AL-JAZEERA
Somali
fighters are reportedly urging pirates holding a Ukrainian ship
carrying tanks and military hardware to destroy the cargo and the
vessel if they are not paid ransom.
With US warships and other navies blockading the MV Faina
off Somalia's Indian Ocean coast, the pirates are insisting on being
paid $20 million to release the cargo and the... Read Full Story
FOX NEWS U.S. Navy destroyer USS Howard, left, and the Russian missile frigate Neustrashimy responded to the Somalia coast in response to a pirate hijacking. MOGADISHU, Somalia — A group of Somali pirates who have hijacked a tanker loaded with military supplies say they will fight to the death before giving in to Russian and U.S. authorities. The superpowers have been unable to end the standoff and remain concerned that the ship's cargo of 33 tanks and other weapons could fall into enemy... Read Full Story
The Russian warship Neustrashimy may use force against pirates who seized a Ukrainian ship off the Somali coast last week, a senior Navy official said Wednesday. Earlier Wednesday, Somali Ambassador to Russia Mohamed Handule said his country's President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed had authorized Russia's military to fight pirates off Somalia's coast and on land. "This permission allows the warship to use the whole range of the weapons on board," the Navy official said. "We are not excluding a... Read Full Story
Well, the latest ship seized by Islamic pirates ought to be interesting to follow. Have you noticed most media leave off the accurate and descriptive word "Islamic" before pirate in their reports?
...President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed "gave permission for Russian ships to enter the sea (off Somalia) and fight the pirates in the sea and on the coast," ambassador Mohammed Mahmud Handule said at a press conference in Moscow.
Handule spoke as a Russian warship headed to the African country's coast... Read Full Story
With U.S. warships offshore and a Russian missile frigate on the way, Somalia's president, Abdullahi Yusuf, said Wednesday that he welcomed international intervention against Somali pirates roaming a main East-West shipping route.
The hijacking last Thursday of a Ukrainian-operated vessel carrying T-72 tanks and other weapons has galvanized the world's leading navies after more than 60 other pirate attacks this year on ships off Somalia and in the nearby Gulf of Aden.
The defense... Read Full Story
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