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U S sailors guard piracy threats near Somali coast
On the USS Tarawa and a second U S warship off Somalia, sailors monitor pirates threatening the Danish merchant Svitzer Korsakov. If violence escalates crews may storm to free captives, as U S and coalition forces expand anti piracy patrols in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Aden.
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Tarawa
Persian Gulf
U.S
Somalia
Svitzer Korsakov
Vibe
Mark Balmert
Indian Ocean
High Seas
Balmert
United States
Gulf of Aden
David Adler
Port Royal
Pottengal Mukundan
International Maritime Bureau
U.S. Navy