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UK Naval Task Force foils pirate attack

Thread starter MoD_RSS
Start date Jan 13, 2012

MoD_RSS

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Jan 13, 2012

Ministry of Defence said:
A Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) supply ship foiled an attempt by Somali pirates to attack cargo ships in the Indian Ocean earlier this week.

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Jan 13, 2012

In my day it was the cutlass.

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