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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_member7" data-source="post: 89784" data-attributes="member: 2306"><p><strong>Piracy in Somalia</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</strong></p><p></p><p> (Redirected from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali_pirate&redirect=no" target="_blank">Somali pirate</a>)</p><p>Jump to: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#column-one" target="_blank">navigation</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#searchInput" target="_blank">search</a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tianyu-8.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Tianyu-8.jpg/300px-Tianyu-8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tianyu-8.jpg" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tianyu-8.jpg</a></p><p>Pirates holding the crew of the Chinese fishing vessel <em>Tianyu No. 8</em> guard the crew on the bow.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy" target="_blank">Piracy</a> off the Somali coast</strong> has been a threat to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_transport" target="_blank">international shipping</a> since the beginning of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia" target="_blank">Somalia</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War" target="_blank">civil war</a> in the early 1990s.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-0" target="_blank">[1]</a> Since 2005, many international organizations, including the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization" target="_blank">International Maritime Organization</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Food_Programme" target="_blank">World Food Programme</a>, have expressed concern over the rise in acts of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy" target="_blank">piracy</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[2]</a> Piracy has contributed to a rise in shipping costs and impeded the delivery of food aid shipments. Ninety percent of the World Food Programme's shipments arrive by sea, and ships have required a military escort.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-foodaid-2" target="_blank">[3]</a></p><p>In May 2008, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(Somalia)" target="_blank">Islamist fighters</a>, who are opposed to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_Federal_Government" target="_blank">Transitional Federal Government</a>, also attacked pirates.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-AFP_2008-05-24-3" target="_blank">[4]</a> In August 2008, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_150" target="_blank">Combined Task Force 150</a>, a multinational coalition task force, took on the role of fighting Somali piracy by establishing a Maritime Security Patrol Area (MSPA) within the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" target="_blank">Gulf of Aden</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-MSPA-4" target="_blank">[5]</a> The increasing threat posed by piracy also caused significant concerns in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a> since most of its shipping trade routes pass through the Gulf of Aden. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Navy" target="_blank">Indian Navy</a> responded to these concerns by deploying a warship in the region on October 23, 2008.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[6]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[7]</a> In September 2008, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> announced that it too will soon join international efforts to combat piracy. However, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Navy" target="_blank">Russian Navy</a>'s warships will conduct operations independently.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[8]</a></p><p>On 7 October 2008 the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" target="_blank">United Nations Security Council</a> adopted <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1838&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">resolution 1838</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-UN_SRES18382008-8" target="_blank">[9]</a> calling on nations with vessels in the area to apply military force to repress the acts of piracy.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-UN-9" target="_blank">[10]</a> At the 101st council of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization" target="_blank">International Maritime Organization</a>, India called for a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" target="_blank">United Nations</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeping" target="_blank">peacekeeping</a> force under unified command to tackle piracy off Somalia.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[11]</a></p><p>In November 2008, Somali pirates began hijacking ships well outside the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" target="_blank">Gulf of Aden</a>, perhaps targeting ships headed for the port of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mombasa" target="_blank">Mombasa</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya" target="_blank">Kenya</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-ihtTanyo2008-11-14-11" target="_blank">[12]</a> On November 19, 2008 The Indian Navy reported that the warship INS Tabar destroyed a pirate vessel after the pirates threatened to blow up the warship. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-12" target="_blank">[13]</a></p><p> </p><p>Characteristics of the pirates</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Puntland.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Puntland.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Puntland.gif" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Puntland.gif</a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland" target="_blank">Puntland</a> area in Somalia</p><p></p><p></p><p>Most pirates are aged 20-35 years old and come from the region of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland" target="_blank">Puntland</a>, a region in northeastern Somalia. According to a BBC report, the pirates can be divided into three main categories:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Local fishermen, considered the brains of the pirates' operations due to their skill and knowledge of the sea.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ex-militiamen who used to fight for the local clan warlords, used as the muscle.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Technical experts who operate high-tech equipment such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" target="_blank">GPS systems</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-autogenerated1-28" target="_blank">[29]</a></li> </ul><p>The high profits of piracy is what attracts young men into pirate gangs, and in a country where many people are short of food they lead a very lavish lifestyle with cars and big houses. It is common for pirates to take on a second or third wife from nomadic tribes once they have made their fortune. Despite the ****** fighting between clans in the country the pirates rarely fight amongst themselves, united by the common aim of profit. In a way they have become part of the local social elite, making so much money they can hand out loans to businessmen. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-autogenerated1-28" target="_blank">[29]</a></p><p>Somali pirates get most of their weapons from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" target="_blank">Yemen</a> but a significant amount comes from the capital <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu" target="_blank">Mogadishu</a>. Weapons dealers in the capital receive a deposit from a <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala" target="_blank">hawala</a></em> dealer on behalf of the pirates and the weapons are then driven to Puntland where the pirates pay the balance. