User blog:Bzero/US Storms Kalingi Pirates to Rescue Ship Crew

May 10, 2016 · Associated Press KISMAAYO, Kalingaland – American special forces stormed a hijacked oil survey ship in the Indian Ocean on Thursday, rescuing all 21 crew members and killing eight assailants in a rare and bold raid on Kalingi pirates, a spokesperson for the United States State Department said.

The military operation in waters off the coast of Africa, which also captured five pirates and left one crew member wounded, came a week after the Kalingi attackers seized the American oil survey ship and held hostage eleven Americans, two Indonesians and eight citizens from Myanmar.

"We will not tolerate any behavior that threatens the lives and safety of our people in the future," American President Hussein Dunham said in a brief televised statement, adding that the rescue was a "perfect operation."

With an American flying submarine and a Tomahawk helicopter providing covering fire, the United States' Special Forces stormed the hijacked vessel in a pre-dawn rescue operation that left eight of the pirates dead and five captured, Lt. Gen. Clayton Abernathy told reporters.