EU carries out first airstrikes against Somali pirate targets

AP ^ | May 15, 2012 | Staff

[C19fan]

The European Union says its naval force off the Somali coastline has carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore. A spokesman said maritime aircraft and attack helicopters took part in the attacks early Tuesday along the coastline. No casualties were reported in the raid, which occurred along Somalia's central coastline in the region of Galmudug.

[C19fan]

What happened to the days when the US took on the pirates while the Euros paid their "tribute"?

[MichaelP]

I posted this earlier, from a banned source apparently, and it went bye bye..

I haven't heard one thing about this before. Have any of you?

Mike

[AlexW]

Long overdue, but I question the effectiveness.

“The EU is the main donor to the Somali transitional government. It is also trains Somali army troops, and is reinforcing the navies of five neighboring countries to enable them to counter piracy themselves.”

I figured the Somali defacto government was the pirates.

[kevcol]

No casualties were reported in the raid

Good thing or the pirates would have sued them in the EU courts and won. /s

[headstamp 2]

The EU has a naval force?

[Turbo Pig]

No casualties were reported in the raid,

What the heck! Seems to me that it kind of defeats the purpose of raiding the pirates, when you don't kill any of them.