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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/korean-commandos-storm-pirate-ship.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="South Korean naval special forces stand guard over Somali pirates after detaining them on South Korean cargo ship Samho Jewelry" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-korean-commandos-storm-pirate-ship.jpg" alt="South Korean naval special forces stand guard over Somali pirates after detaining them on South Korean cargo ship Samho Jewelry"/></a></p>
<p>South Korean special forces have stormed a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea rescuing all 21 crew members and killing eight Somali pirates.</p>
<p>The operation in waters between Oman and Africa &#8211; that also captured five pirates and left one crew member wounded &#8211; came a week after the Somali attackers seized the South Korean freighter.</p>
<p>They held hostage eight South Koreans, two Indonesians and 11 citizens from Myanmar.</p>
<p>&#8220;We will not tolerate any behaviour that threatens the lives and safety of our people in the future,&#8221; South Korean president Lee Myung-bak said in a statement, adding that the rescue was a &#8220;perfect operation&#8221;.</p>
<p>The successful raid is a triumph for Lee, whose government suffered harsh criticism at home in the weeks following a North Korean attack in November on a South Korean island near disputed waters. Critics said Lee&#8217;s military was too slow and weak.</p>
<p>With a South Korean destroyer and a Lynx helicopter providing covering fire, special navy forces stormed the hijacked vessel in a pre-dawn rescue that left eight of the pirates dead and five captured, Lt Gen Lee Sung-ho told reporters.</p>
<p>The captain of the ship was shot by a pirate and taken by a US helicopter to a nearby country for treatment, but the wound is not life-threatening. The 20 other crew members were rescued unharmed, he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;This operation demonstrated our government&#8217;s strong will to never negotiate with pirates,&#8221; the general said.</p>
<p>Storming a ship held by pirates is rare and navies tend to avoid it because of the risk of harming hostages, who are usually kept below decks out of sight.</p>
<p>The 11,500-ton chemical carrier Samho Jewelry was sailing from the United Arab Emirates to Sri Lanka when it was hijacked. Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991 and piracy has flourished off its coast, sometimes yielding multimillion-dollar ransoms.</p>
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