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BRAVO! Indian Navy sank Pirate Mother Ship!

uncleyap

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Indian navy sinks suspected pirate "mother" ship

<!-- end: .tools --> <cite class="vcard"> By SAM DOLNICK, Associated Press Writer Sam Dolnick, Associated Press Writer </cite> – <abbr title="2008-11-19T06:32:54-0800" class="recenttimedate">1 hr 27 mins ago</abbr>






NEW DELHI – An Indian naval vessel sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats into the night, officials said Wednesday, yet more violence in the lawless seas where brigands are becoming bolder and more violent.


Separate bands of pirates also seized a Thai ship with 16 crew members and an Iranian cargo vessel with a crew of 25 in the Gulf of Aden, where Somalia-based pirates appear to be attacking ships at will, said Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center in Malaysia.
"It's getting out of control," Choong said.


A multicoalition naval force has increased patrols in the region, and scored a rare success Tuesday when the Indian warship, operating off the coast of Oman, stopped a ship similar to a pirate vessel mentioned in numerous piracy bulletins. The Indian navy said the pirates fired on the INS Tabar after the officers asked it to stop to be searched.


"Pirates were seen roaming on the upper deck of this vessel with guns and rocket propelled grenade launchers," said a statement from the Indian navy. Indian forces fired back, sparking fires and a series of onboard blasts — possibly due to exploding ammunition — and destroying the ship.


They chased one of two speedboats that had been shadowing the larger ship, and which fled when it sank. One was later found abandoned. The other escaped, according to the statement.


Larger "mother ships" are often used to take gangs of pirates and smaller attack boats into deep water, and can be used as mobile bases to attack merchant vessels.


Last week, Indian navy commandos operating from a warship foiled a pirate attempt to hijack a ship in the Gulf of Aden. The navy said an armed helicopter with marine commandos prevented the pirates from boarding and hijacking the Indian merchant vessel.


Tuesday incidents raised to eight the number of ships hijacked this week alone, he said. Since the beginning of the year, 39 ships have been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden, out of 95 attacked.


"There is no firm deterrent, that's why the pirate attacks are continuing," Choong said. "The criminal activities are flourishing because the risks are low and the rewards are extremely high."


The pirates used to mainly roam the waters off the Somali coast, but now they have spread in every direction and are targeting ships farther at sea, according to Choong.


He said 17 vessels remain in the hands of pirates along with more than 300 crew members, including a Ukrainian ship loaded with weapons and a Saudi Arabian supertanker carrying $100 million in crude.


The supertanker, the MV Sirius Star, was anchored Tuesday close to Harardhere, the main pirates' den on the Somali coast, with a full load of 2 million barrels of oil and 25 crew members.


Asked about reports that a ransom had been demanded, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said Wednesday that the owners of the tanker "are negotiating on the issue." He did not elaborate.


He said, "We do not like to negotiate with pirates, terrorists or hijackers." But he said the owners of the tanker are "the final arbiter" on the issue.
Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil producer, has condemned the hijacking and said it will join the international fight against piracy.


Despite the stepped-up patrols, the attacks have continued unabated off Somalia, which is caught up in an Islamic insurgency and has had no functioning government since 1991. Pirates have generally released ships they have seized after ransoms are paid.


NATO has three warships in the Gulf of Aden and the U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet also has ships in the region.


But U.S. Navy Commander Jane Campbell of the 5th Fleet said naval patrols simply cannot prevent attacks given the vastness of the sea and the 21,000 vessels passing through the Gulf of Aden every year.


"Given the size of the area and given the fact that we do not have naval assets — either ships or airplanes — to be everywhere with every single ship" it would be virtually impossible to prevent every attack, she said.
The Gulf of Aden connects to the Red Sea, which in turn is linked to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal. The route is thousands of miles (kilometers) and many days shorter than going around the Cape of Good Hope off the southern tip of Africa.

The Thai boat, which was flying a flag from the tiny Pacific nation of Kiribati but operated out of Thailand, made a distress call as it was being chased by pirates in two speedboats but the phone connection was cut off midway.


Wicharn Sirichaiekawat, manager of Sirichai Fisheries Co., Ltd. told The Associated Press that the ship, the "Ekawat Nava 5," was headed from Oman to Yemen to deliver fishing equipment.


"We have not heard from them since so we don't know what the demands are," Wicharn said. "We have informed the families of the crew but right now, we don't have much more information to give them either."


Later in the day, Thai Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman Voradet Veeravekin told The Associated Press that Thai officials in Kenya were trying to make contact with the vessel.


"Based on previous cases, we believe they were held for ransom. We are optimistic that we will be able to negotiate for their release once we can contact the ship," he said.


Of the 16 crew members, Wicharn said 15 are Thai and one is Cambodian.
The Iranian carrier was flying a Hong Kong flag but operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines.


On Tuesday, a major Norwegian shipping group, Odfjell SE, ordered its more than 90 tankers to sail around Africa rather than use the Suez Canal after the seizure of the Saudi tanker Saturday.


