Piraterie

[Erich]

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01 August
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PIRACY

* Anti-Piracy Forces: British Royal Marines MGen Buster Howes hands over responsibility of Operation Commander of the European Union Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta … at the Operational HQ Northwood, UK … to Royal Navy RAdm Duncan Potts. Before (22 Jul), Deputy RADM Guido Rando (Italy) had handed over to RADM Christian Canova (France)
* Bab el Mandeb: Iranian state media report four subsequent attempts by pirates to hijack Iranian cargo ship HADIS near the Bab el Mandeb … “Iran's 15th fleet of warships saved the ship through their timely action and effective use of firepower”.
(rmks: obviously were so “effective”, that they did not scare the pirates from repeated attacks. No mentioning of any attempt to capture skiffs in order to disarm pirates)
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