Operation Octave Fusion | |||||||
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Part of Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Somali pirates | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
24 DEVGRU operators C-130 Hercules | 9 pirates | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None | 9 killed[1] |
On January 25, 2012, a team of United States Navy SEALs raided a compound 12 miles north of the Somali city of Adado, killing nine Somali pirates and freeing their hostages, American Jessica Buchanan and Dane Poul Hagen Thisted.