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U.S. sailors and coast guardsmen search a skiff in the Gulf of Aden
20 Oct 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) and U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104 search a skiff in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia, October 15, 2009 that was found to contain several thousand pounds of illegal narcotics. Anzio is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. REUTERS/Scott Taylor/U.S. Navy/Handout (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW MILITARY POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
U.S. Navy/HO, U.S. Navy Photographer


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Residents shop for mobile phone handsets at a shopping center in Mogadishu November 4, 2009. Somalia's mobile phone business is booming despite the almost daily artillery fire that flies over expensive ...




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