Migrants 'drown' off Somali coast Sep 16, 2009
It says some 860 boats carrying 43,586 people have tried to cross the Gulf of Aden so far this year. Some 273 people have drowned or are presumed dead, it says. (BBC News -- Africa)
US fears al-Qaeda jihadis could grow stronger off back of Yemen war Sep 16, 2009
Even if the actual foreign material support in Yemen's civil strife is minimal, the conflict is probably the newest front in a broadening proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia,'' said Robert Haddick of Small Wars Journal ... It quoted Yemen's estimate that up to 1500 al-Qaeda-linked jihadis are based in the country - including Nasir al-Wahayshi, al-Qaeda's ''emir of the Arabian peninsula'', and Jamal al-Badawi, who is wanted for his role in the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Aden harbour. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Somalia: Puntland Police Seize Control of Human Trafficking Hotspots Sep 14, 2009
The two locations, Marero and Shimbirale, have been notorious hotspots where human traffickers have conducted their illegal business of transporting migrants across the Gulf of Aden to the shores of Yemen ... In recent weeks, Puntland's commercial port city of Bossaso, which is located along the Gulf of Aden, has been teeming with Somali and foreign migrants, mostly from neighboring Ethiopia ... It is suspected that most of these people are preparing to voluntarily pay to take the dangerous... (allAfrica.com)
Al-Qaeda is weakened but still a threat Sep 9, 2009
Since January, Treasury has taken those steps against Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani terrorist group responsible for the November attacks in Mumbai that killed 166; Abdul Haq, accused by Treasury of planning unrealized attacks against the 2008 Beijing Olympics; al-Qaeda in Iraq member Abu Khalaf; and several al-Qaeda supporters in Iran, including Osama bin Laden's son Sa'ad bin Laden. In 2005, Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, wrote to terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq, asking... (USA Today)
Country profile: Yemen Sep 6, 2009
- state-run, operates Channel One from Sanaa and Channel Two from Aden ... Republic of Yemen Radio - state-run, operates the General programme from Sanaa, and the from Aden. (BBC News -- Africa)
Feast of Middle Eastern food Aug 30, 2009
Washed down with copious amounts of delicious Aden tea (flavoured with cinnamon, cardamom and cloves), it was indeed the perfect end to my culinary adventure of Yemen. Appetising appetisers. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Battle rages in Yemen after rebels reject offer Aug 25, 2009
The fighting near the border with Saudi Arabia was another spasm across an increasingly unstable Yemen, a poor yet strategic country off the Gulf of Aden. U.S. officials are concerned that the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh is engulfed in conflicts that also include a separatist insurgency in the south and growing numbers of al Qaeda fighters using the nation as a base to launch attacks across the Middle East. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pirates Serve as Navy for al-Qaida Aug 18, 2009
Some 20,000 ships per year pass through the Gulf of Aden ... The gang chiefs use satellite phones to gather intelligence on ship movements south down the Red Sea and out of the Persian Gulf southwest to the Gulf of Aden along the Omani and Yemeni coasts for the shipping lanes parallel with the Somali coastline. (Newsmax)
Fishermen sail home with captive pirates Aug 16, 2009
The struggle took place off the coastal town of Las Qorey along the Gulf of Aden, one of the world's busiest waterways ... Pirate attacks worldwide more than doubled in the first half of 2009 amid a surge in the Gulf of Aden and the east coast of Somalia, which together accounted for 130 of the cases, according to an international maritime watchdog. (MSNBC -- International)
Clinton recalls US embassy attacks in Africa Aug 6, 2009
Thousands of Somalis fleeing fighting around the capital have massed in a northern town, trying to cross the Gulf of Aden and sneak into Yemen, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. The exodus comes as the country's beleaguered president prepares for a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton next week. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Somali pirates free Malaysian, German ships Aug 4, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. " He gave no details of the amount of the ransom. The boat had been moved between pirate hideouts but lately had been held off Hobyo village in northern Somalia, Mwangura explained. Small villages dotting the coast of Somalia's self-declared state of Puntland are the pirates' main bases. Ecoterra said a lack of cooperation between the Malaysian and Indonesian ship owners meant the case dragged on for months. "Over long stretches the crew felt... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Somali pirates free Malaysian tug after ransom Aug 3, 2009
