French warship captures pirates

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A French warship has captured 11 pirates off the coast of Kenya, amid clamour for the international community to deal with the problem of piracy. The gang was captured by a warship from an EU piracy patrol, French officials said, hours after a failed attack on a US ship.

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News of the incidents came as the UN special envoy for Somalia said the attacks threatened international peace.

The latest raid involved pirates firing rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at a US-flagged cargo ship, the Liberty Sun, which was carrying food aid for Africa.

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After the attack on Liberty Sun, one pirate, Abdi Garad, told AFP news agency they had intended to destroy the ship and its crew. He said: "The aim of this attack was totally different. We were not after a ransom. "We also assigned a team with special equipment to chase and destroy any ship flying the American flag in retaliation for the brutal killing of our friends."

             
The French warship is part of the               The Liberty Sun attack was said to be
EU's operation in the Gulf of Aden               in revenge for the deaths of pirates

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watching the Right shit in their pants would be worth it.

http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-14-somali-piracy-were-defending-our-waters

"We enjoy life with the money we get as a ransom," he said from an undisclosed location in the semi-autonomous breakaway region of Puntland.

Abdi Garad boasts a large flat in one of Puntland's main towns, owns two fully-equipped SUV's, three mobiles, a satellite phone and a laptop.

Last on his list, but maybe not least, he says he recently married two more wives to add to the lone spouse he had before launching his career in piracy.

Whatever his claims of protecting the coast from toxic waste, threatening to kill Americans who had nothing to do with the pollution does not bolster his cause.