The Associated Press on Sunday, Jan 22, 2006 has reported that the guided missle destroyer USS Winston S Churchill, part of an international task force to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean has stopped and boarded a dhow 54 miles off the coast of Somailia. The dhow itself was reportedly captured by the pirates and was being used for their activities. Interdiction of the vessel included the firing of two shots across its bow before the vessel ceased to flee the naval vessel.
The story has a fair amount of background information in it, including how Somali pirates capture merchant vessels and hold them for ransom.
I found the report in the news section of
www.yahoo.com.
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