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PILLAGING PIRATES
Saudi tanker seized by pirates headed for Somalia: US Navy

The port of Eyl, Somalia.
by Staff Writers
 Dubai (AFP) Nov 17, 2008
 The Saudi-owned supertanker seized by pirates off Africa on Monday is heading towards the coast of Somalia, a US Navy spokeswoman said.

"According to the latest report we have, the ship is approaching the Somali coast, heading towards Eyl (port)," she said, contacted by telephone from Dubai. "Can we assume that the pirates are Somalis? Yes."

The spokeswoman for the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet said she had no confirmation of a report on Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television that control of the vessel had been regained from the pirates.

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PILLAGING PIRATES
Somali Pirate War Escalates With Multiple Attacks
 Nairobi (AFP) Nov 16, 2008
 Somali pirates released a Japanese chemical tanker and its crew, but seized another one in the Gulf of Aden, despite the presence of several warships patrolling the area, officials said Sunday.






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