NATO forces will be sent to scatter Somali pirates

Calcutta News.Net
Thursday 9th October, 2008

The NATO military alliance has agreed to send warships to help combat piracy in waters off the coast of Somalia.

NATO defence ministers have been meeting in Hungary to agree on means of sending a joint task force to the area by the end of the year.

NATO officials say the force would also escort World Food Program ships delivering aid to Somalia.

Warships from several countries are already patrolling the waters off Somalia, where dozens of ships have been attacked by pirates in recent months.

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