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Friday, October 26, 2012

Dutch Warship Destroys Somali Pirate Boat

Pirate Dhow |Another Somali pirate boat goes up in flames as attacks hit a three-year low.

Somali pirates may not be as active as they once were off the coast of African waters, but they still pose a danger.

AK 47s are no match for the power of a Nato warship, as a group of alleged pirates learned today. Early Wednesday, the crew of the Dutch warship HNLMS Rotterdam, spotted a dhow close to the Somali shore.

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