Sunday, April 12, 2009

 

Islamic Pirates & Jihad - Terror Connection

Islamic Pirates & Jihad - Terror Connection


Somalia Standoff Generates US Policy Debate

Voice of America - ‎Apr 10, 2009‎

US officials said the group, which controls parts of Somalia, poses a dilemma. They point to its rapid expansion, ties between its leaders and the al-Qaida …
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-11-voa12.cfm

The Pirates Challenge Obama’s Pre-9/11 Mentality

Wall Street Journal - ‎Apr 10, 2009‎

As the eminent military historian Sir Michael Howard argued shortly after 9/11, the status of al Qaeda terrorists is to be found in a distinction first made …
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123940383654409651.html


Somali Pirates Tied to Jihad

Intellectual Conservative - ‎Apr 8, 2009‎

Since 2003, Somalia has witnessed the growth of a brutal network of Jihad with strong ties to Al-Qaeda. In fact, when the US forces faced a bloody battle in …
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/04/08/somali-pirates-tied-to-jihad/





Commentary: Take fight to the pirates

CNN - ‎Apr 9, 2009‎

It is time to change strategy and take the fight to the pirates, as our military predecessors did with great success more than 200 years ago.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/09/wilkerson.pirates/



Harper’s Magazine - ‎Apr 9, 2009‎

Unconventional warfare, against an unconventional enemy. What a novel idea. We handled things better 200 years ago!

http://harpers.org/archive/2009/04/hbc-90004751



Lessons From the Barbary Pirate Wars

New York Times - ‎April 10, 2009‎

We’re talking about the Barbary Wars, about 200 years ago, when pirates from the Barbary Coast (today’s Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya) hijacked …

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/weekinreview/12gettleman.html?ref=africa



Somalia: Direct connections about Somali pirates and Islamic extremists

Djibouti (HAN) April 10th, 2009 - Unied states regional based military officials and the Somalia Minister for Fisheries Professor Abdulrahman Ibbi, have found no direct ties between the Somalia Coast pirates and the International Islamic terrorist groups, such as Al-qa’ida or Al-Shabab, but continue to search for signs of links between the two factions in the wake of the Indian Ocean hostage incident; that is close of the Somali city of Kismayo, run by Al-Shabab and Al-Itihad groups. It was not clear whether officials were specifically scrutinizing the Somali pirates who boarded the Maersk Alabama on Tuesday and fled in a lifeboat after taking hostage the cargo ship’s captain.
http://www.geeskaafrika.com/somalia_10apr09.htm


SOMALIA: Why The Pirates Are Immune From Attack

Strategy Page - ‎Apr 9, 2009‎
There are over a thousand gunmen attached to pirate gangs in the north, although the group operating off the east coast pay “taxes” to al Shabaab for the …
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/somalia/articles/20090409.aspx





October 02, 2008

al Qaida + Pirates = Jihad on the High Seas

Al Qaida has claimed responsibility for the increased pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia this year. So far this year there have been around 60 attacks against cargo ships in the Gulf of Aden, in 2007 there was 13. The islamic pirates are currently holding up to 300 crewmen hostage and 14 cargo ships for ransom.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194284.php


Somali pirates: Islamist insurgents demand weapons from hijacked …Oct 6, 2008 … The Islamist gunmen from the al Shabaab group opposing Somalia’s weak … British tourists narrowly avoid being captured by Somali pirates …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/3140884/Somali-pirates-Islamist-insurgents-demand-weapons-from-hijacked-ship.html



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