Gangs of Somali pirates in the shipping lanes linking Asia and Europe have made millions of dollars in ransom payments from ships hijacked in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden ... Poor weather has hampered pirate attacks of late giving the nearly 20,000 ships that pass through the Gulf of Aden each year a temporary reprieve. (AlertNet)
UN: Thousands of Somalis are fleeing to Yemen Jul 29, 2009
GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N. refugee agency says thousands of Somalis are preparing to cross the Gulf of Aden to Yemen after fleeing fighting around the capital of Mogadishu. The Geneva-based UNHCR says 12,000 civilians have taken shelter in the northern Somali town of Bossasso since early May. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Somalisseek a better life inYemen Jul 29, 2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Thousands of Somalis fleeing fighting around the capital have massed in a northern town, trying to cross the Gulf of Aden and sneak into Yemen, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday ... Fighting continued Monday south of the city, but Speaker Sheik Aden Mohamed Nor said Parliament would not tolerate insecurity as an excuse for absence. (MSNBC -- International)
Somalia: Clashes Forcing More Refugees Across Gulf of Aden - UN Agency Jul 29, 2009
com: Somalia: Clashes Forcing More Refugees Across Gulf of Aden - UN Agency (Page 1 of 1). Somalia: Clashes Forcing More Refugees Across Gulf of Aden - UN Agency ... Fleeing escalating violence in the capital, Mogadishu, and central Somalia, thousands of Somalis are making the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden to begin new lives in Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. (allAfrica.com)
15 dead after Haitian boat sinks Jul 29, 2009
says 50,000 Somalis and others crossed the Gulf of Aden to Yemen last year. An estimated 949 didn't survive. (USA Today -- News)
Somalis charged with hijacking Jul 23, 2009
The suspects were seized when Yemeni forces retook control of the vessel, which had been attacked while sailing from the port of Mukalla to Aden. One of the tanker's crew was killed during the hijacking and a second remains missing. (BBC News -- Africa)
French face Sharia trial Jul 19, 2009
Fifteen Somali pirates are being held in France after being captured by the French navy in the Gulf of Aden. They are accused of taking part in the hijacking of two French yachts. (iAfrica.com)
Yemen tries Somalis over piracy Jul 16, 2009
More than 20 suspected Somali pirates have appeared in court in Yemen after being detained in the Gulf of Aden by international naval forces ... International naval forces stepped up patrols in the Gulf of Aden this year in an attempt to curb Somali piracy, but relatively few of the pirates detained have faced trial because of the legal complexities involved. (BBC News -- Africa)
Intel Warns of Attacks on U.S. Embassy in Yemen Jul 15, 2009
Yemen is a U.S. ally in the global fight against terror, but it has also been the site of numerous high-profile, al-Qaida-linked attacks, including the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in the Gulf of Aden, which killed 17 American sailors. Yemen is the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden. (Newsmax)
Yemen's fishermen caught between Somali pirates and pirate hunters Jun 24, 2009
Sanaa, Yemen - As piracy continues off the coast of Somalia, fishermen from the nearby nation of Yemen find themselves caught in the crossfire between the lawless pirates and the foreign powers patrolling the Gulf of Aden ... Armed pirates have taken over the boats of Yemeni fishermen in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden and used them as human shields while carrying out attacks on international shipping vessels. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Somali president seeks foreign backing Jun 22, 2009
"The government is weakened by the rebel forces. We ask neighbouring countries - including Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Yemen - to send troops to Somalia within 24 hours," Sheik Aden Mohamed Nur said. "We have a state of emergency in this country today because foreign fighters from all over the world are fighting the government," said Nur, adding that an al-Qaeda operative from Pakistan was commanding the fighting in Mogadishu. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ethiopia rejects Somali request Jun 21, 2009
