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EU Naval Forces Hit Somali Pirates
European Union naval forces conducted their first air strikes on a land base used by Somali pirates.This Mission is the first time EU forces have used new rules to attack a base on the mainland
Pirates who have seized vessels in the Indian Ocean for multimillion-dollar ransoms. Now, finally this a attack on the land base is a significant development in the war on Somali piracy. Several hundred merchant seafarers have been taken captives.
The EU forces flew by helicopter to the pirate bases near the port of Haradhere. The multinational forces used helicopters from two warships to leave five of the pirates’ fast attack craft “inoperable.”
The EU agreed to expand Operation Atalanta to allow forces to attack land targets as well as those at sea. This is a first that its forces have used the new rules to attack a base on the mainland.
The raid marks the first time since the EU set up its naval patrol force off Somalia in December 2008 that it has taken the fight to the pirates' home base.
