Puntland forces hit hard the pirates, injured some and detain all the gangs

[Emperor]

Boosaaso: Ciidamada Badda Puntland & Burcad Badeed Dagaal dhexmaray Iyo Burcadii oo gacanta lugu soo dhigey.

22. april 2008

 

Boosaaso(AllPuntland)- Ciidamada Badda ee Ismaamulka Puntland ayaa dagaal xoog leh uu saaka dhexmaraya ayaga & Koox Burcad Badeed ah.

 

Ciidamada Badda ee Puntland ayaa gacanta ku soo dhigey dad gaaraya 6 qof oo la rumeysan yahay in ay yihiin Burcad Badeed Soomaaliyeed.

 

Kooxahan Burcad ayaa saakadii hore uu weerar toos ah ku qaaday Markab aan weyneyn oo ay leedahay Xukuumada Puntland.

 

Dagaal mudo socday ka dib ayay ciidamadu ku guuleysteen in ay gudaha ugalaan Doontan Ganacsi ,ayna sidoo kale soo qabtaan Kooxo la rumeysan yahay in ay yihiin Kooxihii doontan Afduubtey.

Talaabadan ay qaadeen Ciidamada Badda ee Puntland ayaa ku soo beegantay ayadoo shalay oo kaliya meel Boosaaso wax yar ujirta lugu afduubay 1 dooni ,midna lugu baartay.

 

Xoogaga badda ee Puntland ayaa talabaada ay qaadeen waxa ay ahayd mid soo dhaweyn kala kulantey Ganacsatada Boosaaso qaar ka mid ah.

 

F. C. Geylan

AllPuntland

[Emperor]

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[Jacaylbaro]

Haye ,, Film hindi ah baa la metelayaa miyaa ?

[Emperor]

^Filimaanta hindiga lagama daawado Boosaaso...

[Jacaylbaro]

haa , waa lagu metelaa uun miyaa ?

[Juje]

Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o:

Haye ,, Film hindi ah baa la metelayaa miyaa ?

Are you saying sxb waxani waa qawda maqashi waxna ha uu qaban - mise waxaad ula jeeda mamulka iyo burcada wa heshiis oo waa riwayaad waxa ay jilayan.

[Jacaylbaro]

Ruwaayad baa meesha la jilayaa niyow ,,,,

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Security forces in northern Somalia stormed a hijacked ship Tuesday, rescuing the hostages and arresting seven pirates in an operation that wounded three people, officials said.

 

The Dubai-flagged ship, which was seized Monday, originated from the United Arab Emirates, said Abdullahi Said Samatar, security affairs minister in Somalia's semiautonomous Puntland region.

 

"Our forces rescued a small commercial boat hijacked on Monday off the coast of Bossaso town," Samatar told The Associated Press. "Three were injured in the operation and seven others will be brought to justice."

 

It was not immediately clear how many people had been held on the ship.

 

Piracy is rampant off Somalia's coast. The U.S. and France are drafting a U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off Somalia's coast, responding to a spate of attacks including this week's hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat.

 

SOURCE: AP, April 22, 2008

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali troops stormed a Dubai-flagged ship on Tuesday that had been hijacked by pirates off the Horn of Africa nation, releasing its crew and arresting the pirates, an official said.

"Our troops stormed onto the Al-Khaleej and engaged the pirates. There was brief fighting before they defeated them," Abdirizak Hared, the mayor of Bosasso port, told Reuters.

 

The Al-Khaleej had been carrying food for sale in Somalia when it was raided by pirates seven km (four miles) off Bosasso on Monday.

 

A surge in hijackings for ransom has made the waters off Somalia some of the world's most dangerous shipping zones.

 

Over the weekend, pirates seized a Spanish tuna fishing vessel with 26 people aboard.

 

SOURCE: Reuters, April 22, 20

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

Forces from Somalia's Puntland region have stormed a UAE-flagged cargo ship hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, local officials say.

