Piracy Surges Again Off Somalia


NEWS  —  Somalia:   Piracy Surges Again
allAfrica.com
9 January 2009

There has been a new upsurge of piracy off Somalia, reports an agency associated with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato). [read more]

NEWS  —  Somalia:   Government Officials to Wrap Up Training for about 500 Sea Forces
Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
2 September 2009

Sea forces officials of the transitional government have said on Wednesday that are going to wrap up training for about 500 marine forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu. [read more]

NEWS  —  Somalia:   Five Pirates Die With Ransom Money
Garowe Online (Garowe)
10 January 2009

Five pirates are believed to have died at sea along the Somali coast after collecting a US$3 million ransom payment, Radio Garowe reports. [read more]

NEWS  —  Somalia:   Three Pirates Die After Releasing Saudi Super Tanker
Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
10 January 2009

Three Somali pirates died and two others are missing after their boat capsized in the coast off Somalia on Friday evening, witnesses said on Saturday. [read more]

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Author: Francesco Sinibaldi
Sat Jan 10 19:48:30 2009

The voice of a north wind.

An alley brings me in the sound of a waterfall, with a white water recalling the purpose and the flight of a swallow.

Francesco Sinibaldi

Author: dnovafrancis
Tue Jan 13 12:32:28 2009

SOMALIA PIRACY REPORT http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7746576.stm your own word for word transcription in a statement by a Somalia fisherman.: "We are fully aware of the consequences but the world has to realise the problems we are facing here. There has been no peace for 18 years. There is no life here. The last resource Somalias have is the sea but foreign fishing trawlers have come here to plunder our fish. How can they allow the Somalia people to die? It is not possible. This is what drove us to piracy. We have to do anything we can to survive. The lack of… [Read Full Text]

Author: ragtimer
Thu Jan 15 20:04:35 2009

That about sums up the excuse every criminal gives... "I'm poor, so it's not my fault." Maybe if the criminals would man up and stop claiming it's always someone else's fault, they wouldn't be so poor.

Author: abhu
Mon Jan 12 12:56:15 2009

there is a reward 4 everything done by man whether good or bad

Author: abhu
Mon Jan 12 13:08:11 2009

there is a reward 4 everything done by man whether good or bad

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