USA:3 suspected Somali pirates charged with murder

Laaska News July 9,2011
By BROCK VERGAKIS (AP)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Three suspected Somali pirates were charged with murder Friday in the slayings of four Americans aboard a hijacked yacht off the

French Somaliland: Victory for Trouble

Laaska News  June 27,2011

Friday, Mar. 31, 1967(TIME)
Even before the election returns were complete, unruly mobs began to surge through the streets of Djibouti, the sun-bleached and impoverished capital of French Somaliland. Then they heard the news: by a majority of 61%, Somaliland’s 39,000 voters (out of a population of 125,000) had opted to maintain the country’s ties with France, thus defeating a move to independence. Somali tribesmen, who wanted to break away from France, threw up barricades of sidewalk slabs and bedposts, began hurling rocks with the aid of crude slingshots. As their husbands lit oil fires that flashed over the nearby desert sands, statuesque Somali women contorted their faces into snarls at French troops.

Somalia:EU naval force sinks pirate skiffs

Laaska News  June 14,2011
NAIROBI, June 14 (Xinhua) — EU Naval Force said its warship opened fire on two attack skiffs, sinking them in the process in the southern Somali Basin on

Somali pirates seize Kuwaiti crude oil tanker

Laaska News March 29,2011

NAIROBI, March 28 (Xinhua) — Somali pirates on Monday hijacked United Arab Emirates (UAE) flagged and Kuwaiti owned crude oil tanker, approximately 250 nautical miles Southeast of Salalah in the eastern part of the Gulf of Aden.

India:Antony rules out ‘offensive action’ against Somali pirates in hostage cases

Laaska News March 04,2011
TNN, Mar 4, 2011 (The Times of India)
NEW DELHI: India will not take any “offensive action” against Somali pirates who are holding hostages to avoid friendly casualties but efforts are in progress to secure the early release of the 64 Indians in captivity.

U.S. looking at new moves on Somalia piracy: Clinton

Laaska News March 03,2011
By Andrew Quinn(Reuters)

South Korean naval special forces detain Somali pirates on the Samho Jewelry vessel in the Arabian Sea, January 21, 2011.

WASHINGTON  – The United States is looking at new strategies to fight pirates off Somalia, who last month killed four Americans and represent a growing threat to sea traffic, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.

“I’m fed up with it,” Clinton said in testimony to the Senate appropriations committee. “We need to do more, and make it clear that the entire world better

Somali pirates hijack Syrian-owned ship

Laaska News January 21,2011.
NAIROBI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua)– Somali pirates have hijacked a Syrian-owned bulk carrier with 25 crew members in the north Arabian Sea, the European Union (EU) anti-piracy mission said Friday.

3rd LD) S. Korean Navy frees hijacked cargo ship, kills 8 Somali pirates

Laaska News January 21,2011.
By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) — In an unprecedented rescue operation, South Korean naval special forces raided a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea Friday, freeing all 21 crewmen and killing eight Somali pirates, Seoul officials said.

Somali pirates seize Mozambican fishing boat

Laaska News Sun, Jan 2, 2011
By Reuters.

MOGADISHU, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Somali pirates have hijacked a Mozambican-flagged fishing vessel about 200 nautical miles (370 km) southwest of Comoros in the Indian Ocean, the European Union’s anti-piracy taskforce said on Saturday.

Factbox: Ships held by Somali pirates

Laaska News December 29,2010.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali pirates seized an Antigua and Barbuda-flagged ship in the Gulf of Aden while it was heading toward the Suez Canal, maritime sources said Tuesday.