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France raid ship after crew freed
by infomatique | April 13, 2008 at 01:46 pm | 319 views | 2 comments | 7 recommendations
French commandos have carried out a helicopter raid against a group of Somali pirates soon after they released 30 hostages from a luxury French yacht.
Gen Jean-Louis Georgelin said troops moved in after the Ponant came ashore, seized six pirates and probably found part of a ransom paid by its owners.
Local officials said at least three people died in the raid, but France denied there had been any casualties.
The 850-tonne boat and its 30 crew were seized in the Gulf of Aden last Friday.
It was then moored near the port of Eyl in the northern Somali semi-autonomous Puntland region, while the pirates held negotiations with its owners, French charter company CMA-CGM.
April 13, 2008 at 01:46 pm by infomatique, 319 views, 2 comments
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at 13:55 on April 13th, 2008
infomatique, I like this story. It's good stuff. Now there's Good News we can all use,
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at 22:56 on April 13th, 2008
infomatique, I like this story. It's good stuff.