tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8906477302630880682.post-69728119438157318422007-10-29T16:15:00.001-05:002007-10-29T16:16:21.981-05:00"The USS Porter responded to a distress call from the merchant vessel carrying benzene, the officials said. Sunday's shooting took place in international waters, they said. At the request of Somalia's government, a second U.S. warship, the destroyer USS Arleigh Burke, is now shadowing the merchant ship inside Somali waters, the officials said."<br/><br/><a href='http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/29/somalia.pirates/index.html'>read more</a> | <a href='http://digg.com/world_news/US_Navy_Called_in_to_combat_piracy'>digg story</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8906477302630880682-6972811943815731842?l=navygeek.blogspot.com'/></div>Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10268614109743582973noreply@blogger.com1