Armies of Liberation

Jane Novak's blog about Yemen

Second Chem Tanker Highjacked

Filed under: Somalia, USA, Yemen — by Jane Novak at 9:27 am on Sunday, August 31, 2008

On August 29, a Malaysian ship carrying 30,000 tons of petrochemicals was high jacked in the Gulf of Aden, the eighth ship to be high jacked since July 20th. Between April and June, 19 ships were attacked in the Gulf of Aden. US and allied navies will establish a maritime security patrol area in the waters between the coasts of Somalia and Yemen, under Combined Task Force 150. (Map)

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