SEOL: A South Korean shipping company paid a ransom to Somali pirates to free its 22 sailors, an official said on Friday. The crew members, eight South Koreans and 14 citizens of Myanmar, were released on Thursday along with their cargo ship Bright Ruby after more than a month of captivity following the hijacking off the coast of Somalia on Sept. 10. ,,more..http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Korean_firm_pays_ransom_to_pirates/rssarticleshow/3608608.cms
International flotilla to fight Somali pirates
NAIROBI, Kenya – U.S. warships watched a hijacked vessel laden with tanks while other gunboats patrolled the dangerous waters off Somalia, but pirates still seized another freighter this week — and now hold about a dozen despite the international effort to protect a major shipping lane.
Military vessels from 10 nations are now converging on the world's most dangerous waters, but analysts and a Somali government official say the campaign won't halt piracy unless it also confronts with the quagmire that is Somalia.
"World powers have neglected Somalia for years on end, and now its problems are touching the world, they have started on the wrong footing," said Bile Mohamoud Qabowsade, adviser to the president of Puntland, the semi-autonomous Somali region that is the pirates' base. more,,http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_fighting_pirates
International flotilla to fight Somali pirates
NAIROBI, Kenya – U.S. warships watched a hijacked vessel laden with tanks while other gunboats patrolled the dangerous waters off Somalia, but pirates still seized another freighter this week — and now hold about a dozen despite the international effort to protect a major shipping lane.
Military vessels from 10 nations are now converging on the world's most dangerous waters, but analysts and a Somali government official say the campaign won't halt piracy unless it also confronts with the quagmire that is Somalia.
"World powers have neglected Somalia for years on end, and now its problems are touching the world, they have started on the wrong footing," said Bile Mohamoud Qabowsade, adviser to the president of Puntland, the semi-autonomous Somali region that is the pirates' base. more,,http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_fighting_pirates
Private
pirate fighters? Blackwater says it's ready
pirate fighters? Blackwater says it's ready We have the capability to assist" shipping companies, said Bill Mathews, Blackwater executive vice president. He and other company leaders are former Navy SEALs. Ship 
security "is kind of what we did for a living" before joining Blackwater, he said.Blackwater is offering the MV MacArthur, a 183-foot vessel with a crew of 14 and a helicopter pad, as an escort for ships through the Gulf of Aden. The helicopters and MacArthur won't be armed, although workers will carry guns, Mathews said.The company will need a State Department license to sell its services to a foreign government or business, said Anne Tyrrell, a Blackwater spokeswoman.Blackwater offers up a press release announcement (pdf) here.
security "is kind of what we did for a living" before joining Blackwater, he said.Blackwater is offering the MV MacArthur, a 183-foot vessel with a crew of 14 and a helicopter pad, as an escort for ships through the Gulf of Aden. The helicopters and MacArthur won't be armed, although workers will carry guns, Mathews said.The company will need a State Department license to sell its services to a foreign government or business, said Anne Tyrrell, a Blackwater spokeswoman.Blackwater offers up a press release announcement (pdf) here.
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