The director of a Perth based minerals explorer has threatened to reach into his own pocket to fund a defamation action against an east-coast newspaper which linked the firm to recent ship hijackings off the coast of Somalia.Range Resources director Peter Landau said the newspaper had crossed a line in the sand with its report.
The report, published on Thursday, suggested fees paid by the company to the state of Puntland for access to the region’s oil reserves were being funnelled to the pirates, who last week seized a Saudi Arabian oil tanker with $US100 million worth of oil aboard.more.http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=32&ContentID=109778
Somali pirates 'want $24 million ransom for supertanker Sirius Star'
SIRIUS STAR “ON MOVE”
Sunday, 23 No
vember 2008
THE hijacked VLCC Sirius Star is has reportedly sailed from its anchorage off the Somali port of Harardhere. This follows threats by Islamist militias to use force to free the Saudi Arabian owned, Liberian-flag vessel.
Two groups, Al-Shabaab and the Islamic Courts Union, have separately they will attack the pirates if the ship is not freed. Local Islamist militia leader Abdulaahi Osman is quoted as saying: “Saudi is a Muslim country and it is very big crime to hold Muslim property. I warned again and again those who hold the ship must free it unconditionally or armed conflict should be the solution. If they don’t free the ship, we will rescue it by force.”
Meanwhile the Greek-owned products tanker Genius has been freed and its 19-strong crew reported safe.
Sunday, 23 No
vember 2008THE hijacked VLCC Sirius Star is has reportedly sailed from its anchorage off the Somali port of Harardhere. This follows threats by Islamist militias to use force to free the Saudi Arabian owned, Liberian-flag vessel.
Two groups, Al-Shabaab and the Islamic Courts Union, have separately they will attack the pirates if the ship is not freed. Local Islamist militia leader Abdulaahi Osman is quoted as saying: “Saudi is a Muslim country and it is very big crime to hold Muslim property. I warned again and again those who hold the ship must free it unconditionally or armed conflict should be the solution. If they don’t free the ship, we will rescue it by force.”
Meanwhile the Greek-owned products tanker Genius has been freed and its 19-strong crew reported safe.
is Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister paying somali Terrorist allied mostly hawiye (al-shabaab) jehadist. to free Saudi oil super-tanker..???http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE4AK08H.html
Armed Islamists will attack pirates, says militant?????just Hawiye clan.. terrorist propaganda .. attack their own .. :. PLEASE. shows you Saudi linked terrorism ..http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/11/21/pirates-islamists.html
It's a terrible time to be a seaman http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20081124-103076.html
Shipper calls for military force to battle pirates off Somalia http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081121/world/piracy_oil_shipper
Somali pirates treating hijacked crew 'like prisoners of war' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/piracy/3515835/Somali-pirates-treating-hijacked-crew-like-prisoners-of-war.html
Somali pirates want $27m for hijacked ship http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10544924&ref=rss
somali Pirate update 
Pirates were 'animals,' former captive says
Pirate ‘Mother Ship’ or Thai Trawler?http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/pirate-mother-ship-or-thai-trawler/?hp
Battling the Somali Pirates: The Return of the Islamists
Somali pirates are treating us well, says British hostage on hijacked supertanker
Pirates move Saudi supertanker farther from coast
pirates Yet to Set Ransom for Saudi Supertanker
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