Talk about upping the ante. Commercial ship strikes back in deadly shootout with Somali pirates Private security guards protecting a commercial ship shot dead a Somali pirate Tuesday, the first recorded incident of its kind. The pirate attack on the Panamanian-flagged MV Almezaan occurred off the coast of Somalia, and comes at a time when [...]
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