Somali Pirates At It Again - Indonesian Vessel The Latest Victim!

EU naval anti piracy mission has released a statement that a large group of Somali pirates attacked and captured an Indonesian vessel on Wednesday the 16th.

It is understood that the crews of the unfortunate vessel, SINAR KUDUS (which means HOLY LIGHT in English) managed to send a report saying that between 30 and 50 pirates had taken over vessel.

Greed got the better of the pirates again when they managed to transform the captured vessel as their attacking platform when they attacked another ship, the EMPEROR, on Thursday. This second attack somehow was foiled by the EMPEROR's crew. (AFP Report).

Indonesian Reactions

Indonesian Ministry of Defence meanwhile are assessing the situation and didn't rule out the use of military powers. However, it is understood that no Indonesian naval vessel is in that area at this moment to provide that vital instant reaction.

INDONESIAN NAVAL COMMANDOS - awaiting orders.

China Too Sent Its Naval Ship To Libya

China has diverted one of its assets in Gulf of Aden to Libya as part of the mission to evacuate its citizens from Libya.

The 4500 tonnes XUZHAO frigate is currently underway to Libya and will send a message that the ferrying out process of its citizens from Libya to Malta or Crete is very well protected.

Indian Navy deploy ships to evacuate Indians from Libya

India announced on Saturday 26 Feb that it has sent 2 naval ships to crisis-stricken Libya to bring back its citizen.

"INS JALASHWA and INS MYSORE have left Mumbai and will bring back Indians from Libya," a Defence department spokesperson said.

The INS JALASHWA, ex USN's TRENTON, is basically an amphibious assault platform with six medium lift helicopters onboard. She could accommodate 1,500 people and definitely can fit the purpose.

INS JALASHWA

INS MYSORE on the other hand is a 6700 tonnes Indian made destroyer which should act as an escort element.

INS MYSORE

Pirates - what to do with these guys?

Somalia? Gulf of Aden? Indian Ocean? What do they have in common?
Yes, you got it right. The Somali pirates.

They are rich and famous, aren't they?

Even the navies couldn't do anything to curb them.

Only lately there had been some serious successful counter-hijacking by the navies of Malaysia and South Korea albeit with some lost of lives on the pirates' side.

And this operation was sadly followed with the death of four Americans hostages during a stand-off between the hijacked yatch and the US Navy ship shadowing nearby.

For a layman point of view, why can't the navy just smacked them hard..?

Ok, the shipping company paid them millions of dollar, then they released the hijacked ship.. blah blah...they enjoy the millions, buying new weapons, motherships etc...and they at it again..

I say, why can't we track them to their lair, then we blast them off...surely sovereignty is not an issue here..they don't even have a government in the first place.

If we keep on paying ransoms, we are giving them wrong messages..

Why not we give them the RIGHT message after this? Surely they will behave right?

Or how about we do it the Russian way?