Pirates 'smuggling al-Qaeda fighters' into Somalia

TELEGRAPH.co.uk ^ | Published: 8:00AM BST 05 Jul 2009 | By Colin Freeman

[Cindy]

"Pirates 'smuggling al-Qaeda fighters' into Somalia Somali Islamists bent on turning their land into an international haven for Al Qaeda are using pirate gangs to offer foreign militants safe passage into the country, The Sunday Telegraph has been told."

SNIPPET: "The Taliban-style Shabab group , which has already siezed control of much of the lawless nation, has enlisted the pirates' services to smuggle in al-Qaeda fighters from across the Middle East, according to Somali government ministers. They claim that up to 1,000 have arrived in recent months, swelling the ranks of the Shabab in its bid to topple the fragile US-backed administration in Mogadishu."

SNIPPET: ""The Shabab are requesting the pirates to bring people in for them," Prof Ibrahim told The Sunday Telegraph. "Somalia's borders with neighbouring countries are now tightly policed, so the only corridor for them is via the sea. The pirates smuggle them, and if anybody stops them, they just say they are passing fishermen.""

[Cindy]

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[Cindy]

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Iran Sends New Warships To Gulf Of Aden

Iran has sent two new warships to the Gulf of Aden, to replace the older ones there.

The ships will defend Iranian commercial ships from Somali pirates.

Source: Press TV, Iran, July 6, 2009

Posted at: 2009-07-07

[cranked]

Long been known and reported....at least in academic and CT circles.

Aspects of Somali pirate gangs are transporting more than just al-Qaeda “fighters” into Somalia but are transporting them into Yemen, and others surrounding states, along with arms shippments, drugs (i.e.: khat), human trafficking, Jihadi militants and extremists, etc.

[Concho]

Wonder if they have transported any of that Swine Flu in there yet?

[MAD-AS-HELL]

How rich it will be when the USA’s first black president will have to launch attacks on a black African country that harbors terrorists.

[Dixie Yooper]

I think I know how Obama can cut down the number of nukes we have...use them on Somalia's coastline, all of Somalia's coastline.

[cranked]

lulz, have not heard or seen no reports to indicate such.

[jakerobins]

Were they using el light sabre terrible??? LOL........Time to call in the Navy Seals for some more target practice.....

[Cindy]

You’re right.

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“Sure the Pirates lost the American Ship, but the real problems remain”
COVERT RADIO SHOW: “The Daily Blast” ^ | April 8, 2009 | n/a
Posted on April 8, 2009 3:42:47 PM PDT by Cindy

[eleni121]

Why bother to smuggle? They go to Somalia terror training and brutalizing directly from the USA via Kenya.

[GATOR NAVY]

This was the major concern with the pirates when my last ship was off Somalia three year ago. Not what they were doing as far as capturing commercial vessels but what (or who) they could be bringing into Somalia.

[Cindy]

DODbuzz.com: "THE U.S. NAVY'S VISION FORCONFRONTING IRREGULAR CHALLENGES" (SNIPPET: "Today, the Navy is globally engaged to confront irregular challenges in sustained joint and interagency operations at sea and ashore. This includes support for counter-terrorist and counterinsurgency missions..." SNIPPET: "- Counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa which removed financial support to terrorists ashore and reduce instability and criminality at sea.") (January 2010) (pdf)

[Cindy]

Fixing the title: The U.S. Navy’s Vision For Confronting...

[Cindy]

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