European Naval forces launched an attack on Somali pirates on Tuesday. “We believe this action by the EU Naval Force will further increase the pressure on, and disrupt pirates’ efforts to get out to sea to attack merchant shipping and dhows," Admiral Duncan Potts said in a statement. The attack was executed entirely from the air and there were reportedly no injured Somali. They have claimed to have sunk several skiffs (Which are the small boats the pirates use to speed up to a merchant vessel) and hopefully slowed down their attacks. Permission for European forces to attack Somalian pirates on shore was given on March 23 this year and the agreement was put to good use on Tuesday. This an other similar attacks have reportedly decreased pirate attacks in that area DRAMATICALLY...
Link:http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/15/european-union-forces-attack-pirate-targets-on-somali-shore/?hpt=hp_t2
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