama were between 17 and 19 years, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said.
"Without adolescents with heavy weapons," said Gates, students and teachers of the Marine Corps War College. "Everyone in the room knows the consequences."
U. S. Officials are studying the possibility to reach the fourth attacker, who was made just before the shooting of snipers, the United States, or perhaps turn over to Kenya. Both against piracy and hostage taking bring life prison sentences under U.S. law.
The French navy has handed over Monday afternoon, the bodies of two dead Somali pirates last week in an operation to rescue the hostage and the bodies were buried in the northern Somali semi-Puntland.