James Stavridis: I Helped Defeat the Somali Pirates. Here’s How to Do It Again

James Stavridis: I helped defeat the Somali pirates. Here’s how to do it again

Last week, a massive commercial vessel was hijacked 620 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia. Formally flagged to Malta, the Hellas Aphrodite is a Greek-owned tanker that was carrying gasoline from India to South Africa — a transit through…

EU and Indian Naval Forces Seize Pirate “Mother Ship” Off Somali Coast – Somali Dispatch

GAROWE (SD) – European Union and Indian naval forces have intercepted a vessel that pirates were using as a “mother ship” to launch attacks off the coast of Somalia, EU forces announced on Wednesday. The seized Iranian-flagged fishing vessel, named the Issamohamadi, had been operating off the Somali coast after being used last week in the hijacking of the merchant tanker Hellas Aphrodite, which was carrying a cargo of oil from India en route to …