Somali Pirates Attempt Hijack Of US Ship, Turned Back
Real late to this story but it appears some Somali pirates picked the wrong victim, a US flagged ship, and got beaten back but they have taken the Captain hostage: …
Real late to this story but it appears some Somali pirates picked the wrong victim, a US flagged ship, and got beaten back but they have taken the Captain hostage: …
Read NEFA’s Transcript translation H/T to Bill Roggio at LongWarJournal ~~~ Apparently Bin Laden’s feeling a tad neglected… and perhaps looking for new, friendlier digs to park his jihad movement. …
An Islamist insurgent holds his machine gun the stadium in Mogadishu, one of the bases vacated by Ethiopian troops January 14, 2009. Insurgents fired mortar bombs at Somalia’s presidential palace …
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By now, it shouldn’t be news to anyone that the waters around Somalia abound with modern day pirates. NATO, Russia, US, you name it…seems like most of the countries in …
Hmmm, USN surrounds the area. British send ships. NATO sends ships. Somali officials authorize the use of force from the intl community against the pirates, Russia sends ships, and-wha? All …
BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) – An unidentified aircraft bombed an Islamist rebel stronghold in central Somalia on Thursday, witnesses said, but it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties. …
Yes, this is the same ship Flopping Aces reported on a while back. There is no more news about it other than this report which is yet another confirmation of …
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — There have been four failed pirate attacks in the last 24 hours off the lawless Somali coast despite the presence of six American warships guarding a …