Islamic Pirates & Jihad – Terror Connection
Somalia Standoff Generates US Policy Debate
Voice of America – Apr 10, 2009
US officials said the group, which controls parts of Somalia, poses a dilemma. They point to its rapid expansion, ties between its leaders and the al-Qaida …
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-11-voa12.cfm
Voice of America – Apr 10, 2009
US officials said the group, which controls parts of Somalia, poses a dilemma. They point to its rapid expansion, ties between its leaders and the al-Qaida …
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-11-voa12.cfm
The Pirates Challenge Obama’s Pre-9/11 Mentality
Wall Street Journal – Apr 10, 2009
As the eminent military historian Sir Michael Howard argued shortly after 9/11, the status of al Qaeda terrorists is to be found in a distinction first made …
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123940383654409651.html
Wall Street Journal – Apr 10, 2009
As the eminent military historian Sir Michael Howard argued shortly after 9/11, the status of al Qaeda terrorists is to be found in a distinction first made …
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123940383654409651.html
Somali Pirates Tied to Jihad
Intellectual Conservative – Apr 8, 2009
Since 2003, Somalia has witnessed the growth of a brutal network of Jihad with strong ties to Al-Qaeda. In fact, when the US forces faced a bloody battle in …
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/04/08/somali-pirates-tied-to-jihad/
Intellectual Conservative – Apr 8, 2009
Since 2003, Somalia has witnessed the growth of a brutal network of Jihad with strong ties to Al-Qaeda. In fact, when the US forces faced a bloody battle in …
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/04/08/somali-pirates-tied-to-jihad/
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Commentary: Take fight to the pirates
CNN – Apr 9, 2009
It is time to change strategy and take the fight to the pirates, as our military predecessors did with great success more than 200 years ago.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/09/wilkerson.pirates/
CNN – Apr 9, 2009
It is time to change strategy and take the fight to the pirates, as our military predecessors did with great success more than 200 years ago.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/09/wilkerson.pirates/
Harper’s Magazine – Apr 9, 2009
Unconventional warfare, against an unconventional enemy. What a novel idea. We handled things better 200 years ago!
http://harpers.org/archive/2009/04/hbc-90004751
Unconventional warfare, against an unconventional enemy. What a novel idea. We handled things better 200 years ago!
http://harpers.org/archive/2009/04/hbc-90004751
Lessons From the Barbary Pirate Wars
New York Times – April 10, 2009
We’re talking about the Barbary Wars, about 200 years ago, when pirates from the Barbary Coast (today’s Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya) hijacked …
New York Times – April 10, 2009
We’re talking about the Barbary Wars, about 200 years ago, when pirates from the Barbary Coast (today’s Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya) hijacked …
Somalia: Direct connections about Somali pirates and Islamic extremists
Djibouti (HAN) April 10th, 2009 – Unied states regional based military officials and the Somalia Minister for Fisheries Professor Abdulrahman Ibbi, have found no direct ties between the Somalia Coast pirates and the International Islamic terrorist groups, such as Al-qa’ida or Al-Shabab, but continue to search for signs of links between the two factions in the wake of the Indian Ocean hostage incident; that is close of the Somali city of Kismayo, run by Al-Shabab and Al-Itihad groups. It was not clear whether officials were specifically scrutinizing the Somali pirates who boarded the Maersk Alabama on Tuesday and fled in a lifeboat after taking hostage the cargo ship’s captain.
http://www.geeskaafrika.com/somalia_10apr09.htm
Djibouti (HAN) April 10th, 2009 – Unied states regional based military officials and the Somalia Minister for Fisheries Professor Abdulrahman Ibbi, have found no direct ties between the Somalia Coast pirates and the International Islamic terrorist groups, such as Al-qa’ida or Al-Shabab, but continue to search for signs of links between the two factions in the wake of the Indian Ocean hostage incident; that is close of the Somali city of Kismayo, run by Al-Shabab and Al-Itihad groups. It was not clear whether officials were specifically scrutinizing the Somali pirates who boarded the Maersk Alabama on Tuesday and fled in a lifeboat after taking hostage the cargo ship’s captain.
http://www.geeskaafrika.com/somalia_10apr09.htm
SOMALIA: Why The Pirates Are Immune From Attack
Strategy Page – Apr 9, 2009
There are over a thousand gunmen attached to pirate gangs in the north, although the group operating off the east coast pay “taxes” to al Shabaab for the …
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/somalia/articles/20090409.aspx
Strategy Page – Apr 9, 2009
There are over a thousand gunmen attached to pirate gangs in the north, although the group operating off the east coast pay “taxes” to al Shabaab for the …
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/somalia/articles/20090409.aspx
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October 02, 2008
al Qaida + Pirates = Jihad on the High Seas
Al Qaida has claimed responsibility for the increased pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia this year. So far this year there have been around 60 attacks against cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden, in 2007 there was 13. The islamic pirates are currently holding up to 300 crewmen hostage and 14 cargo ships for ransom.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194284.php
al Qaida + Pirates = Jihad on the High Seas
Al Qaida has claimed responsibility for the increased pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia this year. So far this year there have been around 60 attacks against cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden, in 2007 there was 13. The islamic pirates are currently holding up to 300 crewmen hostage and 14 cargo ships for ransom.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194284.php
Somali pirates: Islamist insurgents demand weapons from hijacked …Oct 6, 2008 … The Islamist gunmen from the al Shabaab group opposing Somalia’s weak … British tourists narrowly avoid being captured by Somali pirates …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/3140884/Somali-pirates-Islamist-insurgents-demand-weapons-from-hijacked-ship.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/3140884/Somali-pirates-Islamist-insurgents-demand-weapons-from-hijacked-ship.html
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