US calls for multi-flank attacks on piracy
By Zhang Haizhou | China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-12 07:44
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Two armed French Navy officers, taking part in the Atalante escorting and protection mission, supervise a convoy of cargo ships sailing through the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia's coasts, on Saturday. Photo taken from French anti-submarine frigate Jean de Vienne and released by the French Defense Ministry on Monday. AP |
The US is proposing to track down Somali pirates not only at sea, but also on land and in Somali air space with cooperation from the African country's weak UN-backed government.
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