Pirates attack and seize Japanese ship Sunday


	Pirates attack and seize Japanese ship Sunday

ruralart

10-29-2007 7:30 PM

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piracy, pirates, shipping, navy, japan

ruralart says:

I had just seen an exhibit on current piracy in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin - and now this. You just don't think of piracy as a current event.

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