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US Destroyer Monitoring Hijacked Ship

Posted on 2008 under Military, Operations In Iraq, US_Military | No Comment

28 Sep

A heavily armed U.S. destroyer was stationed off the coast of Somalia, making sure that pirates there don't remove tanks, ammunition and other heavy weapons from a hijacked cargo ship. A spokesman for the pirates says they want $35 million to free the ship.
 

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