Thanks for your work on the Threat Matrix. I have been intrigued by the Somali piracy incidents, specifically regarding the Ukranian ship, the Faina, and the Iranian ship , the Deyanat. The last I heard, the Russian warship, Peter the Great was headed there to deal with the situation. But only mention is being made of the Faina, with the tanks on board. And the Deyanat, where supposedly some of the pirates died of what appears to be radiological exposure, is being virtually ignored.
I know the US Navy is there as well. And I am only guessing that the Russian ship should have arrived by now.
Why is is this not garnishing more attention? That has me worried.
Please let me know if you have any other info on this. Here are a few links to articles referencing the incidents.
http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/news/russia-sends-naval-vessels-to-somali-waters/20017573576.htm (before the Faina was hijacked!)
http://shiratdevorah.blogspot.com/2008/10/hijacked-iranian-ship-was-dirty-bomb.html
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/6040970.html
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You may want to look at these links, 1 curious mind:
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=8193&tirsan=3&PHPSESSID=9a1642ad552d3a48232b64e196ab3a1d
“Somalia:UN adopts new piracy law to deploy military aircraft to actively join”
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http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=8107&tirsan=3
“Somalia:Somalia’s business dominated by piracy-Mareeg”
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=8106&tirsan=3
“Somalia-Is the Iranian hijacked ship carrying Nuclear-Mareeg”
(October 2, 2008)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts
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A general link:
http://isn-search.ethz.ch/cgi-bin/nato.cgi?q=piracy&gr=off&ps=10&ul=
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