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Originally Posted by Ziroc
Yeah, just sucks that it takes an American ship and kidnapping for the news to cover it like they have... I guess it's 'normal', but are the other kidnapped folks getting the same media exposure in their respected Countries? I hope so.
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Unfortunately mate, not really.
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The pirates still hold about a dozen ships with more than 200 crew members, according to the piracy watchdog International Maritime Bureau.
Vilma de Guzman's husband is one of 23 Filipino sailors held hostage since Nov. 10 on the chemical tanker MT Stolt Strength. She feared Phillips' rescue may endanger the lives of other hostages.
"The pirates might vent their anger on them," she said Monday. "Those released are lucky, but what about those who remain captive?"
She also criticized world media for focusing so much on the U.S. captain but giving little attention to other hostages.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...4-H2wD97HM5HG0
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She's got a point in that the level of coverage of this was far greater due to the fact that it was an American hostage, and an American flagged ship, but the fact is, the US (and France, as they carried out their own rescue attempt) has the resource, while other countries do not. Some of these mariners are from places like Bangladesh, the Philippines, Romania, etc, which don't have the capability to do this type of rescue. On the other hand there are also Italian and Russian hostages and you'd think those countries would be able to do it, but choose not to for whatever reason.