No Consensus on How to Solve Somali Pirate Problem
Despite international outrage at the persistence of piracy in the waters off Somalia, there appears to be no consensus yet on how to deal with the problem.
The varying approaches were underscored this week when a South Korea shipping company decided to pay the ransom that one band of pirates had demanded in exchange for freeing a ship on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a stalemate remains in the most prominent hijacking, in which Somali pirates took over a Ukranian ship carrying Russian-built tanks and other weapons.
U.S. and Russian warships have those pirates cornered, but the forces have yet to take action. The pirates had warned they would blow up the ship unless a ransom is paid, but have yet to follow through on the threat.
The case of a hijacked Panama-flagged cargo ship, on the other hand, ended Tuesday in a violent resolution when soldiers from a semiautonomous region of Somalia moved in.
So contrary to what I thought the Faina’s kidnapping had not ended. The pirates have freed other kidnapped ships (one from Thailand and another one from South Korea) though, after their ramson was paid.
There are also more news about which was the destination of the Faina: Russia News has published it was Yemen.
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Steynian 275 « Free Canuckistan!
October 26, 2008 at 12:04 am
Let’s cut the bull: How long can we put off the ultimately unavoidable question of the recolonization of failed states such as Somalia?
http://jcdurbant.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/piraterie-vers-la-recolonisation-de-la-somalie-how-long-can-we-again-put-off-the-recolonization-of-somalia/
jcdurbant
November 23, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Recolonization?? I must read that post of yours. But I don’t think, at first, that this is a good idea. Clearly, the UN is not useful at all… but recolonization??
I tell you, I have to read that post. Afterwards I will tell you my opinion…
Claudia
November 24, 2008 at 9:58 pm