4 in crew blame captain in Somali pirate attack
Posted: December 4, 2009 at 6:44 a.m.
The American ship captain taken captive by Somali pirates ignored repeated warnings last spring to keep his freighter at least 600 miles off the African coast because of the heightened risk of attack, some members of his crew now say.
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