Six warships from the countries - EU members, aiming to the coast of Somalia to combat pirates operating in the region, deployed on December 15, that is, five days ahead of schedule . They replace the 4 spacecraft previously dezhurivshih off the coast of Somalia, said <A href=http://afp.com target=_blank> AFP </ a>.
The European Union announced a military operation against the pirates, the first in the history of the EU in November 2008. The headquarters of the European Union to combat maritime piracy, started work on 4 December.
Protect civilian ships from pirates, in addition to the six warships will also be three patrol aircraft. Note that the currently off the Somali coast dezhuryat ships from various countries including USA, Russia and India, but even the military presence does not prevent the pirates to attack ships.
During 2008, pirates attacked more than 70 ships in the Gulf of Aden, several cases of seizure of ships there and away from the coast of Somalia. <A Href=http://lenta.ru/news/2008/11/17/tanker1/ target=_blank> The biggest </ a> bandits prey for all the years of attacks was the tanker "Dog Star" from Saudi Arabia, he was November 15, captured off the coast of Kenya. The vessel is capable of carrying crude oil worth 100 million dollars.
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