2014 Event Iraqi troops and Shiite militia members, aided by U.S. air strikes, free the town of Amerli from Islamic State control; the rebel group seized the town two months ago, blocking access to food and supplies; rations were air-dropped after the victory 2011 Event A Mongolian bulk carrier sailing off the coast of Oman is seized by Somali pirates 2010 Event Somali pirates seized Indian crewmen and the Panamanian-flagged ship they were sailing off the coast of Tanzania 2010 Event 2 tons of elephant ivory and five rhino horns are seized in Nairobi, Kenya, the items were disguised as avocados destined for Malaysia 2009 Event At a ceremony in eastern Shan State, Burma, authorities burn $93 million in seized narcotic drugs 2009 Event A Sri Lankan migrant ship seized off of Canada's Pacific Coast, carried 76 suspected Sri Lankan immigrants 1988 Event 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida 1984 Event Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 1981 Event Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967) 1975 Event U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces 1969 Event Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans 1969 Event Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College 1968 Event Spy ship USS Pueblo and 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea 1956 Event Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized 1861 Event U.S. Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by Confederacy 1861 Event Arsenal at Augusta, Georgia seized by Confederacy 1861 Event U.S. forts and property seized by Mississippi 1861 Event U.S. Ft. Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama 1861 Event U.S. Ft. Pulaski and Ft. Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia 1812 Event Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon 1804 Event Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it
