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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Spain foils pirates' plans

A Spanish maritime patrol aircraft prevented pirates from attacking an oil tanker in the troubled waters of the Gulf of Aden, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.

The P-3 Orion aircraft received a call for help from the crew of the Panama-flagged Leander on Tuesday who said pirates on two boats were trying to board their vessel when it was about 210km north of the coast of Somalia, it said.

"To deter the pirates, the plane flew over the hostile boats three times and launched a smoke bomb at them each time," the statement said.

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