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Early on January 25, 2012, two dozen Navy SEALs parachuted from a C-130 Hercules twelve miles north of the Somali town of Adado, Galguduud, where pirates were holding the hostages with the intention of ransoming them. [3] The SEALs then traveled by foot from their drop zone, attacked the compound, and engaged the pirates, killing all nine of ...
The SEALS killed about nine pirates. [7] In January 2012, six Somali pirates launched an attack on the bulk cargo ship the MV Sunshine about one hundred miles off the coast of Oman. This was referred to as a by-the-book approach; The pirates used AK-47s, a rocket propelled grenade launcher, a grappling hook and attempted to affix a ladder onto ...
Abduwali Abdulkadir Muse (Somali: عبدالولي موسى, Cabdiweli Cabdiqaadir Muuse; pronounced [ʕabdiweli ʕabdiqaːdir muːse]; English pronunciation ⓘ; born 1990) is a Somali pirate. He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the MV Maersk Alabama in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom. [2]
Between 2005 and 2012 the World Bank estimates pirate groups earned between $339m (£267m) and $413m. ... a town in central Somalia where pirates once invested, earned the nicknamed "Blue City ...
A video shared on X claims to show a Somalian pirate boat being destroyed. Verdict: False The video shows training from the United States Navy and is not a Somalian vessel. Fact Check: A Chinese ...
Aasheim had previously been captain of the Maersk Alabama until Richard Phillips relieved him eight days prior to the pirate attack. An 18-man marine security team was on board. [15] The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation secured the ship as a crime scene. [16] Phillips was held captive in the lifeboat by Somali pirates for five days.
By the time the action was over at least one pirate was killed (only one body was recovered from one of the remaining small skiffs), and 12 (including 5 wounded) pirates were captured. [8] A spokesman for the Somali pirate militia in Hardhere claimed there were 27 pirates that had gone to sea to act as "coastguardsmen" for the largely lawless ...
India's naval forces rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates and freed its 19-member Pakistani crew off the east coast of Somalia, a navy statement said Tuesday. Later ...