Published on July 5, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Somalia will continue to hold the global maritime industry hostage unless the international community helps this once prosperous African nation, said state leaders who convened in Dubai for the 2nd UAE Counter-Piracy Conference. Somalia continues to hold maritime industry hostage, say state leadersBy Gemma […]
Ramola Talwar Badam DUBAI //A group of 31 Somali judges and prosecutors will travel to the UAE in October for training in holding piracy trials. The workshops are part of a UAE-French initiative to equip the Somali judicial system to try its own piracy cases, rather than relying on other nations to prosecute them. […]
PACOM Headlines USS Nimitz Arrives in Hawaii for Port Visit By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran USS Nimitz Public Affairs PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and embarked elements of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 arrived in Pearl Harbor July 2 for a port visit. This brief visit […]
British Foreign and Commonwealth Minister of State Jeremy Browne addresses the Legislative Assembly in Stanley, in the Falkland Islands, last month. Photograph: Reuters The world is transforming fast, and the starting point for any discussion about the nations of ASEAN must be their inexorable rise as global economic and political players. In the UK, we […]
Pirates hold 45 Filipino seamen By Gemma Q. Casas DUBAI—War-torn Somalia, with its worsening modern-day piracy problems and the growth of Islamic terrorist group Al Shabaab in the country, remains to be a major global security threat and will continue to hold the global maritime industry hostage unless the international community helps this once prosperous African […]
Combined Maritime Forces: U.S.’s Global Naval Force in the Arabian SeaRick Rozoff The U.S. Navy blog site ran a feature on the U.S.-created and -led multinational Combined Maritime Forces operation throughout the Arabian Sea on June 28. Established in February 2002 toward the beginning of the so-called global war on terror, it has in the […]
Panetta: Partnerships Bolster National Security By Amaani LyleAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 29, 2012 ? Collaboration, as much as military might, should play a key role in national security, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said here last night. In remarks as part of the United States Institute of Peace’s Acheson lecture series, Panetta outlined […]
Published on June 29, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Deborah Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari, captured in late 2010 from a yacht off the coast of Tanzania, were handcuffed throughout the nearly two years they were held by Somali pirates. Freed kidnap victims were handcuffed for two years by pirates A South African woman […]
Published on June 28, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments High Speed Vessel Swift’s (HSV 2) civilian master and military detachment officer-in-charge discussed combating piracy and continued cooperation efforts during an office call with Tanzanian naval leadership. Swift Leaders discuss maritime security with Tanzanian navy during APS visit By Ensign Joe Keiley HSV 2 […]
Rewarding mutineers could be the best way to capture their leaders. By Timothy Coleman & Brittany Minder Escalating maritime piracy off the Horn of Africa and throughout the world’s vital shipping lanes and strategic chokepoints is a modern-day plague with an elusive framework. Failed states and lawless regions around the world, like Somalia, serve as […]