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Canadian Warship Foils Pirate Attack

by Rob Walker | April 20, 2009 at 05:36 am

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A Canadian warship hunting pirates played a cat and mouse game with bandits who were attempting to attack a Norwegian tanker. After a seven hour pitch-black chase by the HMCS Winnipeg, the Canadians blocked the pirate skiff and found a rocket propelled grenade, but the pirates had ditched most of the weapons overboard.

The attack happened in the Gulf of Aden, and due to complex maritime laws the warship was forced to release the pirates.

"We blocked their path," said Michael McWhinnie, a spokesperson on the ship. "We were faster and surprisingly more manoeuvrable than the pirate skiff."
But, having caught the bad guys, the Canadians had to let them go – sans weapons.

Warning shots fired from a Sea King helicopter launched from the Winnipeg helped persuade the pirates to give up, but not before they threw most of their weapons overboard.

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israeli.agent

at 05:49 on April 20th, 2009

"The attack happened in the Gulf of Aden, and due to complex maritime laws the warship was forced to release the pirates."

Lucky pirates. They are not affected by any laws..!

.Agent.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 08:54 on April 20th, 2009

Well done to the Canadian Navy. Let FOXs Red Eye show take this one and shove it up their pipe. Thank you for this story Rob. Blue Crush thanks for the video. They behaved just as I would our troops expect to act.