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[–] Armiger 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Yup, squadrons from the U.S. Navy and a contingent from the Marine Corps got sent over- twice- to deal with the lot of them and the follow-up of the two Barbary Wars came when a combined fleet of the Dutch and British navies shelled Algiers in 1816.

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[–] elgindelta 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yup. History, like art.