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In a news release sent out on Monday from the 5th Fleet's Middle East headquarters in Bahrain, the Navy said the large crude tanker Sirius Star was attacked more than 450 nautical miles southeast of
Mombasa, Kenya, an area far south of the zone patrolled by international warships.
It was the farthest Somali pirates have traveled so far to hijack a ship, Christensen said.
By expanding their ability to attack so far out at sea, Somali pirates are "certainly a threat to many more vessels," Christensen said
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