International Law

Piracy at Sea

By Handakte

Sugule Ali, the spokesman for the Somali pirates holding hostage the Faina, a Ukrainian freighter loaded with weapons, spoke to me by satellite telephone today from the bridge of the seized ship. In the holds of the Faina, which the pirates seized on Thursday, are 33 Russian-built battle tanks and crates of grenade launchers, anti-aircraft guns, ammunition and other explosives. American officials fear that the weapons could fall into the hands of radical Islamist insurgents who are battling Somalia?s weak government.

My questions were translated into Somali, and Mr. Ali?s responses into English, by a translator employed by The New York Times. (…)

Quelle: thelede.blogs.nytimes vom 30.09.2008

Full post as published by Handakte WebLAWg on November 27, 2008 (boomark / email).