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Northwood, UK: Command centre of EU anti-piracy mission

16 May 2009 · Comments Off

The HQ of the European Union’s antipiracy mission in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali basin is at the British naval base in Northwood, just outside London. Rear Admiral Philip Jones shows EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana the

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Admiral: “Hundreds” of warships needed to fight piracy

15 May 2009 · Comments Off

Rear-Admiral Philip Jones, Operation Commander of EU NAVFOR Somalia held a press conference on counter-piracy operation. The operation, called Operation Atalanta, is the European Union’s first naval task force, and it has been assembled to ensure the protection of vessels