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Indian Navy has captured 23 pirates (news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7781436.stm) in the Gulf of Aden.
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December 14, 2008, 7:31 am
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The Indian navy captured 23 pirates who threatened a merchant vessel in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden and a German naval helicopter has thwarted another attack on a freighter being chased by speedboats off Yemen.
The successes on Saturday came days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to ask the United Nations to authorise "all necessary measures" against increasingly bold Somalian pirates operating in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
An Indian navy ship, the INS Mysore, was escorting merchant ships in waters off Somalia's coast on Saturday when it received a distress call from seamen on board the MV Gibe, who said they were being fired on by two boats that were approaching fast.
The Mysore and its helicopter sped to the scene, and the pirate boats attempted to escape when they saw them, according to a statement from the Indian government.
Indian marine commandos boarded the pirate boats and seized "a substantial cache of arms and equipment", including seven AK-47 assault rifles, three machine guns, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and other weapons, the statement said. They also found a GPS receiver and other equipment.
The pirates were from Somalia and Yemen, two countries on the coast of the Gulf of Aden. The Gibe was flying an Ethiopian flag but little else was known about it, the Indian statement said.
Somali pirates have become increasingly brazen and recently seized a Saudi supertanker loaded with $US100 million ($A148.88 million) of crude oil. Many of the vessels are taken to pirate-controlled regions in Somalia, where they are held for ransom.
Also on Saturday, a German military spokesman said a navy frigate had chased away pirates in speedboats pursuing an Ethiopian freighter off the coast of Yemen.
The German frigate responded to a distress call from the freighter, and a helicopter took off from the deck to investigate. The pirates turned away from the freighter as the helicopter flew overhead, said the spokesman, who declined to give his name in line with military policy.
An estimated 1,500 pirates are based in Somalia's semiautonomous Puntland region, raking in millions of dollars.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will present a draft Security Council resolution next week asking the United Nations to authorise "all necessary measures" against piracy from Somalia.
However, the commander of the US Navy's 5th Fleet expressed doubt on Friday about the wisdom of launching attacks against Somali pirates on land, as the draft proposes.
US Vice Admiral Bill Gortney told reporters that it is difficult to identify pirates, and the potential for killing innocent civilians "cannot be overestimated".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Indian navy Captures 23 Pirates</b>
Indian Navy has captured 23 pirates (news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7781436.stm) in the Gulf of Aden.
Posted by san at 12/13/2008 07:40:00 AM 0 comments
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au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5212434/indian-navy-captures-23-pirates/
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Indian navy captures 23 pirates</b>
December 14, 2008, 7:31 am
Related Articles
The Indian navy captured 23 pirates who threatened a merchant vessel in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden and a German naval helicopter has thwarted another attack on a freighter being chased by speedboats off Yemen.
The successes on Saturday came days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to ask the United Nations to authorise "all necessary measures" against increasingly bold Somalian pirates operating in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
An Indian navy ship, the INS Mysore, was escorting merchant ships in waters off Somalia's coast on Saturday when it received a distress call from seamen on board the MV Gibe, who said they were being fired on by two boats that were approaching fast.
The Mysore and its helicopter sped to the scene, and the pirate boats attempted to escape when they saw them, according to a statement from the Indian government.
Indian marine commandos boarded the pirate boats and seized "a substantial cache of arms and equipment", including seven AK-47 assault rifles, three machine guns, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and other weapons, the statement said. They also found a GPS receiver and other equipment.
The pirates were from Somalia and Yemen, two countries on the coast of the Gulf of Aden. The Gibe was flying an Ethiopian flag but little else was known about it, the Indian statement said.
Somali pirates have become increasingly brazen and recently seized a Saudi supertanker loaded with $US100 million ($A148.88 million) of crude oil. Many of the vessels are taken to pirate-controlled regions in Somalia, where they are held for ransom.
Also on Saturday, a German military spokesman said a navy frigate had chased away pirates in speedboats pursuing an Ethiopian freighter off the coast of Yemen.
The German frigate responded to a distress call from the freighter, and a helicopter took off from the deck to investigate. The pirates turned away from the freighter as the helicopter flew overhead, said the spokesman, who declined to give his name in line with military policy.
An estimated 1,500 pirates are based in Somalia's semiautonomous Puntland region, raking in millions of dollars.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will present a draft Security Council resolution next week asking the United Nations to authorise "all necessary measures" against piracy from Somalia.
However, the commander of the US Navy's 5th Fleet expressed doubt on Friday about the wisdom of launching attacks against Somali pirates on land, as the draft proposes.
US Vice Admiral Bill Gortney told reporters that it is difficult to identify pirates, and the potential for killing innocent civilians "cannot be overestimated".<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->