Two oil tankers escape pirate attacks off Yemen
The Source: aden/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 26/04/2010
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Two Yemeni oil tankers have escaped separate pirate attacks in the pirate-plagued Gulf of Aden, informed sources told the September website.
The sources said that security teams on the two tankers clashed with Somali pirates but no casualties were reported.First, the pirates intercepted the tanker Almasila early on Sunday morning but its security forced them to run away.While they were back from their failed raid the pirates, who were on two boats, met with another tanker, Zuail, and tried to take over it but the security exchanged fire with them. The tankers then continued their trips safely.In recent years, piracy has soared off Somalia, triggering thousands of international troops being dispatched into the region.The anti-piracy missions, however, are killing and injuring Yemeni fishermen as well as seizing and destroying their boats.Yemen has recently demanded compensations for attacked boats from the countries whose naval ships are patrolling the region and discussed with the countries effective mechanisms to prevent further attacks against its people.According to some independent estimates, more than 114 Yemeni fishermen have been killed and injured in such incidents in the Red and Arab Seas.
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