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Yemen navy repels pirate attack on tanker
Sanaa (AFP) July 21, 2009 The Yemeni navy repelled a attack by Somali pirates on a Yemeni oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, a military spokesman said. "Somali pirates on 14 boats tried to attack the oil tanker Yemen Oil 7 on its way from Aden to Hudeida" on the Red Sea, the spokesman said in the defence ministry's online newspaper 26sep.net. "Navy forces immediately took on the boats, submitting them to a burst of fire which forced them to flee," he said. The tanker, whose tonnage was not specified, was undamaged and continued its route towards Hudeida, a port city in northern Yemen, 420 kilometres (260 miles) from Aden, the spokesman said. In April, the government said it had recaptured a Yemeni oil tanker a day after Somali pirates had seized it. Eleven pirates were caught. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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