The German-owned vessel Magellan Star was the latest ship to be seized by Somali pirates, with the ship’s crew and vessels held for ransom yesterday.
But Marines foiled their plan by boarding the ship without a shot fired.
Today the U.S. Navy reported that nine pirates were captured in the rescue and none of the ships’ crew or any Marines were hurt during the assault.
(READ the story from NPR)
Interesting the slant put on the Somalis.
Foreign ships can fish, dump, and traverse Somali waters all they
want without securing any permits… like so many other countries do.
But if they try to enforce permits they are considered “pirates”.
Israels international waters “high seas” piracy dwarfs anything the Somalis have done.