This handout photo provided by the US Navy in October 2008 shows some of the Somali pirates who held the Belize-flagged Ukrainian cargo ship MV Faina. The Pentagon cautioned Tuesday that there were "practical challenges" to taking action against pirates inside Somalia despite having the authority to do so under a new US Security Council resolution. (AFP/US Navy/File)From Yahoo News/AP:
SAN'A, Yemen – Somali pirates on Tuesday seized a tugboat operated by the French oil company Total and a Turkish cargo ship, as the U.N. anti-crime agency called for a special maritime police force for the insecure Gulf of Aden coastline.
Somali pirates have seized over 40 vessels off Somalia's 1,880-mile (3,000-kilometer) coastline this year. Before the latest seizures, maritime officials say 14 remained in pirate hands — including a Saudi oil tanker carrying $100 million in crude and a Ukrainian ship loaded with tanks and heavy weapons. Also held are a total of more than 250 crew members.
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