"We will no longer expose our crew to the risk of being hijacked and held for ransom by pirates in the Gulf of Aden," said Terje Storeng, Odfjell's president and chief executive.
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Barbara Surk in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Vijay Joshi in Kuala Lumpur, Ambika Ahuja in Bangkok, and Mohamed Sheikh Nor and Mohamed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu, Somalia contributed to this report.
 

uncleyap

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Bravo!

I waited for so long to see pirate mother ship sank.

In notorious Straits of Malacca as well as Somalia, it never happened until today. Mother fucker pirates had it this time! :biggrin::wink:

RSN obviously useless, Malaysian; Indon; US Navy etc. etc. in Straits of Malacca all these years never had a real success like this one. In Somalia, the bastard pirate pest hijacked one ship after another under the watchful eyes of multi-national navy forces. I tot - WAF is this? Are Somalian pirates better than these navies in the sea? What kind of pirates are these? Just African see bandits and so many navies there couldn't finish them off? WAF?

Bingo today, I know what sort of pirates they are now - sunken pirates!

Bravo Indian navy! NOL owe you lots of beers!
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uncleyap

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Bravo North Korean sailors!

Killed and captured pirates - better than RSN & US Navy!

Don't rob the North Korean ships they are well armed and not afraid to die!

:wink:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/10/30/somalia.pirates/index.html

(CNN) -- The crew members of a North Korean freighter regained control of their ship from pirates who hijacked the vessel off Somalia, but not without a deadly fight, the U.S. Navy reported Tuesday.
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<!--endclickprintexclude--> When the battle aboard the Dai Hong Dan was over, two pirates were dead and five were captured, the Navy said.
Three wounded crew members from the cargo ship were being treated aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams.
The captured pirates were being held aboard the North Korean vessel, the Navy said.
The bandits had seized the ship's bridge, while the crew kept control of the steering gear and engines, the Navy said.
The Koreans moved against the attackers after the Williams -- responding to reports of the hijacking -- ordered the pirates to give up their weapons, according to the Navy.
When the crew members stormed the bridge, the deadly battle began. After the crew regained control, Navy sailors boarded the Dai Hong Dan to help with the injured.
North Korea and the United States have no diplomatic relations.
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<!--endclickprintexclude--> The incident took place about 70 miles northeast of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the Navy said.
It is the second incident of piracy reported in recent days. A second U.S. Navy destroyer was searching waters off Somalia for pirates who hijacked a Japanese-owned ship, military officials said.
Over the weekend, gunmen aboard two skiffs hijacked the Panamanian-flagged Golden Nori off the Socotra archipelago near the Horn of Africa, said Andrew Mwangura, a spokesman for the Kenyan-based Seafarers' Assistance Program.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke has been pursuing the pirates after entering Somali waters with the permission of the troubled transitional government in Mogadishu, U.S. officials said Monday. In recent years, warships have stayed outside the 12-mile limit when chasing pirates.
Two military officials familiar with the details confirmed the ongoing operation.
The Navy's pursuit of the pirates began Sunday night when the Golden Nori radioed for help. The Burke's sister ship, the USS Porter, opened fire and sank the pirate skiffs tied to the Golden Nori's stern before the Burke took over shadowing the hijacked vessel.
When the shots were fired, it was not known the ship was filled with highly flammable benzene. U.S. military officials indicate there is a great deal of concern about the cargo because it is so sensitive.
Benzene, which U.S. authorities have declared a known human carcinogen, is used as a solvent and to make plastics and synthetic fabrics.
Four other ships in the region remain in pirate hands, the Navy said.
U.S. and NATO warships have been patrolling off the Horn of Africa for years in an effort to crack down on piracy off Somalia, where a U.N.-backed transitional government is struggling to restore order after 15 years of near-anarchy.
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On Monday, the head of the transitional government resigned as his administration -- backed by Ethiopian troops -- battled insurgents from the Islamic movement that seized control of Mogadishu in 2006.
Hospital officials reported 30 dead in three days of clashes on the city's south side.
In June, the ship USS Carter Hall fired warning shots in an attempt to stop a hijacked Danish cargo ship off Somalia, but the American vessel turned away when the pirated ship entered Somali waters.
In May, a U.S. Navy advisory warned merchant ships to stay at least 200 miles off the Somali coast. But the U.S. Maritime Administration said pirates sometimes issue false distress calls to lure ships closer to shore.
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<!--endclickprintexclude--> "To date, vessels that increase speed and take evasive maneuvers avoid boarding, while those that slow down are boarded, taken to the Somali coastline and released after successful ransom payment, often after protracted negotiations of as much as 11 weeks," the warning advised.
The agency issued a new warning to sailors in the Gulf of Aden, between Somalia and Yemen, after Sunday's hijacking.<!--startclickprintexclude-->
 

kansas

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Wish some country will go and attack their land base.

