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Hijackings off the coast of East Africa have become a growing international concern, prompting a number of international navies to patrol the Gulf of Aden and neighboring coastal areas.

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Most of the attacks are blamed on pirates based in largely lawless Somalia.

According to the United Nations, there were 115 reported pirate attacks off the Somali coast in 2008, including 46 successful