.Hizi jet si za miaka ile ya vita kuu ya kwanza ya dunia 1914, bado majeshi ya nchi zetu wanatumia.
I now fear for the safety of "innocent" vessels in these waters. I can see a cargo ship or cruise ship being mistaken for a Somali pirate boat by Kenyan fighter jets and sunk. Folks, you have to practice for these sorts of missions. You can't just up and go on a mission without years of regular practice. Something I doubt Kenyan air force does. Even American air force with all the practice still makes mistake albeit few compared to what Kenyan air force will do here. Unless of course Kenyan air force hires experienced foreign pilots to perform these missions. Otherwise this is a terrible idea.
January 1 2009, 8 pirates were intercepted by the aviso Premier Maître L'Her while trying to attack the Panamanian freighter S. Venus.
The aviso PM L'Her arrived in the area on 16 December to participate in the European operation Atalante. It accompanied cargo of the World Food Program between the Somali ports of Berbera and Bossaso and five commercial buildings across the Gulf of Aden.
Interception des pirates. EMA
The rest of the story is here, in French.Le cargo S. Vénus. EMA
..."bingo" la bulungutu la £2m ($3m) linashuka kidogo kidoooogo na parachute, copycat pirates wataendeleza tu mchezo huu...Jamaa wameshalipwa... hii biashara wanaikuza wenyewe wenye meli au insurance companies.
Somali pirates drown with ransom
Six members of a group of Somali pirates who hijacked and later released a Saudi-owned oil tanker are reported to have drowned along with their share of a $3m ransom.
The pirates were among eight men whose boat overturned off the coast of Kenya in a storm as they left the Sirius Star following a two-month standoff that ended on Friday, a pirate and a relative of one of the dead men said.
"Six of our boys perished at the sea while coming from the released Saudi supertanker," Mohamed Said told the AFP news agency.
"The small boat that was carrying those killed and eight who survived was overloaded and at high speed, we have been told by the survivors.
"They were afraid of a chase from outsiders [foreign naval forces] who invaded Somalia waters," he said.
The group's $300,000 share of the ransom was also lost, he said.
Three pirates reached shore after swimming for several hours, pirate Daud Nure said on Saturday.
...hawa maharamia wa kisomali kweli mikosi mikosi tu, angalia sasa...
source; Al Jazeera English - Africa - Somali pirates drown with ransom