U.S. warships fire on Somali pirates

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U.S. warships fire on Somali pirates
By Salad Duhul - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Feb 11, 2008 20:08:55 EST

MOGADISHU, Somalia — U.S. warships fired on Somali pirates trying to re-supply colleagues who hijacked a Danish-owned tug boat, a district commissioner said Monday.

“Some of the artillery shells hit around the coastline, but no human casualties were reported. Unfortunately the gangs escaped,” said Abdullahi Said, a district commissioner.

The hijacked ship, which has six crew members onboard, is stationed about 25 miles east of Eyl, he said. The coastal town is some 560 miles north of the capital, Mogadishu.

All crew members on the Svitzer Korsakov — a British captain, an Irish engineer and four Russian crew — were believed to be unharmed.

A spokeswoman for the 5th Fleet in Bahrain, which oversees operations off the pirate-infested Somali coast, said she had not heard about the incident.


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