On Saturday Somali parliamentary Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur urged neighbouring Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Yemen to intervene as fierce fighting continued for a second day in the capital Mogadishu. But Ethiopian government spokesman Bereket Simon said that an international mandate was needed for such an intervention. (BBC News -- Africa)
* FEATURE : Suspected pirates champ at the bit in Yemeni prison Jun 21, 2009
FISHERMEN: : The 22 Somali suspects awaiting trial admit they had a stash of AK-47s on board their boats, but said they were for defense against pirates AFP, ADEN, YEMEN Sunday, Jun 21, 2009, Page 6. Suspected Somali pirates Mohammed Mahmud Noor, right, and Abdul Qader Ali Hersi sit in Adens central prison in Yemen on May 17 ... Sitting in a classroom inside the central prison in Yemens southern port of Aden, Mohammed Mahmud Noor pulls nervously on a cigarette. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* World News Quick Take Jun 20, 2009
At least 18 people have drowned after a smugglers boat carrying 88 people from Somalia to Yemen capsized this week in the Gulf of Aden, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday. The boat left on June 11 and sailed for four days before hitting strong winds and taking on water, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Eighteen migrants drown off Yemen Jun 19, 2009
The agency says the migrants left Somalia on June 11 and sailed across the Gulf of Aden for four days before getting into strong winds and rough seas ... The UN says 146 migrants have drowned and 85 are missing this year on the people-smuggling route across the Gulf of Aden. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Boat capsize off Yemen kills 18 Jun 19, 2009
At least 18 people have drowned and 29 are missing after a boat carrying illegal migrants sank in the Gulf of Aden, the UN's refugee agency has said. The boat, carrying 88 people, set sail for Yemen from Somalia on 11 June, before it hit heavy weather on Monday. (BBC News -- Africa)
INTERVIEW-Yemen could be "another Afghanistan" -EU official Jun 18, 2009
Lawlessness in Yemen could also be exploited by pirates targeting shipping routes in the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa. PAKISTAN TACTICS. (AlertNet)
Foreign Hostages Killed in Yemen Jun 16, 2009
It also lies just across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia, an even more tumultuous nation where the U.S. has said militants from the terror network have been increasing their activity. In January, militants announced the creation of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a merger between the terror network's Yemeni and Saudi branches, led by Naser Abdel-Karim al-Wahishi, a Yemeni who was once a close aide to Osama bin Laden. (Time.com)
Somalia: Nearly 100,000 Somalis Displaced in Capital in Past Month, UN Reports Jun 6, 2009
More than 1,000 people have indicated they are considering risking their lives to make the perilous journey with smugglers across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen. Since the beginning of this year, nearly 32,000 Somalis have crossed the border into Kenya, bringing the total number of refugees from Somalia in the country to almost 300,000. (allAfrica.com)
Lawyer: Ark. Shooting Suspect 'Tortured' by Terrorists Jun 5, 2009
The lawless and impoverished country on the tip of the Arabian peninsula also the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden's family was the scene to one of Al Qaeda's most dramatic pre-9/11 attacks, the 2000 suicide bombing of the destroyer USS Cole off the Aden coast that killed 17 American sailors. While in Yemen, Hensley said Muhammad married a woman and converted to Islam. (Fox News)
Lawyer: Ark. attack suspect 'radicalized' in Yemen Jun 5, 2009
The lawless and impoverished country on the tip of the Arabian peninsula _ also the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden's family _ was the scene of one of al-Qaida's most dramatic pre-9/11 attacks, the 2000 suicide bombing of the destroyer USS Cole off the Aden coast that killed 17 American sailors. While in Yemen, Hensley said Muhammad married and converted to Islam. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Seized by pirates Jun 5, 2009
The Danish-owned merchant ship, the CEC Future, had been on high alert since it entered the Gulf of Aden, the narrow strip of water between Somalia and Yemen. Fire hoses had been made ready to help repel a possible attack by pirates who infest the area. (BBC News -- Europe)
