Combat Camera Video: Operation Allied Protector Pirate Attack

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WASHINGTON, April 2, 2009 -- Embedded above is a b-roll video taken March 29 of Operation Allied Protector using the NPR Corte-Real (Portugal) Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG-1), a SH-60B helicopter along with coalition forces ships pursuing and capturing a pirate boat. Scenes include a helicopter landing on the deck of a Spanish ship, a helicopter circling the suspected pirate boat, an interpreter telling the suspected pirates to put up their hands and NATO forces transferring them onto a German ship. (Produced by NATO forces. Length: 4:38.)

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