The men from the semi-autonomous region defeated the pirates after "brief fighting", the mayor of the region's Bosasso port told Reuters news agency.

 

Seven pirates were arrested in the incident a day after the Al-Khaleej was hijacked, local officials said.

 

Pirates also seized a Spanish fishing boat in the area at the weekend.

At least three people were wounded in the incident, although the ship's crew were unhurt, local reports said.

 

The ship was hijacked en-route to Bosasso on Monday.

 

Notorious area

 

The incident is the latest in a spate of pirate raids on vessels in Somali coastal waters, some of the most hazardous in the world.

 

A Spanish naval frigate is now heading for the area where pirates seized a Spanish tuna trawler with 26 crew on board

 

The captain of the trawler - contacted by Spanish radio - said the crew were "all well". The Somali pirates have demanded a ransom.

 

The Playa de Bakio - a Basque tuna boat - was attacked about 250 miles (400km) off the coast.

 

Earlier this month, a luxury French yacht was hijacked with 30 people on board.

 

A Paris court has charged six Somalis over the incident, detained when French commandos carried out a raid on the vessel to free the hostages.

 

Last year, more than 25 ships were seized by pirates in Somali coastal waters.

 

Somalia has not had an effective central government for more than 17 years and is plagued by insecurity.

 

Puntland, an arid region in the country's north-east, declared itself an autonomous state in August 1998.

 

SOURCE: BBC News, April 22, 200

[Emperor]

Puntland forces are doing a great job, this pirates will learn their lesson, it's not easy to save gourd 300 klm long coast, the pirate gangs are far too many and Puntland has no enough resources to combat them adequetly, they need training and help from the outside.

[Emperor]

Somali regional forces rescue hijacked UAE vessel: official

22 hours ago

 

MOGADISHU (AFP) — Somali regional forces on Tuesday rescued a hijacked cargo vessel and arrested seven pirates after a clash in the Gulf of Aden, an official said.

 

Three pirates and a soldier from the semi-autonomous Puntland region were wounded in the incident, a day after the Al-Khaleech was hijacked as it sailed from United Arab Emirates to the Puntland port town of Bosasso.

 

"We are very pleased that our forces secured the boat and its crew," said Puntland Seaports Minister Abdisamed Yusuf Abwan, who added that none of the more than 10 crew on the cargo ship were wounded.

 

The UAE-owned vessel, contracted by a Somali trader to transport merchandise, was seized on Monday about 100 nautical miles from Basasso, said Bile Mohamoud Qabowsade, an advisor for the Puntland president.

 

Somalia has had no effective central government for more than 17 years, and its waters are considered to be among the most dangerous for shipping in the world.

 

On Monday, pirates holding 26 crew members on a Spanish fishing boat off the Somali coast meanwhile demanded a ransom for their release, a day after storming the vessel armed with grenade launchers.

 

A Spanish naval frigate was heading from the Red Sea to the area of the seizure off east Africa, according to a government source.

 

Also on Monday, a Japanese oil tanker was damaged and then chased by heavily armed pirates off the coasts of Somalia and Yemen, officials and crew members said. No one was hurt.

 

Six Somalis have meanwhile been charged by a court in the French capital Paris for taking the crew of a French luxury yacht hostage for a week off Somalia earlier this month.

 

French special forces captured the accused, and seized 200,000 dollars (125,000 euros) of suspected ransom money, after freeing the yacht's crew of 30 on April 11.

 

Last year more than 25 ships were seized by pirates in Somali coastal waters, despite US navy patrols. The International Maritime Bureau advises merchant ships to stay at least 200 nautical miles from the Somali coast.

[Emperor]

Somali Troops Storm Hijacked Ship

 

(AP) Somali forces rescued a hijacked ship carrying food to this desperately poor country, as a top security official accused U.S. troops stationed off the lawless coast of failing to combat growing piracy.

 

Seven suspected pirates were arrested and three others wounded in Tuesday's raid on the Dubai-flagged al-Khaleej, which had been seized Monday, said Abdullahi Said Samatar, security affairs minister in Somalia's semiautonomous Puntland region.

