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"'Al-Qaeda' arrests in Afghanistan"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A coalition military statement said that the operation on Wednesday morning was conducted "based on information provided about an al-Qaeda member known to pass correspondence for al-Qaeda senior leaders".
National Intelligence Director John Negroponte recently said al-Qaeda was strengthening its ties across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe from a secure hideout in Pakistan. Pakistan rejected the comments."
THE WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT - REPORT SNIPPET - QUOTE:
http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php
Piracy Alert
23 Jan 2007
Unusual attack off Kuala Tanjong, Indonesia
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Weekly Piracy Report
31 January-6 February 2007
The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB's Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 31 January to 6 February 2007.
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
Forty seven incidents have been reported since 28.01.2006. Pirates are targeting ships preparing to anchor. Ships are advised to take extra precautions.
The 2006 Annual IMB Report on Piracy and Armed Attacks against Ships is now published. Please see the end of this page to order.
Suspicious crafts
02.02.2007 1100 LT in position 10:40N - 062:07E, Arabian Sea.
A general cargo ship received a VHF call from a craft advising that she is a Korean fishing vessel and asked for fresh water. Master suspected piracy, raised alarm and steered away from the craft. Suspicious craft followed the ship. Master increased speed and at 1210 LT the craft gave up the chase. Soon after, another four small high speed crafts approached the suspicious craft whilst talking/laughing on VHF ch 14. The suspect craft was wooden, painted white and green with a speed of 15-20 knots with no fishing equipment on deck.
Recently reported incidents
30.01.2007 1945 LT in position : 10:15.4N - 064:42.5W, Bahia de Pozuelos, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela.
Two robbers boarded a container ship at anchor. Duty crew spotted them and informed Duty Officer on bridge. Alarm raised and a search was carried out. All doors, access into the ship was closed down and locked. Duty to stringent security measures onboard, the attack was unsuccessful.
29.01.2007 0030 LT at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Despite active anti piracy measures, a container ship berthed alongside was boarded by robbers armed with knives. They took one of the watchman hostage, placed a knife at his throat and threatened him. Robbers stole ship's stores and escaped by jumping overboard. Port authorities informed and a patrol boat arrived 30 minutes later and a search carried out but no one was caught.
27.01.2007 2310 UTC in position 02:03S - 106:54E, Tg. Priok anchorage, Indonesia
Armed robbers boarded a container ship at anchor from the stern. They broke open locked steering room door and entered the engine room via watertight manhole. They stole ship's stores.
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