Gulf of Aden

Pirates hijacked a Hong Kong chemical tanker with 22 crew members. French commandos freed two French nationals during a mission that resulted in one pirate killed and six captured. The European Union approved plans for a possible naval mission to the Horn of Africa to address piracy off of Somalia’s coast.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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