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U.S. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force, from the USS Dubuque (LPD 8), approach to board the Magellan Star in the Gulf of Aden September 9, 2010.
Friday, Sep. 10, 2010

Open quoteWhen we got there, you could see the change in their eyes. They decided they'd rather live than die.Close quote

  • ALEXANDER MARTIN,
  • a U.S. Marine captain, on why a group of Somali pirates dropped their AK-47s when Marines boarded their commandeered freighter in the Gulf of Aden
Photo: Cmdr Christopher Nodine / U.S. Navy Handout / Reuters | Source: LOS ANGELES TIMES