Piraterie

[Erich]

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04 May

PIRACY
Arabian Sea: update FULL CITY: Indian navy Tu-142 Bear F maritime patrol aircraft arrived first on the scene, circling overhead until pirates had abandoned their prey and Turkish navy frigate GIRESUN (NATO) arrived. Meanwhile US Navy cruiser BUNKER HILL (CARL VINSON Carrier Strike Group) intercepted dhow suspected acting as mother ship … helicopter stopped it with warning shots … boarding team later seized weapons and pirate paraphernalia, destroyed a skiff, then released it
(rmks: no firm proof that actually involved in the attack)


05 May

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PIRACY
Somalia: Netherlands navy frigate TROMP (NATO) intercepts a whaler spotted from a Spanish patrol aircraft just 10 nm off the Somalia coast … four suspected pirates questioned, then returned to the Somalia coast, whaler destroyed.
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07 May

AUSTRALIA
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PIRACY
Gulf of Aden: Two skiffs attempt to hijack a UAE tanker; Iranian warship responds to emergency calls; pirates break off attack when it approached.
(rmks: no further details)
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langsam werden die Herren aber lästig ...
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CTF-151 commander visits 8th Chinese naval escort taskforce

(Source: PLA Daily) 2011-05-09

　　On the morning of May 7, Singapore Navy Rear Admiral Harris Chan, commander of the Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151), and other nine people of his party paid a visit to the 8th Chinese naval escort taskforce on escort mission in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off the Somali coast. Han Xiaohu, commander of the escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
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said that the escort taskforce of the PLA Navy is willing to further enhance the communication and exchanges with the CTF-151. Harris Chan said that he hoped to continue the well communication and cooperation between the two sides to jointly safeguard the peace and stability of the Gulf of Aden and the waters off the Somali coast.