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Mystery "naval vessel" sinks Somali pirate mother ship
Q ship?Drink! MOGADISHU (AFP) At least one Somali pirate was killed and two others wounded after a naval vessel patrolling the Indian Ocean fired on their boat and destroyed their mother ship, witnesses said Thursday. Local fishermen in the pirate den of Harardhere in northern Somalia said the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon, but the naval vessel was unknown. Keep it that way. A pirate killing ghost ship. That'll spook em... "One pirate died and three others were injured after they approached a navy ship. They were given warning signals but they ignored and kept approaching and their mother boat was destroyed," local fisherman Abdullahi Isa Mohamed told AFP. Other residents who confirmed the incident said the men were on board small boats hunting for ships to attack. Should we stop, Mahmoud? Nah. What can they... But the US Navy Fifth Fleet command and the European naval mission off the pirate-infested Somali coast said they had no information regarding the sinking of a pirate mother ship. Ummmmmmm...nope. Must've been that Pirate Killing Ghost Ship we've been hearing about... Posted by: tu3031 2009-04-03 |
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