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Sailors hide from pirates in panic room Pirates - Page 25 - Culture, Family, Travel, Consumer Reviews - Posted: 5th Sep, 2012 - 9:49pm
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Fighting piracy off Somalia against modern-day pirates.
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Post Date: 8th Feb, 2011 - 6:02am / Post ID: #
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Somalia: UN launches new anti-piracy plan calling for greater global naval support
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The United Nations today launched an action plan to combat piracy off the Somali coast, calling for greater support from national navies to fight a "global menace" that threatens not only international trade but the world body's delivery of vital food aid to millions of hungry people.
Source: UN News Centre - Law, Crime Prevention
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Unfortunately, the four Americans were shot and killed by their captors.
QUOTE DEVELOPING STORY: Four Americans aboard a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates have been killed, Fox News has confirmed.
U.S. Forces responded to gunfire aboard the yacht Quest at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday, but discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors. Despite steps to provide life-saving care, all four hostages died of their wounds.
"We express our deepest condolences for the innocent lives callously lost aboard the Quest," said Gen James N. Mattis, U.S. Central Command Commander in a news release.
Two pirates died during the confrontation and 13 were captured and detained, along with two pirates already in custody. U.S. Forces also found the remains of two other pirates already dead aboard the vessel and believe a total of 19 pirates were involved in the hijacking....
U.S. Forces responded to gunfire aboard the yacht Quest at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday, but discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors. Despite steps to provide life-saving care, all four hostages died of their wounds.
"We express our deepest condolences for the innocent lives callously lost aboard the Quest," said Gen James N. Mattis, U.S. Central Command Commander in a news release.
Two pirates died during the confrontation and 13 were captured and detained, along with two pirates already in custody. U.S. Forces also found the remains of two other pirates already dead aboard the vessel and believe a total of 19 pirates were involved in the hijacking....
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Pirate Attack Leaves Million-Barrel Oil Tanker on Fire Off Yemen's Coast:
A tanker carrying about 1 million barrels of fuel oil is on fire off the Yemeni coast after pirates used a rocket-propelled grenade to attack the ship in a maritime corridor handling about 20 percent of world trade. Ref. Source 7
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San Diego-based Navy ships rescue Iranians from pirates
A Navy admiral is calling Thursday's thwarting of pirates in the North Arabian ocean just another work day at sea. But the rescue operation has international implications after recent U.S.-Iranian tension over a key trade route, the Strait of Hormuz. Ref. Source 4
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Sailors hide from pirates in panic room
Pirates attacked and seized an oil tanker off the coast of Nigeria's largest city, the country's navy said, kidnapping an unknown number of sailors who were trying to hide from their assailants.
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