UN urged to impose naval blockade against Somali pirates (AFP)

40 Somali Al-Shabaab Pirates Took Part in Sirius Star Operation, Negotiations through Dubai, Al-Shabaab Pirates Get Shipping Intel Info From Dubai UAE
wwwwbipicomlink.blogspot.com 11/22/2008 — SOMALIA AL-SHABAAB PIRATES ARE MASTERMINDED BY MUSLIM MAFIA CRIME LORDS DAWOOD IBRAHIM AND HAHI MOHAMMAD ISMAIL FROM DUBAI. Shabaab pirates are run by Muslim Mafia Crime Lords in Dubai UAE who monitor shipping routes for targets. The Crime lords pass directions on to at least five pirate gangs ...

AKI - Adnkronos international Somalia: Pirates want $15mln for seized ship, says Islamist leader
adnkronos.com 11/24/2008 — Mogadishu, 24 Nov. (AKI) - A Somali Islamist leader said the ransom for the hijacked supertanker Sirius Star has been reduced from 25 to 15 million dollars. "Middlemen have given a $15 million ransom figure for the Saudi ship. That is the issue now," ...

AP PHOTO SINKING OF AL-SHABAAB SOMALI PIRATES "MOTHER SHIP" THE BURUM OCEAN, BY INDIAN NAVY WARSHIP
wwwwbipicomlink.blogspot.com 11/25/2008 — In this photo released by Indian Navy PRO, anti-piracy operations by Indian Navy's warship INS Tabar in the Gulf of Aden Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. An anti-piracy watchdog group on Thursday welcomed an Indian warship's destruction of suspected pirate "Mother Ship" vessel in waters off Somalia, ...

FOX NEWS Somalian Terror Organization Shabaab al Mujahideen Looks to 'Throw the West Into Hell', Al-Shabaab has it's website in Vancouver WA, USA
wwwwbipicomlink.blogspot.com 11/25/2008 — Shabaab al Mujahideen, which espouses radical Islamic rule and has close ties to Al Qaeda, is best known for operating training camps for people seeking a more extreme form of Jihad. It also has been forging relations with Somali pirates who have recently been intercepting and holding for ransom ...

FEDS: Twin Cities man behind Somalia bombing, investigating network
kstp.com 11/26/2008 — 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has learned that federal law enforcement sources believe that a Twin Cities man blew himself up in a suicide bombing in Northern Somalia last month.

Sub-Saharan Africa News Roundup, November 23 — The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely

There's Always Somalia — small dead animals

Time Again for Letters of Marque? — American Thinker

Where Have All the Somalis Gone? — Gates of Vienna

Shippers Call For Naval Blockade Along Somalia Coast — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

UN approves new Somalia sanctions to reduce arms (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/20/2008
AP - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to impose new sanctions aimed at reducing the arms flowing into Somalia and the lawlessness and piracy that have flourished there.

U.N. council targets trouble-makers in Somalia (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/20/2008
Reuters - The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to impose sanctions on anyone contributing to violence and instability in Somalia, in a bid to curb fighting in the chaotic Horn of Africa nation.

UN approves sanctions on Somali pirates (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/21/2008
AP - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to impose sanctions on pirates, arms smugglers, and perpetrators of instability in Somalia in a fresh attempt to help end years of lawlessness in the Horn of Africa nation.

Indian shipping union calls for UN patrols against pirates (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/24/2008
AFP - An Indian shipping union on Monday called for United Nations naval patrols in the treacherous waters off Somalia, as the crew of one hijacked vessel returned home to an emotional welcome.

Somalia govt to share power with some opposition (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/26/2008
AP - Somalia's weak transitional government has agreed to share power with a faction of the country's opposition, the United Nations said Wednesday.