GoA & Indian Ocean
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Indian Assistance Endorsed
India’s assistance in anti piracy operations off the coast Somalia has the endorsement and support of President Farole of Puntland President Farole Welcomes India Assistance to Fight Piracy Garowe, Somalia […]
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Yemeni Sailors Rescued
The Turkish Navy vessel TCG Giresun has detained 14 Somali pirates and rescued seven Yemeni sailors who were being held hostage aboard their fishing dhow. The Giresun (F-491) intercepted the […]
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On Patrol
USS Taylor has been on patrol in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) and has provided security assistance to several merchant vessels transiting through the Gulf of Aden region over the […]
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Colpita ‘Tortuga’ Pirati
Un elicottero da combattimento ha distrutto, secondo quanto riportato da una portavoce del comando navale europeo che gestisce l’operazione, almeno cinque imbarcazioni dei pirati. Pirateria: Ue contrattacca,colpita ‘tortuga’ pirati somali […]
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Piracy Threatens Development
Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza (pictured) has expressed concern that his country’s future economic development could suffer the effects of piracy off the coast of Somalia being a threat to offshore […]
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Rethinking the Strait of Hormuz
If hostilities break out over any disruption of traffic through this busy sea lane, the Navy had better look long and hard at Iran’s anti-access/area-denial capabilities. Rethinking the Strait of […]
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Face to Face
Very few of the Somali-based pirates who plague the Indian Ocean have been brought to justice, partly as a result of the lack of government in Somalia. But several are […]
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MT Smyrni Hijacked
Reuters have reported that the Greek-owned oil tanker MT Smyrni has been hijacked in the Arabian Sea off Oman. It is believed that the vessel is headed for the Somali coastline. Pirates hijack Greek-owned […]
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Quiet Withdrawal
Four frigates scrapped in defence review leave British Royal Navy unable to commit full-time to David Cameron’s foreign policy priority. Cuts force Royal Navy to drop Somalia piracy patrol By […]
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New Prison
A United Nations financed prison for Somali pirates has been opened in Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa. The facility, built to counter the flood of new arrivals overwhelming jails elsewhere in the […]
