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EDITORIAL: Dead pirates!May. 17, 2010
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Russians don't play nice A Russian tanker called "The Moscow University" -- containing 86,000 tons of crude oil valued at more than $50 million -- was boarded and seized earlier this month by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
Unlike other, more cowardly nations, which pay ransoms to such thugs and thus encourage their ongoing depredations, the Russians sent Marines, who retook the tanker with the help of a helicopter and a brief aerial assault.

President Dmitry Medvedev said the raid was "sharp, professional and quick" and awarded medals to all involved.  More...

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Pirates force fatal shootout on Dubai ship

by Melanie Swan
Last Updated: June 04. 2010 12:27AM UAE / June 3. 2010 8:27PM GMT Somali security forces regained control of the pirated ship QSM Dubai yesterday morning after a shootout with the hijackers left one crewman dead and another injured.

Two members of the Puntland Security Forces were also hurt after they mounted an operation to free the Dubai cargo ship, which was pirated on Wednesday.

According to Nato, about 50 Somali troops tracked the pirated vessel, which was Panamanian flagged, as it sailed down the northern coast of Puntland in the Gulf of Aden, and then boarded the ship.  More...http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100604/NATIONAL/706039829/1138/SPORT

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Somalia: After 3 Months, Ship's Crew Turns Tables on Pirate Captors

New York Times

Crew members of a Libyan-owned cargo ship, MV Rim, pounced on their six sleeping Somali captors Wednesday, disarmed the pirates, killed five, took the other hostage and regained control of the vessel, hijacked almost three months earlier, officials said. A crew member was seriously injured in the struggle, the European Union’s anti-piracy naval force said. The force said the closest warship, SPS Victoria, was dispatched to provide medical assistance to the 4,800-ton cargo vessel, anchored near the Garacad coastal district of Somalia.