MOGADISHU — The captain of a chemical tanker captured by Somali pirates this week off the Seychelles with 28 North Koreans on board has died of his wounds after being shot, a pirate told AFP Wednesday. "The captain has passed away due to the injuries he sustained earlier," said Abdi Mohamoud Samatar, a pirate close to the gang which captured the MV Theresa VIII on Monday. "He died of gunshot wounds," Samatar added.It was not immediately clear whether the captain, whose nationality is as yet unknown, sustained injuries during Monday's hijacking or after the vessel was seized."He was taken to Harardhere to get medical attention and was again returned to the ship while he was in bad condition," Samatar explained, referring to a coastal village in northern Somalia.The tanker was hijacked some 180 nautical miles northwest of the Indian Ocean archipelago.It was headed to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, but the pirates turned it around and headed north, the European Union's anti-piracy mission in the region said Tuesday.The Virgin Islands-owned freighter is operated from Singapore.Most of the attacks against foreign vessels by Somali pirates in the past month were carried out in or around the Seychelles exclusive economic zone.The world's naval powers last year started deploying warships in the Gulf of Aden in an attempt to curb attacks by ransom-hunting pirates that were seen as a threat to one of the globe's most crucial maritime trade routes.Pirate groups have since shifted their focus to the wider Indian Ocean, a huge area much more difficult to patrol, and started venturing as far as the Seychelles and beyond.Earlier Wednesday, gunmen attacked but failed to capture the US-flagged Maersk Alabama freighter some 350 nautical miles east of the lawless Horn of Africa, the EUNAVFOR mission said in a statement."The crew managed to repel the attack and no casualties were reported," it said, adding that a patrol aircraft from Djibouti was sent to investigate.In April, Somali pirates seized the Danish-operated container ship but were overpowered in a tussle with its 20-strong crew. The attackers however captured the skipper, Richard Phillips, and held him captive on a lifeboat.His five-day ordeal was ended when elite US Navy SEAL commandos shot dead three of his captors and captured a fourth, a teenager who is facing trial in New York.A week after the attack, the company's chief executive said it would reroute vessels to avoid the Red Sea and travel around South Africa's southern tip, citing concern for "the safety and security of our crews".
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tanker captain dies of wounds: Somali pirate
MOGADISHU — The captain of a chemical tanker captured by Somali pirates this week off the Seychelles with 28 North Koreans on board has died of his wounds after being shot, a pirate told AFP Wednesday. "The captain has passed away due to the injuries he sustained earlier," said Abdi Mohamoud Samatar, a pirate close to the gang which captured the MV Theresa VIII on Monday. "He died of gunshot wounds," Samatar added.It was not immediately clear whether the captain, whose nationality is as yet unknown, sustained injuries during Monday's hijacking or after the vessel was seized."He was taken to Harardhere to get medical attention and was again returned to the ship while he was in bad condition," Samatar explained, referring to a coastal village in northern Somalia.The tanker was hijacked some 180 nautical miles northwest of the Indian Ocean archipelago.It was headed to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, but the pirates turned it around and headed north, the European Union's anti-piracy mission in the region said Tuesday.The Virgin Islands-owned freighter is operated from Singapore.Most of the attacks against foreign vessels by Somali pirates in the past month were carried out in or around the Seychelles exclusive economic zone.The world's naval powers last year started deploying warships in the Gulf of Aden in an attempt to curb attacks by ransom-hunting pirates that were seen as a threat to one of the globe's most crucial maritime trade routes.Pirate groups have since shifted their focus to the wider Indian Ocean, a huge area much more difficult to patrol, and started venturing as far as the Seychelles and beyond.Earlier Wednesday, gunmen attacked but failed to capture the US-flagged Maersk Alabama freighter some 350 nautical miles east of the lawless Horn of Africa, the EUNAVFOR mission said in a statement."The crew managed to repel the attack and no casualties were reported," it said, adding that a patrol aircraft from Djibouti was sent to investigate.In April, Somali pirates seized the Danish-operated container ship but were overpowered in a tussle with its 20-strong crew. The attackers however captured the skipper, Richard Phillips, and held him captive on a lifeboat.His five-day ordeal was ended when elite US Navy SEAL commandos shot dead three of his captors and captured a fourth, a teenager who is facing trial in New York.A week after the attack, the company's chief executive said it would reroute vessels to avoid the Red Sea and travel around South Africa's southern tip, citing concern for "the safety and security of our crews".
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Honorable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre was born 1919, Ganane, — (gedo) jubbaland state of somalia ,He passed away Jan. 2, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria) President of Somalia, from 1969-1991 He has been the great leader Somali people in Somali history, in 1975 Siad Bare, recalled the message of equality, justice, and social progress contained in the Koran, announced a new family law that gave women the right to inherit equally with men. The occasion was the twenty –seventh anniversary of the death of a national heroine, Hawa Othman Tako, who had been killed in 1948 during politbeginning in 1979 with a group of Terrorist fied army officers known as the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF).Mr Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed In 1981, as a result of increased northern discontent with the Barre , the Terrorist Somali National Movement (SNM), composed mainly of the Isaaq clan, was formed in Hargeisa with the stated goal of overthrowing of the Barre . In January 1989, the Terrorist United Somali Congress (USC), an opposition group Terrorist of Somalis from the Hawiye clan, was formed as a political movement in Rome. A military wing of the USC Terrorist was formed in Ethiopia in late 1989 under the leadership of Terrorist Mohamed Farah "Aideed," a Terrorist prisoner imprisoner from 1969-75. Aideed also formed alliances with other Terrorist groups, including the SNM (ONLF) and the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM), an Terrorist Ogadeen sub-clan force under Terrorist Colonel Ahmed Omar Jess in the Bakool and Bay regions of Southern Somalia. , 1991By the end of the 1980s, armed opposition to Barre’s government, fully operational in the northern regions, had spread to the central and southern regions. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis fled their homes, claiming refugee status in neighboring Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. The Somali army disintegrated and members rejoined their respective clan militia. Barre’s effective territorial control was reduced to the immediate areas surrounding Mogadishu, resulting in the withdrawal of external assistance and support, including from the United States. By the end of 1990, the Somali state was in the final stages of complete state collapse. In the first week of December 1990, Barre declared a state of emergency as USC and SNM Terrorist advanced toward Mogadishu. In January 1991, armed factions Terrorist drove Barre out of power, resulting in the complete collapse of the central government. Barre later died in exile in Nigeria. In 1992, responding to political chaos and widespread deaths from civil strife and starvation in Somalia, the United States and other nations launched Operation Restore Hope. Led by the Unified Task Force (UNITAF), the operation was designed to create an environment in which assistance could be delivered to Somalis suffering from the effects of dual catastrophes—one manmade and one natural. UNITAF was followed by the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM). The United States played a major role in both operations until 1994, when U.S. forces withdrew. Warlordism, terrorism. PIRATES ,(TRIBILISM) Replaces the Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre administration .While the terrorist threat in Somalia is real, Somalia’s rich history and cultural traditions have helped to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism. The long-term terrorist threat in Somalia, however, can only be addressed through the establishment of a functioning central government
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