Who's Behind Somali pirates?

Who's Behind Somali pirates?

Today the people of Indonesia are being blanketed central concern for sailors held hostage dozens of Somali pirates. In an online story about the pirates of Somalia, there is one commentator who asked, "Why Western countries would agree to invade Libya, but no action they take to secure the Gulf of Aden?"

It's a critical question. Yes, why the Somali pirates 'left' so prevalent? U.S. and NATO the time anyway with highly sophisticated weaponry they could not crush the pirates of a very, very poor country, Somalia?

Before I ever wrote about the indication of 'omission' Somalia's pirates, citing analysis from the William Engdahl Global Research. In short this way, the U.S. launched an attack against Yemen on the grounds 'pursuit of Al Qaeda', really wanted a regime change there. Yemen borders Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea in the west, the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea in the south, across the Gulf of Aden there are Somalia, Djibouti. Lined up next to Djibouti Eritrea, Sudan, and Egypt. Thus, all those countries (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, and Yemen face each other with Mandab Strait (Bab el Mandab) a super-strategic. Oil tankers from the Persian Gulf through the Strait should Mandab, then through the Suez Canal, and into the Mediterranean.

According to Engdahl, if the U.S. had a reason acceptable to the international public opinion memiliterisasi Mandab Strait, the U.S. would have a trump card in front of the European Union and China when they 'dare' in front of the U.S.. China and European energy supply is very dependent of Mandab Strait. Mandab Strait even the U.S. can be used to pressure Saudi Arabia to keep the transaction in U.S. dollars (as once reported by the media, Saudi Arabia and several countries-including Iran-ever threw a desire to conduct transactions in dollars). Engdahl also says the information from Washington that there is a tremendous source of oil in Yemen, which had not been explored.

Engdahl then highlighted the case of Somalia pirates who make a mess in Mandab Strait during the last two years. The question is: how can pirates of Somalia, a country located on the top number in a list of 'failed states' (failed state) to have sophisticated weapons and logistics, to the extent that in the last two years could hijack 80 ships from various countries? Even Somalia's pirates wear styles criminals in developed countries: a direct call on the British Times newspaper office, announcing that they had hijacked. At present, there were 56 foreign ships are still in the 'prisoner' pirates along Somalia's 800-crew. In addition to Indonesia ship "Holy Light", a ship captured FV NN Iran since March 2, 2009 with 29 crew.

Rampant Somali pirates in the Strait of Mandab give reasons to the U.S. to put its warships there. Government of Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, has been co-opted by the U.S. so it is not expected to give a negative reaction to U.S. militarization in Mandab Strait. Now, there's one around the country Mandab Strait remains to be conquered: Yemen.

The Yemeni government's pro-US, but the thing is, President Ali Abdullah Saleh is not strong enough to control the country, that's why he should be 'overthrown'. Protests in Yemen today, therefore, is consistent with U.S. wishes.

Analysis of these Engdahl feel fit with a report from AFP that officials released a statement from Interpol. According to them, acts of piracy in the seas off Somalia are controlled by criminal syndicates, including foreigners (non-Somalia) who are tempted by the opportunity to earn multi-million dollar ransom. The hijackers have guns and a highly sophisticated detection equipment so that they are capable of piracy in waters with very long distances, even up to 1200 nautical miles (= 1380.935 miles) off the coast of Somalia. Mick Palmer, Interpol officials from Australia, stating that there is clear evidence, which indicates that an increase in sophistication of equipment owned by the hijackers. "So they get the help they are very sophisticated in detecting the presence of large trading ships," said Palmer.

No wonder when Jean-Michel Louboutin, executive director of police in Interpol, based in France asserted, "This is organized crime."

Furthermore, Interpol officials explained that the Somali pirates actually get only a fraction of the ransom. On average, every two million dollars that they get the ransom money, only $ 10,000 that goes into their pockets. The rest, into the pockets of criminal syndicates. Half a million dollars will be taken by people who deliver the ransom (usually delivered by a helicopter that landed on a ship that was hijacked), and half a million dollars was taken by the negotiators.

Palmer emphatically stated, "This is a huge industry. Huge money to be made from piracy. However, the hijackers themselves, many of them were poor teenagers, only get a fraction of that money. "

So, if we go back to the question posed above commentator, after reading the description of this article, do you think, what's the answer? []

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