Almost/Nearly 300 Marines graduate of which 60 given honours/officer rank due to their distinction

[Fiqikhayre]

 

 

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Puntland Marine Forces

 

[Mintid Farayar]

This effort funded by the U.A.E. and contracted to a subdivision of XE (formerly Blackwater in the U.S.A.) will ultimately fail, me thinks. Delivering water/food deliveries is all well and good, but the force was created and funded to stop piracy (or so we're told). But the pirates are not some foreign force but an integral part of Puntland society that has further insinuated itself into the local society through the enormous financial clout they hold vis-a-vis the rest of Puntland society.

 

An effective way to counter this on the ground is when more money is put on the table to fund the anti-piracy forces than the pirates are willing to pay in bribes and protection rackets (he who pays more is KING!). Thus far, the aid/support has not been to that generous level. The pictures show an impressive collection of second-hand pickup trucks bought at a discount from Dubai, but no sign of the expensive maritime equipment needed to police the waters.

 

What happened to the equipment of the Hart Group, another much-advertised Puntland coast guard group from the administration of Abdullahi Yusuf?

[Somalia]

Puntland Minister for Sea Transport in Japan

 

 

"Japan promised to support our maritime police and train 200 of them. They also agreed to help develop Bososo port", added Raage.

Minister Raage added that Japan agreed to equip Puntland's maritime police but did not divulge the details of what equipment would be provided. He told told that they hoped this project would begin early next year.

 

Although Japan does not currently have any direct projects in Puntland, they have been assisting the region through other humanitarian agencies.

 

"Japan has funded projects through international agencies such as the World Food Programme, but this new project will be with their direct assistance" said the minister.

[Fiqikhayre]

"Japan has funded projects through international agencies such as the World Food Programme, but this new project will be with their direct assistance"

 

^Well Done Japan. A direct assistance and own initiative is what is needed.

[Somalia]

Puntland meeting in Japan

 

[FatB]

loools pirate academey - i ask tho wats with the blue jump suits

[Abdul]

This is good progress