Puntland forces free hijacked ship

[General Duke]

Somalia: Puntland forces forcible free hijacked ship

3 Jun 3, 2010 - 2:32:12 AM

 

Puntland security forces have on Thursday forcible released a hijacked ship carrying goods destined for the ports of Bosaso and Berbera, Garowe Online has learnt.

 

Pirates seized on Wednesday Panama-flagged, MV QSM Dubai and her 24 crewmembers comprising of Egyptian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Ghanaian nationals in the Gulf of Aden.

 

Said Mohamed Rage, Puntland’s Minister of Ports and Marine Transport told GO the operation was a well-coordinated one that resulted to minimum casualties and the liberation of the 15,220-tonne vessel with her 24 multinational crew.

 

He however, stated that the pirates have killed the ship’s Pakistani captain while three soldiers have sustained minor injuries. Seven suspected pirates have also been arrested in the operation.

 

Reports that reached Garowe Online said the injured soldiers are been treated by Nato forces, who also played crucial role in the rescue operation.

 

Mr. Rage said lamented about lack of international support to enable Puntland forces conduct such rescue missions to liberate ships and crew held against their will in Somalia’s troubled coast.

 

It is the third time for Puntland forces to free a hijacked ship from pirates, an action that sends clear message to the sea gangs.

 

Puntland government has vowed to forcible free any ships bound for its ports hijacked by ransom-hunting pirates but cautioned over ability to do the same on the foreign ships held by the sea buccaneers.

 

More than 20 ships and over 300 crews are currently held by pirates along the coast of Horn of Africa waiting for ransom to paid.

 

GAROWE ONLINE

[General Duke]

Ciidamada Badda Puntland oo Soo Furtay Markab ay afduubteen Burcadbadeed

 

June 3, 2010 Ciidamada Badda ee Puntland ayaa ku guuleystay in ay xoog kusoo furtaan Markab ay maalinimadii shalay afduubteen kooxo Burcadbadeed Soomaali kaas oo kusoo jeeday dekadda magaalada Bosaaso.

 

Wasiirka dekaddaha iyo gaadiidka Badda Dowladda Puntland Siciid Maxamed Raage oo Saaka u waramaayay Horseed Media ayaa sheegay in howlgal ay sameyeen Ciidanka Puntland ay Markabkaas kusoo furteen ayna gacanta ku dhigeen Burcadbadeedi afduubatay.

 

”..Subaxnimadii saaka ayaa Ciidankeena soo furteen Markabkaas,inta aysan howlgalka samayn nimankii haystay digniino ayaa loo jeediyey oo loogu baaqay in ay isaga degaan balse markii ay diideen ayay xoog kusoo furteen.waana ay ku guuleysteen..”,ayuu yiri Wasiirka oo intaa ku daray in kooxaha Burcadbadeeda ay dileen Kabtanka Markabka oo u dhashey dalka Pakistan.

 

Siciid Maxamed Raage ayaa xusay in labo ka mid ah Ciidamada Puntland ee howlgalka sameeyey uu dhaawac soo gaaray isla markaana mid ka mid ah xaaladiisa khatar tahay.

 

 

Sidoo kale wuxuu sheegay in kooxdii Burcadbadeeda ee afduubatay Markabka ay tiro ahaan gaarayaan 7-qof oo ay iminka gacanta ku hayaan Ciidanka Puntland,ayadoo aan wax dhaawac ah soo gaarin laguna wado in la keeno dekadda Bosaaso saacadaha soo socda.

 

Markabka MV QSM ayaa la afduubtay shalay xilli uu maraayay xeebaha gacanka Cadmeed,wuxuuna kasoo ambabaxay dekadda magaalada Dubai ee dalka isutaga imaaratka Carabta halkaas oo laga leeyahay,waxaana saarnaa shaqaale u kala dhashey wadamada Pakistan,Bangladesh iyo India.

[General Duke]

Bosaso: Ciidamada Puntland oo soo furtay Doon ganacsi oo laga afduubay xeebaha Puntland.

3. juni 2010

 

APL

 

 

Boosaaso(AllPuntland)- Ciidamada Ilaalada Xeebaha Puntland ayaa la xaqiijiyey in ay soo furteen dooni ku soo jeeday magaalada Boosaaso ee Puntland, taasoo siday sahay ay lahaayeen ganacsatada deegaanada Puntland, waxa ayna ciidamadu howlgalkan sameeyeen saacadihii ugu dambeeyey, sida lugu sheegay war laga helay xubnaha dawladda Puntland qaarkod.

 

Ciidamadan ayaa soo furtay doontan, xili ay kooxaha Burcad Badeeda ah ee Soomaalidu diyaar ahaayeen, isla markaasna ay ku jiraan iska difaacid adag, sida lugu cadeeyey war laga helay mulkiilaha doontan iyo naaquudaheeda.

