Well done to the Indian Navy!
Others should take strong action also..
An Indian navy warship has sunk a Somali pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden, the world's most treacherous waterway, after the bold renegades threatened to attack the frigate.
The incident occurred as pirates claimed to begin negotiations over a ransom for the Saudi super-tanker that was seized near by on Saturday with two Britons aboard. The Sirius Star, which is carrying at least $100 million worth of oil, is the biggest ship ever to be hijacked.
INS Tabar, an Indian frigate dispatched last month to the area to protect the country's merchant fleet, sighted the pirate vessel late on Tuesday. Indian officers said they spotted pirates moving on the deck with rocket propelled grenade launchers and automatic weapons.
"On repeated calls, the vessel's threatening response was that she would blow up the naval warship," the Indian Navy said in a statement.
"As a result of the firing by INS Tabar, fire broke out on the vessel and explosions were heard, possibly due to exploding ammunition that was stored on the vessel." Two speedboats were seen fleeing the sinking ship.
Since the Sirius Star was captured at least three other ships – one Greek, one Thai and one from Hong Kong – have been seized by Somali pirates.
Today, Al-Jazeera, the Arabic television network, broadcast an audio tape that it said was one of the pirates making a ransom demand for the return of the Sirius Star.
"Negotiators are located on board the ship and on land. Once they have agreed on the ransom, it will be taken in cash to the oil tanker," said the man identified as Farah Abd Jameh. He did not indicate the amount to be paid.
"We assure the safety of the ship that carries the ransom. We will mechanically count the money and we have machines that can detect fake money," he said.
Excellent! Did anyone see the Sailors in Villagio about a month ago? Or they could have been from a submarine, I think they were Indian, they had white uniforms on and there were lots of them, especially in Carrefour. Maybe they were en route and are ones in this story but then my geography is so poor that may be totally wrong.
LOL for india...
Moving on is simple; it's what you leave behind that makes it so difficult .
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – An Indian warship destroyed a pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden and gunmen from Somalia seized two more vessels despite a large international naval presence off their lawless country.
The buccaneers have taken a Thai fishing boat, a Greek bulk carrier and a Hong Kong-flagged ship heading to Iran since Saturday's spectacular capture of a Saudi supertanker carrying $100 million of oil, the biggest ship hijacked in history.
The explosion of piracy off Somalia this year has driven up insurance costs, made some shipping companies divert around South Africa and prompted an unprecedented military response from NATO, the European Union and others.
"The pirates are sending out a message to the world that 'we can do what we want, we can think the unthinkable, do the unexpected'," Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme, told Reuters in Mombasa.
The International Maritime Bureau said pirates from the Horn of Africa nation had hijacked a Thai fishing boat with 16 crew. That followed the capture of a Hong Kong-flagged ship carrying grain bound for Iran.
Mwangura's group said a Greek bulk carrier had also been seized, but an official at Greece's Merchant Marine
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Indian Navy...just keep it up.
Now be careful since this action could bring retaliation from these bandits.
Just be careful, but always the finger in the trigger.
Pajju...we can repost this one in QL Kairali...
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I have a pair of ears but I can't hear U everytime....
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I have only one heart that remembers U
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Possible...lol
Today I was really surprized to see a Mallu in a really really high profile job here..
In the moon... in the Sea....everywhere... India rocks..:)
A Mallu was the Captain of the Ship. See you can find a Mallu anywhere in the world :)
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Way to go Indian Navy... sure feel proud!
why Iran is not participating in the efforts to protect waterway?
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Woohoo, well done India :o)
Did you Google it first?
In the News yesterday the EU are going to send warships into the area to protect these ships and give them a safe passage.
I just hope that innocent peopel don't get hurt again (hostages.
Saw this on Sky News earlier today - they saw them pirates off, for sure!
britexpat...good news...and many thanks to you for sharing this here....JAI HIND
¶¶¶ I have a pair of eyes but I can't see U everyday...
I have a pair of ears but I can't hear U everytime....
But...
I have only one heart that remembers U
everyseconds......¶¶¶