The U.S. Navy says it overtook a suspected Somali pirate skiff that tried to attack a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden.One of the many reasons for the enmity betwixt the U.S. Navy and the North Korean - they are still holding USS Pueblo (AGER-2 captured 42 years ago yesterday.
A Navy statement issued Sunday says a security team aboard the merchant vessel Napht Al Yemen 1 repelled the Jan. 20 pirate attack without U.S. help.
The USS Porter stopped and boarded the pirate skiff later that day.
The commercial ship is Yemeni owned but sails under a North Korean flag.
The incident marked a rare example of the U.S. military aiding North Korea, a reclusive rogue nation.
"We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose." - President Eisenhower, First Inaugural Address
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Somali Pirates: US Navy Captures Pirates After Thwarted Attack on N. Korea Ship
Reported as Navy Overtakes Pirates to Help N. Korea Ship . That's the U.S. Navy, by the way:
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