 

Saraakiisha ugu sareysa ciidamadan ayaa sheegay in ay saacado badan dhowrayeen in doontan oo sii daayo si nabadgalyo ku jirto, markaasna ay ka dhago furaysteen kooxaha Burcad Badeeda ee Soomaalida ah.

 

Captanka doonta ayaa usheegay APL in ay cabsi adag gashay markii ay ciidamadu weerarka bilaabeen, maadaama xaaladoodu ay halis ahayd oo ay dushooda ku dagaalamayeen burcad Badeed iyo ciidamo wata hubab badan.

 

Khasaaraha ka dhashay dagaalkaas ayaan badneyn, waxaana dhaawacmay 2 Askari oo ka tirsanaa ciidamada Ilaalada Badda ee Puntland, waxaana gacanta lugu soo dhigay 7 qof oo ka mid ah kooxihii afduubka uheystay doonidan.

 

Mr, Siciid Maxamed Raage oo ah wasiirka Kalluumeysiga Iyo dekedaha ee Puntland ayaa shaaciyey in ay mudo wadeen dadaal ku aadan in nabad lugu sii daayo doonida, balse ay hada wixii ka dambeeya dooni kasta oo lugu qabsado biyaha deegaanada Puntland ay ka hortagi doonaan.

 

F. C. Maxamed

AllPuntland

[Amistad]

Very interesting... so Puntland does have a QRF, Quick Reaction Force to respond to pirate hijackings and perform hostage rescue before these ships can reach land? Who is training them, or are they relying on their past training no doubt?

 

Seems they are sending a strong message to pirate crews and the Intl community, good on them !

[General Duke]

^^^They are getting better..

[General Duke]

SOMALIA: Puntland forces free hijacked ship

June 3, 2010

 

It is not the first rescue operation by the Puntland forces. In 2008 and 2009, Puntland forces succesfully freed two hijacked ships, rescuing the hostages and arresting almost 20 pirates.

 

“We can’t allow pirates to hijack all Somali-bound cargo ships, this will seriously hurt our economy and the poor people of Somalia,” Mr. Raage said.

 

Puntland leaders have previously criticized the lack of aid from foreign powers to help the region fight piracy. In 2009 Puntland state requested $20 million dollars annually to combat domestic piracy.

 

In Puntland, prisons are stretched to their limits with more than 300 arrested pirates and Puntland needed assistance to increase its jail capacity say officials.

 

Somali pirates are currently holding at least 19 vessels and several hundred crew members. Piracy had emerged as an industry for a wide range of people, including brokers and facilitators, disrupting the region’s traditional economy.

 

Horseed Media

[Peace Action]

They have the forces to rescue hijacked shipped but only for ships destined for Somali ports. Puntland does not have the resources to rescue every ship. However, if NATO forces had any sense of how to stop this criminal activity in the high seas, they would have help Puntland to do a better job instead of wasting millions of dollars patrolling the high seas everyday.

[Hales]

Good news but Puntland should be doing this more often. eh.

Puntland should also consider executiion as a punishment considering they have filled out the prisons.

 

11,000 comments in this article, cajjib, talk about a tarnished reputation.

[Peace Action]

Oodweyne,

Before you jump the clanish gun, the ship was also destined for Berbera.

[General Duke]

Oodweyne is upset again. Which is always a good thing.

[General Duke]

Ciidamada Puntland oo xoog kusoo furtey MV QSM

2 Jun 2, 2010 - 11:30:29 PM

 

Ciidamada amaanka Puntland ayaa ku guuleystey saaka hirtii 3.06.2010 iney xoog kusoo furtaan Markab MV QSM oo kooxo Burcad badeed ah afduubeen isagoo kusoo wajahan dakadaha maagalooyinka Bosaso iyo Barbera.

 

Wasiirka Dekadaha iyo Gadiidka Badda dowladda Puntland Siciid Maxamad Raage oo saakey u waramey Garowe Online ayaa sheegey in ciidamada amniga Puntland u suurtagshey in saaka furtaan Markabkaan islamarkaana gacanta ku dhigeen 7 burcad badeed ah.

 

Siciid Maxamad Raage oo ka waramayey khasaaraha howlgalkaan gaystey ayaa sheegey in dhaawac soo gaarey sadex kamid ah ciidamada amniga Puntland iyadoo koxaha Burcad Badedka-na dileen Captanka Markabka oo u dhashay dalka Pakistan.

 

Dhaawacyada soo gaarey ciidamada Puntland ayaa waxaa iminka gacanta ku haya oo daaweynaya ciidamada Nato sida warar hoose Garowe Online ku heley kuwaasoo qayb muhiim ka qaatey howlgalkaan markii uu socdey.

