kwa kweli hapo jamaa zetu walidhania mchezo utakuwa rahisi lakini ukweli ngoma nzito,wamuue au wasimuue lakini hao jamaa washakwenda kwenye kinywa cha papa,..nafikiri jamaa za hao wasomali washaanza kulala matanga,maana kinachofuata wanakijua.worya wamezoea kuwakamata wahindi na wafilipino,sasa mambo yamewendea kombo.
...duuu masikini mogadishu kuna msbamziiito vijana wanne watakufa punde,kalu ina lilah wainailaih rajiun,
American held hostage by Somali pirates 'failed in escape bid'
The American sailor being held hostage by Somali pirates managed to jump off the lifeboat where he is being held last night but was recaptured, it was reported today.
NBC news said Captain Richard Phillips tried to swim away before being taken back into the pirates' custody. The escape bid was witnessed by the US navy but happened too quickly for them to come to his aid.
The report came as the four pirate gunmen, who are stranded in the Indian Ocean, called in reinforcements and vowed to fight if they are attacked.
"The pirates have summoned assistance skiffs and motherships are heading towards the area from the coast," a Nairobi-based diplomat told the Associated Press. "We knew they were gathering yesterday."
Mohamed Samaw, a Somali resident of the pirate stronghold in central Eyl town, who claims to have a "share" in a British-owned ship hijacked on Monday, said four foreign ships previously captured by pirates are heading toward the lifeboat.
General David Petraeus, the head of US central command, said the US Navy was also sending more ships - including the guided-missile frigate USS Haliburton - to the area to "ensure that we have all the capability that might be needed over the course of the coming days".
However, despite an apparently hopeless position, the pirates show no signs of giving in. "We are safe and we are not afraid of the Americans," one of the pirates told Reuters by satellite phone. "We will defend ourselves if attacked."
tunahitaj sampuli ya wasomali waje watusaidie issue ya kuibiwa samak pwan yetu
Hostage killed as French forces storm yacht captured by Somali piratesFour other hostages, including a child, were rescued, while two pirates were killed and three others captured
Ben Quinn and agencies guardian.co.uk, Friday 10 April 2009 18.00 BST Article historyFrench forces have freed a yacht captured by pirates off Somalia last weekend in an operation that left one hostage and two of the pirates dead, according to a statement from the office of the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy.
Four other hostages, including a child, were saved, while three other pirates were captured, it added.
The operation is thought to have been launched to free a French couple captured off the Somali coast with their three-year-old son on Saturday.
Chloe and Florent Lemacon had left France in July last year with their son Colin aboard the 12.5-metre (42-feet) Tanit and picked up another couple along the way.
MOGADISHU, April 10 (Reuters) - Somali pirate sources said on Friday that the Norwegian-owned, 23,000-tonne MT Bow Asir tanker captured at the end of March would be released shortly after a $2.4 million ransom was agreed with its owners.
"After much bargaining, my friends reached a $2.4 million ransom deal with the Norwegian ship held near Hobyo," a pirate in nearby Haradheere port told Reuters.
A regional official confirmed the deal, saying he expected the ship -- with its 27 crew including a Norwegian captain, 19 Filipinos, five Poles, one Russian and one Lithuanian -- to be released later on Friday or Saturday.
Je wanateka Meli zinazotoka nje ya Africa kwenda Afrika au wao wanateka Meli yoyote ile wanayoiona??
Wanajf hivi hawa maharamia wa kisomali wanazo nguvu kiasi gani cha kuweza kutikisa hii ghuba??
Je wanashirikiana na watu wa Mataifa mengine kufanya hii biashara ya utekaji wa Meli za mizigo kwenye hii ghuba??
Kama nchi za magharibi zimeweka meli za kijeshi kwenye ni ghuba kitu gani kinawapa hawa maharamia kiburi cha kuendela na hii biashara??
Je silaha wanazotumia wanazipata wapi?? na vyombo wanavyotumia katika uporaji je ni ubora gani kulinganisha na za majeshi ya nchi za kigeni kwenye Pwani hii??
Napendekeza operation kali ifanyike hapo Somalia hawa jamaa ikiwezekana wote watiwe nguvuni ili liwe fundisho,inatuasili sana kibiashara,unaweza agiza gari toka UK ukashangaa meli imetekwa na haya makenge,njaa zao wazipeleke somalia hukohuko si kwingine,noma sana,inauma!
...Na ukiangalia kama hii meli ya mwisho kutekwa ilikuwa zaidi ya maili 300 toka pwani Mombasa, kwa maana hiyo nadhani wabahari wa hizi Meli yawezekana kama wanakauzembe fulani.
" Crews not to resist pirates. Company practice is for all officers to go into safe rooms on board their ships and 'not to take on or actively engage.' "
MOGADISHU, April 10 (Reuters)
- Pirates on Friday took a hijacked German ship and its foreign crew towards a lifeboat off Somalia where a U.S. hostage was being held in an attempt to help their comrades in a standoff with a U.S. naval force.
The pirate source told Reuters from Haradheere port that another group who hijacked the 20,000-tonne German container vessel, the Hansa Stavanger, a week ago were heading to the scene of the standoff in the Indian Ocean.
'Knowing that the Americans will not destroy this German ship and its 24 foreign crew, they (the approaching pirates) hope they can meet their friends on the lifeboat,' said the pirate, who has given reliable information in the past but asked for his name not to be used.