European naval aircraft fired at a pirate base on the Somali
coastline for the first time in an escalated use of force against piracy
threatening oil shipments that pass the Horn of Africa.
A European Union naval force helicopter attacked the base early
Tuesday, targeting several skiffs the pirates were storing in the area,
officials said. Nobody was injured in the attacks, officials said.
A new EU policy permits naval officials to shoot pirate strongholds
onshore, as well as offshore, which has long been permitted. The EU's
action and its move to publicize the shooting signaled the seriousness
of its response to the continuing piracy problem.
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