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| Somali pirates hijack two more ship in Gulf of Aden | |
| 2008-05-30 | |
(Xinhua) -- Kenya's maritime official confirmed late Thursday that Somali pirates have hijacked two more ships in the Gulf of Aden. Andrew Mwangura of the East Africa Seafarers Assistance Program told Xinhua, "The vessels were seized on Wednesday where the Dutch-owned vessel was hijacked on Monday. We have not received any information concerning the crew members and their nationalities," Mwangura said by telephone.
Somali authorities have publicly blamed Western firms for paying hefty ransoms thus encouraging more hijackings. Some pirates have been arrested in connection with the attacks, but that has failed to halt the hijackings. Last month the United States and France introduced a U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off Somalia' s coast. Somalia has no navy and is unable to police its own shores. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Designed by their German marine architecs from plans drawn by our German mmarine architecks using engineering techniques developed by Polish-Germans from Gdnask which were copied from Kaiser Shipbuilding. |
| Posted by: Haney 2008-05-30 17:28 |
| #4 From www.shipspotting.com: "The MV"Lehmann Timber" is a new vessel,it looks like she is on her maiden voyage.She is now heading SW close to the somalian coast.She is a german vessel with a russian captain,4 ukranian,1 estonian and 9 burmese crewmembers..." Nothing about the MV Arena's crew. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-05-30 13:40 |
| #3 Is the name MV Lehmann Timber indicative of its purpose? A logging vessel can easily hold large missiles. |
| Posted by: Thealing Borgia6122 2008-05-30 11:00 |
| #2 What say we pay off in hot lead this time? |
| Posted by: Guido de Medici 2008-05-30 00:17 |
| #1 Two thoughts come to mind: 1 - Letters of Marque; and 2 - Are there any mothballed carriers which Blackwater can lease? I suppose it's really only the first thought that will take care of the second. |
| Posted by: Harcourt Jush7795 2008-05-30 00:17 |