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USA Today
November 13, 2008
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Russian and British forces teamed up with boats and helicopters to rescue a cargo ship from an attempted hijacking by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, then chased down the attackers and killed two of them in a gunbattle.
Russian navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo said the Russian missile frigate Intrepid and the British frigate HMS Cumberland each sent up a helicopter against the pirates as they tried to commandeer a Danish vessel on Tuesday.
Russia sent the Intrepid to protect Russian ships and crew off Somalia's coast after a Ukrainian freighter with three Russians aboard -- and loaded with battle tanks --was hijacked in September. Its captain died, and the 20 other crewmembers are still being held aboard the MV Faina. More than 33 ships have been hijacked off Somalia, which has had no functioning government since 1991.
November 13, 2008
Pg. 4
Russian and British forces teamed up with boats and helicopters to rescue a cargo ship from an attempted hijacking by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, then chased down the attackers and killed two of them in a gunbattle.
Russian navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo said the Russian missile frigate Intrepid and the British frigate HMS Cumberland each sent up a helicopter against the pirates as they tried to commandeer a Danish vessel on Tuesday.
Russia sent the Intrepid to protect Russian ships and crew off Somalia's coast after a Ukrainian freighter with three Russians aboard -- and loaded with battle tanks --was hijacked in September. Its captain died, and the 20 other crewmembers are still being held aboard the MV Faina. More than 33 ships have been hijacked off Somalia, which has had no functioning government since 1991.