US military chiefs are bolstering their forces around the Horn of Africa to help tackle Somali pirates holding a US captain hostage in a drifting lifeboat.Gen David Petraeus said reinforcements would arrive within 24 to 48 hours and that a warship already in the area was "literally right near" the lifeboat.FBI experts are helping negotiate the release of Capt Richard Phillips.He was captured in a struggle on his ship, Maersk Alabama. Pirates seized the ship but the crew fought them off.The vessel has now set sail for the Kenyan port of Mombasa under armed guard.
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