Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Somali pirates hijacked a Saudi Arabian-owned supertanker off the east coast of Africa, a sign of the increasing brazenness of attackers in one of the world's busiest waterways. The Saudi Arabian Oil Co. tanker, Sirius Star, was carrying crude oil when pirates scaled the 10-meter (32-foot) side of the ship, Lieutenant Nate Christensen of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said by telephone from Bahrain. The vessel was last tracked on Nov. 10 leaving the Persian Gulf, bound for St. Eustatius in the Caribbean Sea, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. more..http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aB_AZXf5798g&refer=home
Pirates hijack oil tanker with $180m cargo
DUBAI - Somali pirates have captured a fully laden Saudi supertanker far off east Africa, seizing the biggest vessel ever hijacked with a cargo of oil worth over US$100 million (NZ$180m) in an attack that pushed world crude prices higher.
The US Fifth Fleet said the Sirius Star was being taken to the pirate haven of Eyl, in northern Somalia, on Monday. more..http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10543622&ref=rss
Pirates hijack oil tanker with $180m cargo
DUBAI - Somali pirates have captured a fully laden Saudi supertanker far off east Africa, seizing the biggest vessel ever hijacked with a cargo of oil worth over US$100 million (NZ$180m) in an attack that pushed world crude prices higher.
The US Fifth Fleet said the Sirius Star was being taken to the pirate haven of Eyl, in northern Somalia, on Monday. more..http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10543622&ref=rss
Saudis label pirates 'terrorists' after $100m loss
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5180546.ece
Pirate Ransom Helped Somalia Islamist Militants Seize Port
mostly hawiye pirates want $20M ship ransom; crewman dies
AU troops replace Ethiopians in key Mogadishu positions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081117/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestburundiethiopiaafricanuniono.com/s/afp/20081117/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestburundiethiopiaafricanunion
New Bur
undian army base under fired in capital
Armed insurgents fighters have assaulted a Burundian troops based a new army base in the Somali capital later on Monday, residents reported. The clash started when Former Jalle Siad Military camp have been under fired by Islamist fighters where AMISOM troops based sparking heavy fighting. The two sides have pounded with different kinds of weapons including artillery shelling that created huge fears to the nearby residents. It’s yet unknown the exact causalities of that attack although sources close to Burundian forces told media that their troops have suffered indefinite causalities as their officials have declined to comment on the latest clashes.
Somali pirates seize supertanker loaded with crude
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_af/ml_piracy
Hong Kong grain ship hijacked by pirates - Xinhua
Pirate Ransom Helped Somalia Islamist Militants Seize Port
mostly hawiye pirates want $20M ship ransom; crewman dies
AU troops replace Ethiopians in key Mogadishu positions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081117/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestburundiethiopiaafricanuniono.com/s/afp/20081117/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestburundiethiopiaafricanunion
New Bur
undian army base under fired in capitalArmed insurgents fighters have assaulted a Burundian troops based a new army base in the Somali capital later on Monday, residents reported. The clash started when Former Jalle Siad Military camp have been under fired by Islamist fighters where AMISOM troops based sparking heavy fighting. The two sides have pounded with different kinds of weapons including artillery shelling that created huge fears to the nearby residents. It’s yet unknown the exact causalities of that attack although sources close to Burundian forces told media that their troops have suffered indefinite causalities as their officials have declined to comment on the latest clashes.
Somali pirates seize supertanker loaded with crude
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_af/ml_piracy
Hong Kong grain ship hijacked by pirates - Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Hong Kong cargo ship loaded with wheat bound for Iran has been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the official Xinhua agency said on Tuesday citing China's maritime search and rescue centre.
There were 25 crew members on board, none of them from Hong Kong or the Chinese mainland. The ship was carrying 36,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran's Bandar Abbas port, the report said.
Pirates in the area hijacked a Saudi supertanker with a $100 million oil cargo on Sunday. more.http://asia.news.yahoo.com/081118/3/3sa0t.html
There were 25 crew members on board, none of them from Hong Kong or the Chinese mainland. The ship was carrying 36,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran's Bandar Abbas port, the report said.
Pirates in the area hijacked a Saudi supertanker with a $100 million oil cargo on Sunday. more.http://asia.news.yahoo.com/081118/3/3sa0t.html
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