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| EU warships escort WFP vessels to Somalia coast |
| 2012-04-24 |
| (Sh.M.Network)- Launched in 2008 to prevent and repress the increasing acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast and in the Indian Ocean, the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... 's Naval Force Somalia -- Operation Atlanta has so far tossed in the calaboose and transferred for prosecution 117 suspected pirates and in 2011 disrupted 27 pirate action groups. As piracy in the Western Indian Ocean has been a threat to security and international shipping, EU NAVFOR -- Operation Atlanta has been able to provide protection to vessels of the World Food Programme (WFP) delivering food aid to displaced persons inSomaliaand has escorted 155 WFP ships carrying about 900 metric tons of food toSomalia. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Launched in 2008 with 117 pirates. That's 30 pirates a year, or 2 and a half pirates a month.. Better than nothing, but surely there's a more economical & effective solution.. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2012-04-24 20:33 |
| #1 Now we have "pirate action groups"? Do they have lobbyists? |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2012-04-24 15:49 |