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Enssantor
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Good job and Bravo Zulu to the crew of HMCS CALGARY for keelhauling these pirates!!!!!!!!!
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[color=blue]Canadian forces scare off pirate attack[/color]
By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA
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Canadian troops conducting anti-terrorism operations in the waters near Somalia appear to have scared off a pirate attack on a commercial vessel.

The Department of National Defence says HMCS Calgary was operating in the area Tuesday morning when a call for assistance was heard from a vessel apparently under attack by small arms fire.

A DND statement released late Tuesday says the frigate, sailing about 120 kilometres off the coast of Somalia, changed course, got close to the scene of the attack and a Sea King helicopter flew near the vessel...

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SUNLINER81
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Glad to see our Canadian brothers and sisters on the job, good on 'em!...
Respectfully, SUNLINER81
 
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This is the kind of action that navies - particularly the RN and probably that which was once the RCN - need to improve their morale I think.
Armies and air forces have had much more trade than navies in recent years and consequently the politicians have been ignoring warships - just look how much the RN has suffered in recent years. Events like this can, if nothing else, remind governments just how important surface vessels are.
 
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Originally posted by SUNLINER81:
Glad to see our Canadian brothers and sisters on the job, good on 'em!...
Respectfully, SUNLINER81


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