Ohhh.. It WAS Snipers! I figured they would get close enough at night--never knew snipers to use night vision--but assumed they WOULD.. guess so eh? Gotta be damn good to hit a target far away, on a boat in the waves..
I figured that, if it were me in command, I'd send out as many snipers as pirates, sneak in close enough for the shots, and give each sniper their own target, work the targets movements, then 3...2...1.. all fire at once.
Are snipers allowed to use some type of silencer device?
Here's the updated info at CNN:
Hostage captain rescued; Navy snipers kill 3 pirates
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa...tes/index.html