Pirates free crew, ransom paid

This is why Special Operations forces were created. I suspect that the Danes have no way to really project themselves into this area and free the hostages, but the French and Americans do. Why would they pay the money to the terrorists rather than to an elite team that can free them and kill the bad guys?

I wonder how much Blackwater charges for hostage rescues?

Pirates free crew, ransom paid - CNN.com: "Somali pirates released the crew of a hijacked Danish cargo ship after receiving a ransom payment, Denmark's government said Wednesday.

Pirates are rife off Somalia's coast. U.S. Navy patrols often check on suspected vessels.

The pirates, who seized the Danica White in June, handed it over Wednesday to a French warship, where the five crew members were undergoing a medical evaluation, a senior Danish Foreign Ministry official said."