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Shipping Co. Rerouting to Avoid Gulf of Aden
Armies of Liberation — HT: Eagle Speak , the best maritimed themed blog out there on 1) Iranian mystery ship, clean of CW, docks in Rotterdam and 2) shipping patterns re-routing to avoid Gulf, just as DPI takes over Aden port. III : OSLO, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Norwegian shipping group Odfjell will stop sailing through the Gulf of Aden to avoid pirates and will reroute its vessels around the Cape of Good Hope despite the higher costs, the company said on Monday. Piracy off Somalia has plagued the shipping lane linking the Middle East Gulf and Asia to Europe and beyond through the Suez ...

Indian Navy Goes After Pirates
Ace of Spades HQ — ... . The Indians seem to have dealt with that problem nicely by not taking prisoners. Nice. If you are interested in following the pirate situation I recommend Eagle 1's blog . I've been reading him on this subject for at least a year now and he's all over it.

Mumbai Attack Mirrors '93 NY Landmarks Plot
The Jawa Report — ... been carried out by the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba in connection with Indian Islamist groups. Here we see more evidence of the existence of an ideological or strategic battle space that exists in the radical Islamist world, which has been greatly influenced by al Qaeda. Like a contingency plan that might sit on the shelf for years or decades before it is useful, terrorist plots (especially good ones) can have a long shelf life and be applied in various scenarios. HT: Eagle1 By Jane at December 8, 2008 09:01 AM | | l ...

Inherent Right
Neptunus Lex — ... For broader piracy coverage, please see Eagle Speak, who has been all over this issue from start, and has the added advantages of being both a naval officer and a lawyer. Versus a knuckle-dragging strike fighter guy who just wants the coordinates of stuff that ought to be blown up. ...

From the halls to the shores
Mudville Gazette — ... conducting anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden." That's a very big hammer. The question is "what size is the nail?" There are, after all, smaller though less impressive hammers in the tool bag. But that first question can't be isolated from another: "how does the public view the nail?" I see some developing parallels here (which is one reason why I revisit events here as often as I do). More on that later. Meanwhile: continue to check the expert. Previously: ...

Don't Hit the Snooze Button
Mudville Gazette — I've said before and will again - visit Navy Captain (ret) and attorney Eagle1 for insight on all things pirate, including this: "Defense officials said the U.S. military is considering attacks on Somali pirate bases on land and aid for the people there to help stop the hijacking of ships off Africa's coast".

Iran Sends Warships to Gulf in Anti-Piracy Ops
Armies of Liberation — ... the cargo ships against the pirates, Iranian Student News Agency reported on Sunday. So far the Army and the IRGC have sent two fleets of warships to the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian oil tankers and trade vessels. The third fleet of the Navy will leave Bandar Abbas port at 8:00 local time on Monday. Shortly after its first fleet of warships returned home in July, Iran dispatched a second group of warships to the region that came back to the country on Aug. 28. (Hat tip, Eagle Speak , the place to go for maritime news.) Meanwhile back in Sana’a, ...