Pirates held Iranians, Pakistanis as slaves

COPENHAGEN: Denmark's navy said the Iranian and Pakistani crew of a hijacked cargo ship were treated like slaves by Somali pirates before their release in a deadly rescue operation on Wednesday. A spokesman for the Danish navy, which carried out the dramatic rescue, said it was not clear that the pirates had any idea how to navigate the Iranian vessel, which they had been using as a mother ship. "They were therefore using the crew as sort of slaves," Kenneth Nielson told AFP, pointing... more

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