NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Five Somali men have been charged with piracy again after a federal appeals court ruled that an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one ever boards or robs the ship.
The men originally had the piracy charges dismissed by a federal judge because they never boarded or robbed the USS Ashland, a Virginia-based amphibious dock landing ship.
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