[Felix The Assassin]

Three things the media is using:

1. The "hostages" are the crew of the ships (last count there was 16) in which they have captured and are awaiting ransom. They (hostages) remain on board their vessels where they have facilities, fresh food and water.
2. The captain, Mr. Phillips, exchanged his person for the safe departure of his ship and crew (which is currently very close it's destination). Why is beyond me. This tidbit was in the very first article, and is now hard to locate, and the details were vague at best.
3. The pirates are defiant to law and order as well as multi national naval forces. They are just tools of some wonderful individual who is giving them orders, and paying them peanuts for their hard work to collect millions in ransom. If you kill them, more will step up and replace them. However, remove the "kingpin" and things will begin to change!