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Pirates Demand Ransom from Saudis | 15 comments (15 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Pirates Demand Ransom from Saudis (none / 1)

APM's Marketplace had a brief "interview with a pirate" a couple of weeks ago. This guy was working in the Straits of Molucca rather than off the horn of Africa, but I suspect the motive is the same. No work, no prospects, but a boat and some friends and a few guns and you can make a shot at being a pirate. For the fellow Marketplace interviewed, it was a hit-and-miss proposition complicated by the idea that if you scored, you were expected to share the wealth, leaving you about as well off as before.

I think I remember seeing yesterday on Rachel Maddow that India has taken an interest in the waters off Somalia because of the amount of Indian shipping that goes through there, and the Indian navy has taken on some of these pirates. Even so there are a lot of them, and they apparently have little to lose, so the threat is going to remain for a while.

When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember that your primary objective was to drain the swamp.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:30:02 PM EST

Re: Pirates (none / 1)

the indian's are now playing hardball...perhaps taking a cue from the chinese, who, according to andrew longman's ref above, executed a few:

India 'sinks Somali pirate ship'

An Indian navy warship has destroyed a suspected Somali pirate vessel after it came under attack in the Gulf of Aden.
INS Tabar sank the pirate "mother ship" after it failed to stop for investigation and opened fire instead, an Indian navy statement said.
...
INS Tabar has been patrolling the Gulf of Aden since 23 October, and has escorted 35 ships safely through the "pirate-infested waters", the statement said.
Last week, helicopter-borne Indian marine commandos stopped pirates from boarding and hijacking an Indian merchant vessel.
via BBC

given the conditions that janetT describes, and the fact that somalia hasn't had what one would call a functional govt for nearly 2 decades, it's little wonder this is happening.

the revolution will not be televised...

by dada on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:50:56 PM EST
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Indian Navy Sinks Pirate Mother Ship (none / 0)

India leads fight against Somali pirates

Pune, India - After Somali pirates shook the international maritime community on Tuesday, hijacking a Saudi supertanker with more than $100 million worth of crude oil, the Indian Navy has struck back. At least 91 ships have been hijacked this year off the coast of Somalia.

An Indian warship came under attack from a suspected pirate "mother ship," but managed to destroy the pirate ship, sending three speedboats packed with pirates fleeing for safety.

Meanwhile, the INS Tabar, a Russian-made, high-tech Indian warship, managed to thwart the attempted hijacking of an Indian cargo ship off the coast of Somalia.

Hijackings off the coast of Somalia accounted for a third of global piracy incidents this year, reports the International Maritime Board. Since January, at least 91 ships have been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden, a 1 million-square-mile waterway between Somalia and Yemen.

Presently, pirates are holding as many as 17 captured vessels with more than 300 crew members, including the Saudi supertanker, the Sirius Star, and the Ukrainian vessel carrying at least 30 Russian-designed T-72 tanks.

While warships from eight different countries, including India, have deployed to the Gulf of Aden to combat piracy, the issue is particularly important for India.

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

by Oui on Thu Nov 20th, 2008 at 02:57:15 PM EST
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