Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa to a third party. Pirates are rampant along the coast of Somalia and present a hazard to all shipping there; as such, anti-piracy operations are a routine part of Operation Enduring Freedom: Horn of Africa. This is done primarily by the Combined Task Force 150 and in parallel to other independent anti-piracy operations conducted off the coast of Somalia by other countries such as China, India and Russia. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter USCGC "Munro" (WHEC-724), working with carrier and the destroyer in the Gulf of Aden, intercepted a hijacked vessel at around noon on 17 March. The interception was
Going Up the Country ambiguous: "Going Up the Country" was first released on Canned Heat's third album, "Living the Blues", in October 1968. Liberty Records released the song as a single on November 22, 1968, which peaked at number 11 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart on January 25, 1969. "Going Up the Country" was Canned Heat's highest charting single in the US. In January 7, 1969, the song peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. The song appears on several Canned Heat compilation albums, including "Canned Heat Cookbook", "" (1989) and "Uncanned! The Best of Canned Heat" (1994). Canned