US-NAVY-PIRACY
This photo released by the US Navy shows US Marines (BOTTOM) assigned to the US Marine Corps 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Maritime Raid Force, preparing to board 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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