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Africa Horn |
Iran ships open fire on pirates |
2009-09-20 |
![]() Since May, Iran has deployed a flotilla of warships into the Gulf of Aden to protect its commercial vessels and its oil tanker fleet, the largest in the Middle East. Piracy is still rampant off the Horn of Africa, with sea gangs defying the foreign navies patrolling the strategic shipping lanes linking Asia with Europe. |
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