Somali pirates make the mistake of attacking the German naval tanker FGS SPESSART on 29 March 2009. They were subsequently were hunted down by Dutch, Spanish, Greek and US - NATO and EU - warships and helicopters in the area, 85 miles north of the Somali port of Bosasso. This NATO video footage was recorded aboard the Dutch frigate 'De Zeven Provincien' during a naval operation that led the arrest of about Somali pirates at the end of March 2009. This footage was made available by NATO.
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