 

"It is sad that the American forces off the coast of Somalia are here for fun and are not combatting the pirates," Samatar told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Puntland, near the spot where the boat was seized.

 

The U.S. Navy has led international patrols to combat piracy along Somalia's 1,880-mile coast, which is the longest in Africa and near key shipping routes connecting the Red Sea with the Indian Ocean.

 

Wracked by more than a decade of violence and anarchy, Somalia does not have a navy, and a transitional government formed in 2004 with U.N. help has struggled to assert control.

 

A spokesman for the transitional government, Abdi Hagi Gobdon, welcomed French and U.S. efforts to combat piracy and guard the country's coastline.

 

The transitional government "is not in position to safeguard the country's waters," he told the AP on Tuesday. "Therefore, Somalia welcomes and encourages the initiative of the U.S. and France to establish international forces to combat pirates along the Somali coastline."

 

It was not immediately clear how many people were on board the al-Khaleej, which originated from the United Arab Emirates and was carrying food bound for Somalia, Samatar said. Authorities did not announce that the ship had been seized until after security forces had stormed it and rescued the hostages.

 

The U.S. and France are drafting a U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off Somalia's coast, responding to a spate of attacks, including this week's hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat.

 

France's U.N. ambassador, Jean-Maurice Ripert, said the U.N. resolution would authorize foreign governments to pursue pirate vessels into territorial waters, make arrests and prosecute suspects.

 

"We want to do it fast, but it could take one or two weeks because it has to be by consensus - it's not confrontational," he told the AP.

 

Countries in the region are also deeply concerned. Last week, 13 nations from the Western Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and Red Sea agreed to a draft proposal that calls for sharing and reporting information on piracy, stopping ships that are involved in piracy and prosecuting those involved.

 

Chris Trelawny, head of security at the U.N.'s International Maritime Organization, which organized the meeting, said the solution to Somalia's piracy problem is "not at sea. It is the restoration of law and order in that country."

 

The draft, if signed by each country, will go to the IMO for implementation. There was no immediate timeframe.

 

The push by key U.N. Security Council nations to tackle the issue follows an alarming increase in piracy by well-armed bandits, prompting international demands for better protection of the world's shipping lanes.

 

Pirates using rocket-propelled grenades hijacked a Spanish tuna boat Sunday off Somalia's coast. A day later, pirates fired on a Japanese oil tanker, unleashing hundreds of gallons of fuel into the Gulf of Aden, the body of water between Somalia's north and the southern coast of the Mideast country of Yemen.

 

On April 4, Somali pirates hijacked a French luxury yacht in the Gulf of Aden. A French military helicopter later captured six suspected pirates who are facing preliminary charges in France after the yacht's crew was released April 11.

 

The father of one captive on board the 250-foot Spanish tuna boat, called the Playa de Bakio, told a radio station that the 26 crew members were being treated well, though the hijackers have stolen some personal items from their cabins.

 

The hijackers also appear to have military training, said Jose Mari Arana, who spoke to Radio Euskadi Monday after speaking to his son by cell phone.

 

"They say a commander is going to come to negotiate," Arana said.

 

The fishing boat is now anchored just off Somalia's coast, the Spanish government said in a statement. An official in Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's office said he could not confirm a statement by the wife of the boat's skipper that the crew has been taken ashore.

 

The International Maritime Bureau says piracy is on the rise, with seafarers suffering 49 attacks between January and March - up 20 percent from the period last year.

 

Nigeria ranked as the No. 1 trouble spot. India and the Gulf of Aden tied for second, with each reporting five incidents.

 

Nearly two dozen piracy incidents were recorded off of Somalia since January 2007, according to Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based Seafarers Assistance Program.

[General Duke]

Its about time.

[Peace Action]

A job well done, congratulations. A rescue mission with lost of life and property. Hopefully the sleeping giant has finally woken up. They should hit these pirates hard and show no mercy.