Tuesday, October 7, 2008

PIRATES VERSUS WEAPONS DEALERS

There is an interesting development that comes from the coast of somalia. agroup of pirates highjaked a ship----a routine exercise in the coasts of somalia for years now. But this time, it drew the attention of world supper powers, unlike other pirates....an attention the death of hundreds of Somalis didn't get. Th estory also reveals a dirt work of international diplomacy. The story below details all the ins of that in an interesting way. Below is the link to the full story.
The pirates that captured the freighter Faina didn't know the ship was full of tanks. They also were unaware that by hijacking the vessel, they had ruined an international weapons deal that may have been illegally sending arms to Sudan

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,582513,00.html

also look the link below for a similar story from BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7656662.stm

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hello, mike wedi hidru .i am sb from ethiopia capital city(medina)of africa addis sweet.i appreciate the initiative to share your expriance.you wrote more about eth-eritrea confclict.you have sharp hope to solve the problem i hope that too.but isayas afewerki is heartack to the issue.he is more than floosh,bushtyman.iwant to imply you eritreans shoud have commited on everywhere to layoff that guy.he is joking more on you.after then solution may be rise.no more than pm meles zenawi.anyway kgadafi by himself is probably as isyas who follows old system.bzkone wedi adey tsbuk selam hseb.abketsali eskab nrakeb dhan kun.

Anonymous said...

The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at the best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
-- Theodore Roosevelt

I like your website. And is great website bro.The site is astounding . I am from Eritrea, Ghebremeskel Habtemichael (Giplus). Thank you for the infosphere post on your website Mike. It is great hope on your future.