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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
European anti-piracy forces carried out their first air attack on mainland Somalia on Tuesday, strafing a beach from a low-flying helicopter and destroying pirates' boats, fuel supplies and an arms cache. The attack is likely to lead to an...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
The pirate crew fled to another vessel before the attack, but were among 12 arrested without a fight by boarding teams from the frigate shortly after. HMS Westminster's Merlin 502 firing at the pirate skiff, and fire starting on impact, as the ship...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
After wreaking havoc on the high seas for years, Somali pirates are facing a counter-attack on land for the first time. European Union forces raided a pirate base near the Somali port of Haradheere last night, destroying several boats, setting fire...
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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
May 15, 2012 French soldiers sit alongside a cache of weapons seized from suspected Somali pirates as they arrive by launch at the French warship 'Le Nivose' on May 3, 2009, as part of EU's Atalante anti-piracy naval mission. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
Handout photo by the French Navy taken at sea, December 6, 2008, that shows members of the EPE, an embedded protection team, performing observation duty at the Frigate Jean de Vienne as she convoys merchant ships near the coast of Somalia, where...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
Africa EU naval force targets Somali pirate bases Anti-piracy unit raids pirate installations off country's coast for first time since its mandate was expanded in March. Last Modified: 15 May 2012 15:30 Several nations provide protection for their...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
The European Union's anti-piracy force on Tuesday attacked pirate bases along the Somali coast for the first time, using helicopters to destroy suspect boats. Stepping up efforts against a multi-million dollar criminal enterprise that international...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
ments Europe launch airstrikes on Somalia to uproot pirate base This is the first time the European-led naval expedition, Operation Atalanta, has attacked a pirate base on Somali territory. By Scott Baldauf, Staff Writer / May 15, 2012 At sea,...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
European Union naval forces carried out an attack in Somalia on Tuesday, using helicopters and two warships in a "focused, precise and proportionate" strike against "known pirate supplies." Share This Story We believe this action will further...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Belgian capital. "This action by the EU forces will increase the pressure on and disrupt pirates' efforts to get out at sea to attack merchant ships," an EU statement quoted top commander Rear Admiral Duncan Potts as saying. The attack marks a first...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Somalia (AP) — A Somali pirate says an airstrike by the European Union naval force patrolling the Indian Ocean has destroyed speed boats, fuel deports and an arms store.
Bile Hussein, a pirate commander, said Tuesday the attack on...
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The Jakarta Post
| 1 year ago
Bile Hussein, a pirate commander, said Tuesday the attack on Handulle village in the Mudug region will cause a setback to pirate operations. The village lies about 18 kilometers north of Haradheere town, a key pirate lair...The EU naval force earlier...
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Voice of America
| 1 year ago
VOA News May 15, 2012 The European Union's anti-piracy naval force has carried out its first air attacks against a pirate base on the Somali coast. Tuesday that initial reports show no Somalis were injured in what was described as the "focused,...
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Fox
| 1 year ago
The European Union says its naval force off the Somali coastline has carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore. A spokesman said maritime aircraft and attack helicopters took part in the attacks early Tuesday along the...
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Africa Headlines
| 1 year ago
It is the first time the European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor), deployed off the country's coastline to fight piracy, has carried out a raid on Somali soil. Until now it has acted against pirates at sea, mostly on small skiffs. The BBC reported that...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
The European Union says its naval force off the Somali coastline has carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore.
A spokesman said maritime aircraft and attack helicopters took part in the attacks early Tuesday...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
EU forces in first mainland raid EU naval forces have conducted their first raid on pirate bases on the Somali mainland, saying they have destroyed several boats. The EU forces were transported by helicopter to the pirate bases near the port of...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Uganda (AP) — American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Somalia's most powerful insurgent group, al-Shabab.
Earlier this year, a small...
