Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Terrorism
HMS Ocean
A week after having officially slipped back into recession, 21,500-tonne amphibious assault ship joins Typhoon fighter jets, surface-to-air missiles and Lynx helicopters as London prepares for sporting event.
More Terrorism
Fighting al Shabaab
Western powers have been backing efforts to crush al Shabaab as they worry Somalia has become a safe haven for Islamist militants seeking to wreak
Execute Passengers
“We could hijack a passenger ship and use it to pressurize the public.” Documents detailing al Qaeda plans to seize criuse ships contain sections interpreted to mean that terrorists would ...
Seizing Cruise Ships
Hundreds of documents were discovered by German cryptologists embedded inside a pornographic movie on a memory disk belonging to a suspected al Qaeda operative arrested in Berlin last year. Amongst them ...
New anti-terror equipment
MANILA, March 5 (PIA) -- With two new utility boats and now, new anti-terror equipment, the Philippine Coast Guard sees a stronger maritime security. Philippine Coast Guard chief Vice Admiral Edmund ...
U.S. threatens sanctions
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone blocking reforms intended to end Somalia's "hopeless, bloody conflict" and counter militant and pirate groups seen ...
Cargo Vulnerable to Terrorists
A decade after The Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) of 2002 was introduced, a new US Government report has criticised efforts to protect global supply chains. U.S. bound cargo remains vulnerable ...
Missile strikes near Somalia port
A missile hit a beach on Saturday used as a base by al Qaeda linked insurgents who want to topple Somalia's Western-backed leaders, the government and residents said. A government spokesman ...
Hostages Cause Rift Among Pirates
DDG and MSF Hostages Causing Drama Aboard Hijacked MV Albedo The four foreign aid workers from Danish Demining Group (DDG) and Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) are still on the board of ...