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January 30, 2006 Somalia: Ransom Paid to Islamic Pirates The pirate mastermind, like any good businessman, will put the proceeds right back into the business. There is no will, either in the U.S. or in the "international community" to put an end to Islamic Piracy: Somalia pirates release three Taiwan-owned vessels NAIROBI, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Somalia pirates have released three Taiwanese fishing vessels they hijacked last year after being paid $450,000, a shipping official said on Monday. Two vessels had been in the hands of militia stationed in Kayoome Island near the port town of Kismayo in southern Somalia since last August. The third one was captured in November. "According to our information, the owner agreed to pay $450,000 for all three vessels," Andrew Mwangura, programme coordinator at the Kenyan Seafarers Association, told Reuters.[...] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
