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Introduction

Unlike most hijackings, the Alabama’s crew fought back. After the pirates boarded, the ship’s captain, Richard Phillips, surrendered himself as a hostage to allow his crew to retake the vessel. The pirates fled the main ship in a covered lifeboat, taking Phillips with them. For five days, a tense standoff unfolded on the Indian Ocean, involving the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bainbridge , the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer , and FBI hostage negotiators. abduwali muse

On April 12, 2009, with Phillips’s life in imminent danger, Navy SEAL snipers on the fantail of the Bainbridge fired simultaneously, killing the three pirates holding Phillips. Muse, who had been on the Bainbridge attempting to negotiate, was taken into custody. For five days, a tense standoff unfolded on

After a series of competency hearings (his age and psychological state were disputed) and plea negotiations, Muse to all counts on May 18, 2010, in a deal that removed the possibility of a life sentence. As part of the plea, he admitted to being the leader of the operation, to using a firearm, and to intentionally endangering Captain Phillips’s life. Muse, who had been on the Bainbridge attempting