 

Mr.Raage ayaa sheegey in ciidamada Puntland awood u leeyihiin iney gabi ahaanba soo furtaan Maraakiibta iyo dadka madax furashada loogu haysto xeebaha Somalia hadii ay helaan tageerada beesha caalamka iyo ogolaanshaha wadamada dadkooda la qafaashey.

 

Waa Markabkii sadexad ee dowladda Puntland xoog kaga soo furato kooxaha Burcad badedka taasoo saraakiisha dowladda sheegeen iney fariin u direyso.

 

Dowlada Puntland ayaa horey go'aan ugu gaartey iney xoog kusoo furtaan Marakiibta ganacsiga ee u soo raran dakada Bosaso hadii la qafasho balse aan talaabo ka qaadi karin kuwa kale madaama ogolansho aysan ka haysan wadamada iska leh gadiidka lagu haysto badaha Somalia.

 

GAROWE ONLINE

[General Duke]

Originally posted by Oodweyne:

"smoke-and-mirror-guff"

Yeah the democracy in NW Somalia and Riyaale, but thats another topic all together.

 

Thanks Oodweyne.

[General Duke]

BBC NEWS:

Somali troops free pirate-held cargo ship

Page last updated at 9:40 GMT, Thursday, 3 June 2010 10:40 UK

 

QSM Dubai is one of a long list of vessels to be hijacked in the area Soldiers from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have stormed a Panama-flagged cargo vessel held by pirates, a Puntland minister has said.

 

The pirates, who refused to surrender, killed the captain of the ship, he said.

 

There was a brief shoot-out with the seven pirates before they were captured, he added.

 

The pirates seized the 15,000-tonne ship, MV QSM Dubai, in the Gulf of Aden in the early hours of Wednesday.

 

"Our troops stormed the Panama-flagged vessel and engaged the pirates. There was brief fighting before they defeated them," Said Mohamed Raage, Minister of Ports and Marine Transport, said.

 

"We arrested seven pirates after they killed the captain of the ship."

 

The vessel has a crew of 24 made up of Ghanaian, Egyptian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals, and was taking supplies to northern Somalia.

 

It was sailing from Brazil in the "internationally recommended transit corridor" in the gulf when it was seized.

 

Puntland, which declared itself an autonomous state within Somalia in 1998, has been used by pirates as a base of operations.

 

On Wednesday, the crew of a Libyan-owned merchant ship seized by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden were reported to have recaptured their vessel.

[General Duke]

Al Jazeera

Somali forces free ship

 

Seven pirates were arrested in the operation, while two Somali troops were injured [AFP]

 

Security forces from Somalia's Puntland region have stormed a Panama-flagged cargo vessel held by pirates, freeing the ship's crew.

 

However, the pirates killed the Pakistani captain of the MV QSM Dubai during the confrontation on Wednesday, according to a Somalian government official.

 

"Our troops stormed the Panama-flagged vessel and engaged the pirates," Said Mohamed Raage, the ports and marine transport minister, said on Thursday.

 

"There was brief fighting before they defeated them.

 

"We arrested seven pirates after they killed the captain of the ship."

 

Two Somali soldiers were injured in the gun battle, which freed 24 crew members from Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Ghana.

 

Somali forces decided to use force after the pirates refused to surrender, Raage said.

 

The ship was carrying sugar from Brazil to Bossaso, a city in northern Somalia, he said.

 

The 15,220 tonne MV QSM Dubai was captured by pirates while it was travelling inside of the internationally recommended transit corridor.

 

Puntland, a semi-autonomous region in northern Somalia, is a base for pirate gangs targeting ships in the Gulf of Aden.

 

But the area is generally more peaceful than the rest of the country.

[General Duke]

Reuters Somali troops storm cargo ship but pirates kill captain

BOSSASO

 

Somalia (Reuters) - Soldiers from Somalia's Puntland region stormed a Panama-flagged cargo vessel held by pirates, but gang members killed the captain in the operation, a minister said on Thursday.

 

World

 

"Our troops stormed the Panama-flagged vessel and engaged the pirates. There was brief fighting before they defeated them," Said Mohamed Raage, Minister of Ports and Marine Transport, told Reuters. "We arrested seven pirates after they killed the captain of the ship."

 

Semi-autonomous Puntland is a base for sea gangs targeting the Gulf of Aden, but is more peaceful than the rest of the failed Horn of Africa state.

 

Pirates seized the MV QSM Dubai cargo ship and its 24 crew members from Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Ghana on Wednesday. The 15,220 deadweight tonne vessel was taken inside the internationally recommended transit corridor and had come from Brazil.

 

Raage said the ship was carrying sugar to Bossaso.