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TIL an attempt to free a German freighter from Somali pirates failed when the special GSG9 operators were housed at a hotel near Mombasa, alerting journalists and pirates to the presence of dozens of unusually athletic men, diving for minutes and plowing through the pool.
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Mission Impossible: German Elite Troop Abandons Plan to Free Pirate Hostages

In a massive secret operation, Berlin sent members of its elite GSG-9 police force to Somalia to free hostages and a German freighter captured by pirates there, but the commandos were called off before the rescue effort could begin. The scuppered operatio...

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