FREEDOM

30 Jan, 2010

Mogadishu (Mareeg) ever since the piracy in East Africa has emerged with great danger and turned into an international problem, the most powerful countries in world have been obliged to dispatch marine forces to protect their ships sailing in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, pirates take no notice of the heavy presence of international marine forces from many nations around the world participating in Atlanta operation. These sea gangs with possession of modern communication of mobile satellites and sophisticated weaponry seem to be overwhelming a dozens of warships from countries with might. A Patrolling task has become difficult and uncontrollable to the international force, due to the Somali sea coast extends to thousands of kilometers from Somali-Kenya border to the border that Somalia shares with Djibouti . Pirates' Constant and daring Hijackings on the ships with their crew in Somali waters and beyond are on daily occurrence. the Latest hijack has been reportedly confirmed on Thursday as Somali sea gangs seized the MV Layla-S, a Cambodian cargo ship, near the coast off Berbera town after it had unloaded at the port in the northern breakaway republic of Somaliland that seceded from the rest of Somalia in 1991 after Somali central government collapsed. Somaliland is proud of its relative stability compared with the south of Somalia where deadly violence lethal wars and suicide bombings are on daily repeat

It has been reported that the vessel has a link with Syrian and UAE businessmen. The vessel was taken by pirates after discharging its cargo. The accessible report on the MV Layla-S say that the crew members onboard are Pakistani, Indian, Sri Lankan, Somali and Syrian nationals. The hijacking appeared to have occurred on Wednesday, but few other details were immediately available. The seizure came a week after Somali pirates freed a Greek-flagged tanker carrying 2 million barrels of oil for a record ransom.

source waagacusub

Nairobi, Kenya