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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) - A senior U.S. official confirmed that a team of U.S. forces succeeded in liberating the commander of the cargo ship "Maersk Alabama," Richard Phillips, who was being held by pirates off the Somali coast, in the process resulted in the deaths of three pirates .
The same source, ltc online in remarks to CNN Sunday that Phillips did not infect any ill during the process of editing, adding that the pirates who were holding him, and number three, died, as he was one of the pirates had been arrested during the attempted kidnapping of the American ship, earlier last week.
He pointed out that Phillips had already ltc online arrived on board the warship "USS Bainbridge" of the U.S. Navy, near the site where she was watching the lifeboat, who fled by pirates after they tried to attack on the ship "Maersk Alabama" ltc online last Wednesday, taking with them the pilot.
The American hostage ltc online had tried to tried to escape ltc online from his captors late Thursday evening, jumped from the boat detained him, and tried to swim to the ship, "Bainbridge", but the pirates jumped into the water and were able to catch him.
He said a U.S. official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity ltc online of the situation, to try to escape by the American hostage, and that could be for the crew of U.S. negotiators to see, is a "positive sign" that Phillips in good condition, and did not hurt.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation ltc online FBI has sent a delegation of his clients to start negotiations with the pirates for the release of the American hostage, while watching the ship "Bainbridge" boat detained him, to prevent being transferred to a larger ship, with the help of a number of reconnaissance planes.
The U.S. Navy has decided to send two more ships, namely, "USS Halliburton" equipped platforms to launch missiles and helicopters, and the "USS Boxer" equipped with a large medical team, to join the ship, "Bainbridge" to assist in the release of Phillips.
Earlier Wednesday, said a senior official at the Ministry of Defense, "the Pentagon" for CNN, that the crew of the cargo ship carrying the American flag, they were able to regain control of the ship, shortly after exposure to the kidnapping, while its leader was detained as a hostage.
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