US-NAVY-PIRACY
This photo released by the US Navy shows US Marines assigned to the US Marine Corps 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Maritime Raid Force, boarding the Magellan Star during a board and seizure operation Thursday, September 9, 2010, in the Gulf of Aden off the Somalia coast. US marines rescued a German-owned ship seized by pirates a day earlier, as part of multinational operations to stem piracy in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, the US Fifth Fleet said. In a pre-dawn raid, marines "boarded and seized control of the Antigua-Barbuda flagged German-owned vessel M/V Magellan Star from pirates who attacked and boarded the vessel early September 8," a statement said. No one was hurt in the operation, in which the Magellan Star's 10-man crew was freed and nine pirates arrested. AFP PHOTO / US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David McKee (RELEASED) == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO SALES / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING ==
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