Pirates, Inc.: Inside the booming Somali business Jun 1, 2009
They pushed out from a village near Bossasso, a large port in the Puntland region of Somalia, into the gentle waters of the Gulf of Aden to seek their fortune. They would make their way west 250 miles along the Somali coast before turning north toward Yemen, where busy shipping lanes narrow near the Red Sea. (Christian Science Monitor)
* Yemen: where tourists dare May 28, 2009
Further away are the hazy mountains of Yemens interior and behind me is Aden, a great purple crust of a volcanic island attached to the Yemeni mainland by a causeway ... The rock of Aden itself is lifeless in the early morning heat, the streets that skirt the crag are empty ... Just behind us is the Gold Mohur Hotel X that was where Osama bin Laden exploded his first terrorist bomb in 1992. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Somalis flee heavy fighting in capital May 27, 2009
Many Somalis have also made the dangerous journey across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen ... USS Lake Champlain has been deployed as part of the U.S. 5th Fleet's mission to patrol the Gulf of Aden region, which has been plagued by pirate attacks off Somalia's coast. (CNN -- World)
Civil war fears as Yemen marks unity May 22, 2009
Reports from southern Yemen say at least three people were killed when police broke up an unauthorised demonstration in Aden ... The former ally of Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan rejected claims that he wanted to create an Islamist state in south Yemen, saying: "Far from it, we are in need of the West now." ... If the south achieved independence under his leadership, he promised to tackle terrorism and improve maritime security in the Gulf of Aden "with integrity and co-operation with the West,... (BBC News -- Africa)
Australian navy ships stop pirate attack May 18, 2009
The frigates, HMAS Sydney and Ballarat, were passing through the Gulf of Aden when the MV Dubai Princess raised distress signals. The ship said it was under attack from pirates, who had fired rocket propelled grenades and attempted to board it by force. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Australian warships deter pirate attack May 18, 2009
Two Australian warships have rushed to the aid of a freighter under attack in the Gulf of Aden from pirates firing rocket-propelled grenades and attempting to board the vessel by force ... "Their actions were swift and decisive and have contributed to international counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Al-Qaida urges Yemenis to fight government May 15, 2009
Fugitive ex-aide to bin Laden cites 'corrupt practices of the regime' in tape ... Al-Wahishi was once a close aide to Osama bin Laden ... Al-Qaida has been blamed for several attacks in Yemen, including the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in the Gulf of Aden that killed 17 American sailors. (MSNBC -- International)
Somali pirates hijack German-owned ship May 6, 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A U.S. Navy spokesman says Somali pirates have hijacked a German-owned ship with its 11 Romanian crew members in the Gulf of Aden. Lt. Nate Christensen, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based U.S. 5th Fleet, says the ship was seized Tuesday afternoon in an area 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Yemen. (KOLD.com, AZ)
Is'haq Modibbo Kawu of Nigeria's Daily Trust May 5, 2009
But the pretext deployed was the need to protect the busy shipping trade routes of the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean from Somali pirates who threaten to disrupt these international water ways. The collapse of the Somali state since the fall of the Siad Barre regime in 1991, has led to the massive illegal foreign fishing regime of poaching and destruction of Somali marine resources which has not been part of the international concern in the same why that the menace of piracy has been... (allAfrica.com)
S. Korea chases pirates from N. Korean ship May 5, 2009
Sailors of North Korean vessel Dabaksol wave their hands to South Korea's Lynx helicopteron Monday, south of the Aden port in Yemen ... The incident took place 23 miles south of the Yemeni port of Aden, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff ... Somalia and Yemen are separated by the Gulf of Aden. (MSNBC -- International)
SKorean warship rescues NKorean vessel off Somalia May 5, 2009
The two dramatic rescues in the Gulf of Aden come as piracy grips the lawless coast off Somalia ... The incident took place 23 miles (37 kilometers) south of the Yemeni port of Aden, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff ... Somalia and Yemen are separated by the Gulf of Aden. (FOX 11, AZ)
