Somali Pirates Move Towards India -- BBCSomali pirates have hijacked a ship some 1,800km (1,100 miles) from their bases - closer to India than Africa, the EU naval force says.
Cdr John Harbour said the attack, on a Turkish-owned ship, marked a major increase in the pirates' range.
He said the EU force had launched a new strategy which was pushing the pirate gangs further afield.
Somalia has been riven by civil war and unrest since 1991, allowing the pirates relative impunity.
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This was not an actual expansion of Somali pirate attacks into the region of the Indian subcontinent. Rather, it was the first successful pirate attack by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean near to India. There have been several other, earlier attacks on merchant vessels near India, proper and Indian island territories (which failed). You read what's posted over at New Wars, so you should have seen those reports. Also, Eagle1 at EagleSpeak also covers this issue of eastward migration of Somali piracy towards the shores of India. Just saying, it's simply their first success after many tries (so close to India).
Good point anonymous. I am a regular reader of both New Wars and Eaglespeak and I am well aware of their postings on Somali piracy. I should have made my title more clearer .... i.e. first successful piracy attack near India.
WNU Editor,
I know you're a regular reader and sometime commenter at New Wars. So am I. I was simply a bit surprised that you didn't mention or acknowledge that the pirates were already active in the region of the Indian Ocean near India (what - three, four, or five prior attempts?). Anyhow, Mike started the Breaking News section based on my suggestions. I suppose you can figure out who this anonymous commenter happens to be... ;-)
Hello Mr. Reddick. (I think/hope)
Since your last comment I did some more digging into the problem and scope of Somali piracy in the Indian ocean. My focus was always on the Seychelles as their farthest point of operation, but if the pirates can operate in the Seychelles they should also (logically) be able to operate near India.
Usually when I do a post, I research all pertinent articles going back a few weeks .... I am limited by time to get back further. For that .... I rely on my memory of reading past articles to fill in the blanks.
Unfortunately .... I am turning 50 years old in a few hours (yup, it is my BDay on March 24).... and my memory is not as sharp as it use to be. Fortunately, I rely on comments from people like you and Mike at New Wars to keep me sharp .... which I always appreciate.
WNU Editor,
You think/hope correctly.
You're a mere Mid-Summer chick, as yet. I've got five more years on you...
Since EU NAVFOR's Operation Atalanta and the NATO operation (which has a name that I cannot recall) appear to have changed their respective ROEs, then I wonder when CTF 151 is going to step up and really make use of USS Boxer's capabilities. The Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPAs) flying out of Djibouti and Seychelles and the UAVs staged from the the Seychelles are doing a great job in finding and tracking PAGs. But, the USN has aviation assets afloat in the Indian Ocean that could locate, track, fix, and inderdict PAGs in a manner that would be difficult for other forces to implement. I'm just wondering when the USN is going to become actively proactive in dealing with the Somali pirate problem.
D. E. Reddick
I think the USN would love to go at them right now.
But how to respond to the Somali piracy problem has never been one of ships, crew, and resources. The problem has always been political and the lack of will from our politicians to give the green light to go after these thugs.
History is full of examples on how to stop piracy, but no one in Washington or in Europe are prepared to accept the huge casualties that they will inflict on these Somali pirates and their supporters on the mainland if the orders to go after them on the seas and in their safe havens are given.
Hence only the bare minimum is being done .... and the problem grows.
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