The Howard, a heavily armed guided missile destroyer, was in place to monitor whether Somali pirates began offloading any of the MV Faina's 33 Soviet-type T-72 tanks or their ammunition, a US Navy 5th Fleet spokesman said.
He would not say what action was being planned to stop the pirates moving the cargo, which had been en route to Kenya.
A spokesman for the armed group which seized the Ukranian ship and its 25 crew said that the Faina was surrounded by three foreign warships, but he said his men were ready to fight to the death to protect their catch. more..http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3097826/US-warship-challenges-Somalia-pirates.html
He would not say what action was being planned to stop the pirates moving the cargo, which had been en route to Kenya.
A spokesman for the armed group which seized the Ukranian ship and its 25 crew said that the Faina was surrounded by three foreign warships, but he said his men were ready to fight to the death to protect their catch. more..http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3097826/US-warship-challenges-Somalia-pirates.html
Hijacked ship captain: Crew member dead
The captain of a Ukrainian vessel loaded with tanks and weapons that was seized off the African coast says one crew member has died. more..http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/28/somalia.piracy.ukraine/
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