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Somalian pirates to receive huge ransom

Detroit News.Net
Sunday 30th November, 2008

Pirates in Somalia will receive $20 million in ransom from the owners of a Ukraine ship.

CNN has reported the MV Faina, which was carrying a cargo of Soviet-era tanks and other munitions to Kenya, will be freed once payment is made to the Somali pirates who seized it on September 25th in the Gulf of Aden.

It is believed the pirates were at first seeking a $35 million ransom from the ship owner, but reduced the figure to $20 million.

The ship's hijacking caused the US Navy to send ships to monitor the situation and ensure the weapons didn't end up in the hands of terrorists.

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justincase
12-01-08, 05:14 AM

Somalian pirates to receive huge ransom

The more the company or corporation pays those pirates the more they will roam the seven seas. The shipping company needs to to escort by a helo.gunship owned and operated by the ship while they are in the
dangerous strait wereabout pirates are in control. Blast them away if they are within the peremeter of the ship. No question asak.

waltky
12-11-08, 07:55 PM

Swashbucklin' W goin' after pirates...
;)
U.S. Requests U.N. Authorization to Hunt Somali Pirates
Thursday, December 11, 2008 — The United States sought international authorization Wednesday to hunt Somali pirates on land with the cooperation of Somalia’s weak U.N.-backed government in one of the Bush administration’s last major foreign policy initiatives.

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The U.S. circulated a draft United Nations Security Council resolution proposing that all nations and regional groups cooperating with Somalia’s government in the fight against piracy and armed robbery “may take all necessary measures ashore in Somalia," including its airspace. If the U.S. military gets involved, it would mark a dramatic turnabout from the U.S. experience in Somalia in 1992-1993 that culminated in a deadly military clash in Mogadishu followed by a humiliating withdrawal of American forces.

Piracy off Somalia has intensified in recent months, with more attacks against a wider range of targets. There was an unsuccessful assault on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Aden, which links the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. In September, pirates seized a Ukrainian freighter loaded with 33 battle tanks and on Nov. 15 they seized a Saudi oil tanker carrying $100 million worth of crude. The U.S. resolution is to be presented at a session on Somalia Tuesday with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

It proposes that for a year, nations “may take all necessary measures ashore in Somalia, including in its airspace, to interdict those who are using Somali territory to plan, facilitate or undertake acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea and to otherwise prevent those activities." The draft also says Somalia’s government — whose president wrote the U.N. twice this month already seeking help — suffers from a “lack of capacity, domestic legislation, and clarity about how to dispose of pirates after their capture."

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