Pirates Attempt to Hijack U.S. Ship: ; All Passengers, Crew On Cruise Liner Are Safe
Charleston Daily Mail › December 03, 2008
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NAIROBI, Kenya - Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel, a maritime official said today.
The liner, carrying 656 international passengers and 399 crew members, was sailing in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday when it encountered six pirates in two speedboats, said Noel Choong who heads the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center in Malaysia.See the full content of this document
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Pirates Attempt to Hijack U.S. Ship: ; All Passengers, Crew On Cruise Liner Are Safe
The pirates fired at the passenger liner but the ...
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