3 die in clashes in south Yemen; US calls for end to tension May 4, 2009
ADEN, Yemen - Three people were killed yesterday in clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters in southern Yemen, where separatist sentiment is strong, officials and witnesses said ... Officials said opposition groups killed two civilians and wounded 20 in protests in the Raffan district of Lahej province near Aden in the south. (Boston Globe)
Fears Of Yemen Turning Into Another Afghanistan May 4, 2009
It also lies just across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia, an even more tumultuous nation where the U.S. has said militants from the terror network have been increasing their activity ... In January, militants announced the creation of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a merger between the terror network's Yemeni and Saudi branches, led by Naser Abdel-Karim al-Wahishi, a Yemeni who was once a close aide to Osama bin Laden ... Yemen, the ancestral home of bin Laden's family, has long been an... (CBS News -- World)
He fights pirates from his Navy helicopter May 3, 2009
In the Gulf of Aden, the waterway between Somalia and Yemen where Urkowitz spent many nights on-call, 111 ships were attacked in 2008. The International Maritime Bureau says 61 more attacks occurred around Somalia during the first quarter of this year. (NJ.com -- Times)
Somalia: Potential Migrants Gather in Puntland Apr 30, 2009
Nairobi Thousands of Somalis and Ethiopians have gathered in Bosasso, commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, with the aim of attempting the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen, officials told IRIN.. Mohamed Ahmed Ugas, a local government regional coordinator, said Puntland authorities had been sending many migrants back to their homes "but they keep coming back; for now we are not sending them back. "Our estimate is that there are between 2,000 and... (allAfrica.com)
Pirate protection Apr 29, 2009
The threat of pirates taking over a cruise ship is relatively low for two major reasons: It isnt so easy to do, and there arent many cruise ships that service the area near the Gulf of Aden, where the recent incidents involving Somali pirates have taken place ... But Seabourn does have cruises through the Gulf of Aden, and those are done with extra security precautions, he said ... Last year, more than 130 merchant ships were attacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, an increase of... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Hijacked oil tanker freed from pirates Apr 28, 2009
The vessel had been hijacked earlier in the day while heading between the two southern Yemeni ports of Mukalla and Aden ... Yemen, an impoverished country on the southwestern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, is across the treacherous Gulf of Aden from Somalia, on the Horn of Africa ... It's the first time Yemen's forces have successfully battled a hijacking since piracy began to surge in the Gulf of Aden a year ago. (MSNBC -- International)
Yemeni troops free hijacked oil tanker Apr 28, 2009
Oil tanker was seized Sunday on its way to Yemeni port of Aden ... (CNN) -- A Yemeni oil tanker hijacked in the Gulf of Aden was freed Monday and 11 Somali pirates were arrested, Yemen's official news agency said ... The tanker was seized Sunday on its way to Aden, SABA said. (CNN -- World)
ENCORE: Closing Gitmo Doesn't Make America Safer Apr 28, 2009
In 1998, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and leading Muslim militants announced the formation of a coalition called the International Islamic Front for Jihad Against the Jews and Crusaders ... Subsequently, al-Qaeda launched its war against America by bombing two US embassies in East Africa killing more than 200 people and bombing the USS Cole, an American guided-missile destroyer, at Aden, Yemen. (Human Events Online)
$13.4 million released to USS Cole families Apr 28, 2009
Rockport-Fulton High School graduate Gary Swenchonis Jr., along with 16 other sailors, were killed when terrorists attacked the USS Cole in Port Aden, Yemen. His parents, Gary and Debbie, will believe the money has been released when they see it. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
Pirates shoot at cruise ship with machine guns Apr 28, 2009
A Yemeni official said the vessel belonged to Aden refineries ... According to the official, the tanker was on its way back to the southern port city of Aden from Al-Mohra province, where it had unloaded its cargo. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Nato foils Somali pirates' attack Apr 20, 2009