The piracy affects Singaporeans because it will increase costs in security, insurance, delays and these costs will be pass on to consumers which include Singaporeans.
 

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we have to blame obama for that

now all the african will go on a crime wave around the world

nigerian will step up the con job

somalian will step up pirate attack

why ? because the president of USA is an african-american.

they think with chief at the head, no one will touch them now.
 

oli9

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just nuke somalia and all problems solved.

Totally agreed. Kudos to the kek-ling for doing what's suppose to be done. Somalia skinnies have no regards for their lives. Thus, in order to create peace in this world, is to eliminate chaos brokers. If India wants to test their nuclear capabilities, this is the time & place to do it. Nuke the niggas!!!!!
 

Ah Guan

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Nuke the niggas!!!!!

For the longest time, every developed nation in the world has been pretending Africa (and her problems) doesn't exist. We have always let them starve, kill one another thru civil wars, contract Aids etc...

Once in a while a group of rich celebrities will record a song about them or adopt a couple of kids. But once the news coverage stops, life (and death) in the dark continent goes on.


Nuke them? Nobody pushed the button but we already have.
 

obama.bin.laden

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The solution is to have a proper gahment in that country :biggrin:

There is no use.

When a country is so down and lack resources as well as foundations, any administration go there also can not function. Executives and officers who are too used to efficient and well equipped jobs does not even know how to survive the rotten situations in bad 3rd world states. You can drop any 1st world leaders into Somalia to find that no one there will cooperate nor listen to them at all. They will just get robbed and shot and may be cannibalized.

The sinking of USA will further illustrate later that even a super power can sink into a helpless state until it is alike a rotten 3rd world. Obama within 12 months will know the real taste of it.
 

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In this photo released by Indian Navy PRO, anti-piracy operations by Indian Navy's warship INS Tabar in the Gulf of Aden Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. An anti-piracy watchdog group on Thursday welcomed an Indian warship's destruction of a suspected pirate vessel in waters off Somalia, where hijackings have become increasingly violent and the hijackers increasingly bold. In a rare victory in the sea war against the Somali pirates, the Indian navy's INS Tabar sank a suspected pirate 'mother ship' in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats on Tuesday.
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A handout photo released to Reuters by the Indian Navy on November 24, 2008 shows a pirate vessel after it was blown up by an Indian Navy warship in the Gulf of Aden on November 18, 2008. The Indian warship destroyed the 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. REUTERS/India's Defence Ministry/Handout (INDIA)

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A handout photo released to Reuters by the Indian Navy on November 24, 2008 shows a pirate vessel after it was blown up by an Indian Navy warship in the Gulf of Aden on November 18, 2008. The Indian warship destroyed the 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. REUTERS/India's Defence Ministry/Handout (INDIA).
 

Jah_rastafar_I

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For once the indians are better than the chinks :biggrin:



MAn what are you smoking???

Somalians vs kelings?????????

Somalia is a 3rd world country and they are not really properly equipped vs the navy from another country??????????


Why even bring in chinese ppl into the mix???????????????



Seriously i think it's better to be a keling sometimes.


DO 1% of good and everyone praises u to the skies. If ur chinese u do 130% good some ppl might even curse you.
 

banova888

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MAn what are you smoking???

Somalians vs kelings?????????

Somalia is a 3rd world country and they are not really properly equipped vs the navy from another country??????????

Are you a pirate? If you are, who is to be blamed for not equiping pirates sufficently but you.


Why even bring in chinese ppl into the mix???????????????



Seriously i think it's better to be a keling sometimes.


DO 1% of good and everyone praises u to the skies. If ur chinese u do 130% good some ppl might even curse you.

Pirates are affecting 90% of China's export and it takes an Indian warship to destroy them. If it was the other way around, I don't know what tune you would be singing but one thing for sure, you are not a chinese. You are a mixed raced pariah whose ass is facing China. Keep drinking milk from China.
 

steffychun

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Yap you shut your gap. the indain ship was just lucky. In case you didn't know, a British warship attacked and arrested pirates. Your comparison is terrible.
 

Jah_rastafar_I

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Are you a pirate? If you are, who is to be blamed for not equiping pirates sufficently but you.




Pirates are affecting 90% of China's export and it takes an Indian warship to destroy them. If it was the other way around, I don't know what tune you would be singing but one thing for sure, you are not a chinese. You are a mixed raced pariah whose ass is facing China. Keep drinking milk from China.



It wasn't even addressed to you yet you replied.

What never equip pirates sufficiently???? I think u might have reached the terminal stages of brain degeneration.


SO the pirates are not doing anything with india's exports????? Where did u pull out the figure of 90%?????? Your azz????

So now u can tell my race???

I can tell your 50% pariah mixed in with shit then.


It didn't even mention the ship stolen belonged to china. If that was the case i bet now everyone have to bow down to the kelings. Of course they do not have to do it if it was the other way around since we know a snake like you would twist your way out of it.
 
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