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Indian, French Navies free 14 hostages from Somali pirates

New Delhi: Demonstrating excellent coordination in the last six days, the Indian and French Navies together ensured the safe release of 14 Indian hostages whose dhow (wooden ship) was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. "The close coordination between the two Navies helped in freeing 14 crew mem ....Read more

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IndianBy: T.Bose.(F/Lt.-IAF.Retd.) | Friday , 17 Jul '09 16:18:03 PM Reply | Forward India should encourage co-operation with western navies more.India's relationship especially with France is WAXING now which is a very good sign! JAI HIND/VIVE LA(E)FRANCE!!

Wonder what was the language of communicationBy: Manoj | Friday , 17 Jul '09 8:26:44 AM Reply | Forward I wonder how good co-ordination could be made when each of the commander speaks in Hindi or French. And knowing the tweaking Indians and French do to their English, I really wonder how they could maintain high level of co-ordination. Namaste and Bon jeur.

Public relation stunt?By: Cb | Friday , 17 Jul '09 6:18:11 AM Reply | Forward Indian PM is visiting France (just concluded). Is this for real? I just googled the news and no western press has picked up the story.

India welcomes this friendly alliance with FranceBy: niharika sharma | Friday , 17 Jul '09 4:24:03 AM Reply | Forward It is a welcoming gift in the Indi-French ties after the visit of our prime minister to France.By honouring our defence services via their parade it only goes to show their sincerity and genuineness to strengthen the ties between the two nations.Their joint operation in freeing the hostages in a foreign country,in this case Somalia only goes to show their sincerity in working together with India and their wholehearted faith and belief towards India.India wwlcomes this friendly alliance.

Killing the piratesBy: Eddy | Thursday , 16 Jul '09 22:13:34 PM Reply | Forward The world will be a better place if these Somali "pirates" who are nothing but islamo-facist terrorists are eliminated. I am glad the Indian navy is getting some practical experience in handling terrorism. It will stand us in good stead in the future.

PIRATESBy: RAMESH PATEL | Thursday , 16 Jul '09 19:44:17 PM Reply | Forward LUCKY PIRATES, THEY GOT AHMANE TREATMENT SINCE FRENCH WERE TOGETHER, OTHERWISE INDIAN ARMY WOULD HAVE JUST KILLED THEM (oF COURSE FOR SELF DEFENCE!).

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