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Jerry Frank, London
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Aug 18, 2009 10:28 AM
SOUTH Korean naval forces seized and then released suspected pirates off the Somali coast, following a distress signal from a Bahamas-flagged vessel.
Marines in Lynx helicopters and three high-speed boats carried out the early morning operation last week, with the show of force causing the pirates to break off the attack.
The South Korean unit was deployed on the destroyer Munmu...
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