An attempted attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian tanker was foiled by Nato warships and helicopters after an overnight pursuit in the Gulf of Aden ... US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently unveiled a plan to tackle piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean off Somalia. (BBC News -- Africa)
A pirate's world Apr 18, 2009
Every year, 22,000 ships pass through the Gulf of Aden to or from the Indian Ocean, carrying about 8% of the world's trade. Since piracy has escalated, at least nine countries have sent naval vessels to patrol the region. (BBC News -- Europe)
U.S. Military Ponders Options to Combat Piracy Apr 18, 2009
A: Pentagon leaders are considering whether to add Navy ships to the patrol force in the Gulf of Aden and the wider Horn of Africa ... These options could be done in concert with other countries already patrolling the Gulf of Aden area. (Newsmax)
No Surrender to Somali Pirate Thugs Apr 18, 2009
This year pirates have attacked dozens of vessels in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden, which leads into the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Egged on by generous ransom payments, they're holding more than 300 sailors hostage. (Time.com)
Al Qaeda Urges Somalis To Attack Ships Apr 17, 2009
(CBS)A senior Saudi Arabian al Qaeda operative has called on Somali jihadists to step up their attacks on "crusader" forces at sea in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, and on land in neighboring Djibouti, which hosts Frances largest military base in Africa ... "The crusaders, the Jews and the traitorous rulers did not come to the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden except to wage war against you in Somalia and abolish your newly established emirate, and by Allah, they shall be defeated. They shall... (CBS News)
* US seeks to freeze pirate assets in four-point plan Apr 17, 2009
The French navy on Wednesday also intercepted a pirate mother ship in the Gulf of Aden and detained 11 fighters, the French defense ministry said. RESCUED CAPTAIN. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Symptom of a bigger problem Apr 16, 2009
What we are seeing in the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean is just the visible tip of a complex web of challenges inside Somalia, a web that reaches across the country, the region and the world ... Boats laden with desperate refugees fleeing the war in Somalia leave almost daily heading towards Yemen. (BBC News -- Africa)
Paying off pirates Apr 16, 2009
Nick Davis, chief executive of Aden Group Tranists ... " Roger Middleton, Royal Institute of International Affairs Rising insurance costs "The average ship of the type that are being hijacked, are going to be losing charter value of anywhere between $20,000 and $100,000 per day," says Nick Davis, chief executive of Aden Group Transits, who provide security for merchant ships in the area. Then there is the cost of employing international lawyers who make sure whatever deal is done with the... (BBC News -- Business)
Somali Pirates Promise Revenge After U.S., French Commando Raids Kill Five Apr 14, 2009
Attacks have surged this past month as pirates struck off the east coast of Somalia to avoid naval patrols in the Gulf of Aden ... About 25 warships from the EU, the U.S., Turkey, China, India, Russia and Malaysia are in the Gulf of Aden to protect a shipping route that carries about one-tenth of world trade. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
US weighs tough action on pirates Apr 14, 2009
"We need a multinational force to take down these pirate areas and destroy their resources, logistics, and ability to project power to sea," said Kurt S. Lippold, the retired Navy officer who was commander of the USS Cole when it was attacked by Al Qaeda suicide bombers in Aden harbor in Yemen in 2000. "We can put surveillance assets in that region to observe where the pirate vessels come out from. We can pinpoint their bases, ships, and take down their ability to operate.". (Boston Globe)
FEATURE-Portugal joins pirate hunt in perilous Gulf of Aden Apr 12, 2009
The bi-weekly drill aboard the escort frigate Corte-Real, patrolling the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, is vital to defend against the risk of either fire or suicide attack, like that which hit the USS Cole off the coast of nearby Yemen in 2000 ... Ship's captain Antonio Alexandre, 44, has no doubts about the strategic importance of the shipping route that runs through the Gulf of Aden to the Suez Canal, linking Europe to Asia. (AlertNet)
