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Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Indian Navy Captures 23 Pirates
CNN reports that the Indian navy has captured 23 pirates — 12 Somali and 11 Yemeni nationals — their large boat, ironically named The Salahaddin, as well as two small boats and an arms cache.
Among the seized items were seven AK-47 automatic rifles, three other automatic weapons and 13 loaded magazines; a rocket-propelled grenade […]
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Somali Pirates Kill Three
Three crew members from the Greek chemical tanker MT Action have been killed by Somali pirates. From the Khaleej Times:
“Three of the crew members appear to have died in fishy circumstances," Andrew Mwangura, the head of the Kenyan arm of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
"Fishy circumstances" is an unfortunate […]