Billy, there's things the press just does not mention. I've heard a bit about that incident and the deaths of the pirates but did not dig any deeper.
The US fedgov cannot be trusted to keep us informed of this sort of threat. They hide it partially to avoid giving bad guys ideas (as if they don't pass ideas around among themselves) and partially to "avoid escalating the conflict" (as if cowardice ever did any good).
Most of the international news these days goes through companies and organizations with a strong Moslem presence in the board of directors. Even Fox is 20% owned by a Saudi prince, how uncensored do you think they can be without running into trouble? (Search on the word "pallywood" some time for a discussion of the source of much of the AP, UPI, and Reuters "news".)
BTW, as an example of news suppression, were you aware of the Cyclosarin discovered in a bunker with the poison gas type mortar bombs? "No WMDs in Iraq" indeed.
Here is a link to information of the stuff: (note the "historical notes" section on the bottom of the page)
http://www.cbwinfo.com/Chemical/Nerve/GF.shtml