

“An act of piracy against one nation is a crime against all nations,” Acting U.S. number of Terre Haute prisoners and Dearborn community members before them.139 In one letter to his congregants in Dearborn, Jibril praised Abduwali Muse, a. Muse appeared at a hearing in Manhattan federal court after being brought to New York by U.S. Navy snipers killed three pirates and captured Muse. Ap- The surviving Somali pirate suspect from the attack on the U.S.

The captain of the Maersk Alabama, Richard Phillips, was held hostage on a lifeboat for several days after he volunteered to go with the pirates in exchange for the crew. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. Muse, who prosecutors said “conducted himself as the leader of the pirates,” is charged with piracy, conspiracy to seize a ship by force, conspiracy to commit hostage taking and related firearms offences. container ship the Maersk Alabama earlier this month, was put in custody until his next court appearance on May 21. REUTERS/Eric ThayerĪbduwali Abdukhadir Muse, the sole surviving accused pirate from the foiled bid to hijack huge U.S. Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, accused of hijacking the Maersk Alabama and taking its captain Richard Phillips hostage, is led into a federal building in New York April 20, 2009. Abduwali Abdulkadir Muse (Somali: Cabdiweli Cabdiqaadir Muuse in Somali pronounced as /bdwli bdqdr mus/ born 1990) is a convicted Somali pirate.He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom.