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-autogenerated1-28" target="_blank">[29]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member7, post: 89784, member: 2306"] [B]Piracy in Somalia[/B] [B]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/B] (Redirected from [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali_pirate&redirect=no"]Somali pirate[/URL]) Jump to: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#column-one"]navigation[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#searchInput"]search[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tianyu-8.jpg"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Tianyu-8.jpg/300px-Tianyu-8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tianyu-8.jpg"][/URL] Pirates holding the crew of the Chinese fishing vessel [I]Tianyu No. 8[/I] guard the crew on the bow. [B][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy"]Piracy[/url] off the Somali coast[/B] has been a threat to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_transport"]international shipping[/url] since the beginning of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia"]Somalia[/url]'s [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War"]civil war[/url] in the early 1990s.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-0"][1][/URL] Since 2005, many international organizations, including the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization"]International Maritime Organization[/url] and the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Food_Programme"]World Food Programme[/url], have expressed concern over the rise in acts of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy"]piracy[/url].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-1"][2][/URL] Piracy has contributed to a rise in shipping costs and impeded the delivery of food aid shipments. Ninety percent of the World Food Programme's shipments arrive by sea, and ships have required a military escort.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-foodaid-2"][3][/URL] In May 2008, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(Somalia)"]Islamist fighters[/URL], who are opposed to the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_Federal_Government"]Transitional Federal Government[/url], also attacked pirates.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-AFP_2008-05-24-3"][4][/URL] In August 2008, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_150"]Combined Task Force 150[/url], a multinational coalition task force, took on the role of fighting Somali piracy by establishing a Maritime Security Patrol Area (MSPA) within the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden"]Gulf of Aden[/url].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-MSPA-4"][5][/URL] The increasing threat posed by piracy also caused significant concerns in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"]India[/url] since most of its shipping trade routes pass through the Gulf of Aden. The [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Navy"]Indian Navy[/url] responded to these concerns by deploying a warship in the region on October 23, 2008.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-5"][6][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-6"][7][/URL] In September 2008, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia"]Russia[/url] announced that it too will soon join international efforts to combat piracy. However, the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Navy"]Russian Navy[/url]'s warships will conduct operations independently.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-7"][8][/URL] On 7 October 2008 the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council"]United Nations Security Council[/url] adopted [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1838&action=edit&redlink=1"]resolution 1838[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-UN_SRES18382008-8"][9][/URL] calling on nations with vessels in the area to apply military force to repress the acts of piracy.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-UN-9"][10][/URL] At the 101st council of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization"]International Maritime Organization[/url], India called for a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations"]United Nations[/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeping"]peacekeeping[/url] force under unified command to tackle piracy off Somalia.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-10"][11][/URL] In November 2008, Somali pirates began hijacking ships well outside the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden"]Gulf of Aden[/url], perhaps targeting ships headed for the port of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mombasa"]Mombasa[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya"]Kenya[/url].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-ihtTanyo2008-11-14-11"][12][/URL] On November 19, 2008 The Indian Navy reported that the warship INS Tabar destroyed a pirate vessel after the pirates threatened to blow up the warship. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-12"][13][/URL] Characteristics of the pirates [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Puntland.gif"][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Puntland.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Puntland.gif"][/URL] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland"]Puntland[/url] area in Somalia Most pirates are aged 20-35 years old and come from the region of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland"]Puntland[/url], a region in northeastern Somalia. According to a BBC report, the pirates can be divided into three main categories: [LIST] [*]Local fishermen, considered the brains of the pirates' operations due to their skill and knowledge of the sea. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Ex-militiamen who used to fight for the local clan warlords, used as the muscle. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Technical experts who operate high-tech equipment such as the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System"]GPS systems[/url]. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-autogenerated1-28"][29][/URL] [/LIST]The high profits of piracy is what attracts young men into pirate gangs, and in a country where many people are short of food they lead a very lavish lifestyle with cars and big houses. It is common for pirates to take on a second or third wife from nomadic tribes once they have made their fortune. Despite the ****** fighting between clans in the country the pirates rarely fight amongst themselves, united by the common aim of profit. In a way they have become part of the local social elite, making so much money they can hand out loans to businessmen. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-autogenerated1-28"][29][/URL] Somali pirates get most of their weapons from [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen"]Yemen[/url] but a significant amount comes from the capital [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogadishu"]Mogadishu[/url]. Weapons dealers in the capital receive a deposit from a [I][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala"]hawala[/url][/I] dealer on behalf of the pirates and the weapons are then driven to Puntland where the pirates pay the balance. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_pirate#cite_note-autogenerated1-28"][29][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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