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PARIS — France dispatched elite commandos to free two French hostages under cover of night, then called on other nations to join in taking decisive action against Somali pirates disrupting operations off the East African coast.
Troops wearing night-vision goggles killed one pirate, captured six others and pulled the French Polynesian couple to safety in an overnight operation described by President Nicolas Sarkozy in a triumphant news conference. The couple were sailing from Australia to France when they were captured Sept. 2 by pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
Sarkozy pressed other countries to follow his nation’s example and take on the pirates instead of negotiating. He noted that Somali pirates are holding 150 people and at least 15 ships.
