luni, 5 noiembrie 2007

U.S. Navy Helps Free Taiwanese Ship Held By Somali Pirates

NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.S. Navy on Monday helped free the fifth ship in a week hijacked by Somalia pirates, attempting to bring security to crucial shipping routes between the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

Pirates released the Taiwanese fishing vessel 5 1/2 months after seizing it. U.S. naval personnel have been telling the pirates by radio to abandon hijacked vessels, get back in their small skiffs and return to Somalia.

"We encourage pirates to leave the ships," said Cmdr. Lydia Robertson of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. "We tell them, you get in the skiff, you leave, you do not take any hostages."

Robertson said the Navy was in contact with two remaining ships held by pirates in Somali waters.
Source. FOXNEWS