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  • Pirates held after mistakenly targeting warship

    10/08/2009 1:48:45 PM PDT · by Mr. K · 30 replies · 1,669+ views
    AP ^ | updated 12:02 p.m. ET, Thurs., Oct . 8, 2009 | AP
    PARIS - Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early Wednesday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat, the French military said. The French ship gave chase and captured five suspected pirates. No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, French military spokesman Rear Adm. Christophe Prazuck said