31.01.2006, 17:45
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Zitat:Iraq declared new piracy hotspot
London, 31 January 2006
Despite the good news IMB warns against any let up of anti-piracy enforcement
According to the report 10 attacks were reported in 2005 compared to none in 2004. IMB says most of the attacks were perpetrated by opportunists who use extreme violence towards crew and whose main motivation is robbery and financial gain. Attacking from small boats, pirates work quickly, mostly attacking vessels at anchor in the vicinity of Basrah oil terminal and Umm Qasr. In one example a tanker, at anchor, was boarded by three robbers wielding machine guns. They held the Master and Second Officer at gunpoint and fired a shot that narrowly missed the Master before forcing him to open the ship’s safe. In other cases, several crewmembers were seriously assaulted and injured. ...