Thursday, August 21, 2008

Pirates Seize Tanker off Somalia's Coast

Armed pirates seized a Malaysian palm oil tanker with 39 crew off the coast of Somalia — the fourth hijacking in a month.

It was reported that the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center in Kuala Lumpur, said the center received a distress signal late about the raid on the MT Bunga Melati Dua and immediately notified Western naval ships patrolling the area. An international terrorism task force dispatched a warship to intercept the tanker, which was heading toward Somalia territorial waters.
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