Note: The following report snippet is a quote:
http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php
Weekly Piracy Report
21-28 November 2006
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 21 to 28 November 2006.
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
Forty one incidents have been reported since 28.01.2006. Pirates are targeting ships preparing to anchor. Ships are advised to take extra precautions.
The IMB Report on Piracy and Armed Attacks on Ships from January to September 2006 is now published. Please see the end of this page to order.
Suspicious crafts
None reported during the week.
Recently reported incidents
24.11.2006 0400 LT in position 22:17.5N - 091:43.3E, Chittagong Outer Anchorage 'A', Bangladesh.
15 robbers armed with long knives boarded a bulk carrier. They tied up two ABs and three watchmen and broke into the bosun’s store and stole ship's stores. The Duty Officer and an AB proceeded to the forecastle. Alarm was raised. Robbers jumped overboard and escaped with ship's stores, walkie-talkies and cellphones. Port authority and Coast Guard informed.
20.11.2006 0130 LT at Dumai Inner Anchorage, Indonesia.
Six robbers armed with knives boarded a bulk carrier. They attempted to overcome the shore watchman who raised alarm. Duty Officer and crew rushed to assist. When confronted by crew, robbers jumped overboard and escaped empty handed.
19.11.2006 1900 LT in position : 06:06.2S-106:53.3E, Tg. Priok,
Indonesia.
While crew were busy involved in discharging operations, robbers armed with steel bars managed to break into two stores and steal ship's stores. Upon seeing suspicious behaviour of shoreworkers on deck, duty crew informed the Duty Officer. Alarm raised and crew alerted. It was suspected the stevedores / shoreworkers may have been involved in the theft. Local authorities informed.
19.10.2006 0600 LT in position 28:47:01n - 49:28.42e, off Lulu
Oilfield, Ras al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia.
Three masked pirates armed with a pistol and machine guns boarded a fishing vessel underway. One crew was killed and another injured. Pirates stole ship's equipment and left in a small red and white coloured boat. Saudi Coast Guard was informed.
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"Some Iranian Visa Holders Sent Home"
Dena Bunis and Vik Jolly
The Orange County Register
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Some Iranian citizens traveling to Santa Clara this weekend for a reunion of graduates and professors from a Tehran university have been stopped at U.S. airports and told the visas they were carrying had been revoked.
The State Department on Thursday refused to say why some Iranians coming to the conference with visas approved by U.S. consulates abroad are being denied entry, detained overnight and then sent back to Iran. Event organizers said they know of 20 who have so far been turned away. More than 100 additional Iranian nationals are due at the weekend event."