UN monitoring group on the 1992 arms embargo on Somalia finds "Yemen remains the most important source of commercial arms transfers to Somalia." One shipment for the ONLF in Ethiopia contained 101 anti-tank mines, 100 hand grenades, 170 rocket-propelled grenade-7 rounds, and 170 boxes of 7.62 mm ammunition, each containing 440 rounds. The mines were packed in rice sacks from a company in Sana'a. 143. Not surprisingly, there appears to be an intersection between piracy and other criminal activities, such as arms trafficking and human trafficking, both of which involve the movement of small craft across the Gulf of Aden. One sub-group of the Puntland network, based in the Bari region, allegedly uses the same boats employed for piracy to move refugees and economic migrants from Somalia to Yemen, bringing arms and ammunition on the return journey.more..http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195552.php
Somali pirates killed 'legally'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7791236.stm
Analysis: Pirates, poverty mark US Somalia failure
http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/2008/12/20/D956FIVO0_us_somalia/
China to deploy ships off Somalia
China is deploying three navy vessels off the coast of Somalia to fight pirates, an official said.
Xinhua reported Saturday that the Chinese ships -- two destroyers and a supply ship -- will patrol the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia.
The Ministry of Defense said the vessels will leave Sanya, in southern China's Hainan province, on Dec. 26.The state-run news service said the ships are being asked to protect Chinese cargo ships, as well as vessels carrying humanitarian relief.
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