Irán envía una Armada para proteger el Golfo de Adén.
Fuente: ZAWYA, Middle East News.
http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091115074257
Iran sends armada to protect Gulf of Aden (YO)
Preserving shipping security in the pirate-ridden Gulf of Aden, the Iranian navy sends a new armada of warships to fight Somali buccaneers.
A senior naval commander, Fariborz Qaderpanah, said Wednesday that the navy has decided to send more ships to the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian merchant containers and oil tankers from Somali pirates in the volatile waters.
“The dispatch would be Iran's fourth,” said Qaderpanah, and would include the Alborz warship and the Bushehr logistic vessel.
The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen.
The Gulf of Aden — which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea — is an important energy corridor, particularly because the Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West through the Suez Canal.
According to US Department of Energy estimates, the water way is the quickest transit point for ships laden with some 3.3 million barrels of crude — almost 4% of daily global demand.
In a report published last year, the Times reasoned that the West's age-old policy of marginalizing Somalia's endemic poverty is the main reason behind the sudden increase in piracy off Somalia's coast.
Comandos Iranies enviados para arrestar piratas Somalíes.
FUENTE: Blog AL-DARB DIYA
http://al-darb.blogspot.com/2009/11/ira ... omali.html
Es de suponer, viendo lo que pasó con el barco cargado de armas que trincaron los piratas hace poco, que Irán y Yemen estarán interesados en que sus envíos de armas vayan a los combatientes islamistas de Somalia y no a los barcos piratasIranian commandos sent to arrest Somali pirates
A senior commander says Iranian special forces have bee sent to the Gulf of Aden to preserve shipping security and go ahead with a plan to arrest Somali pirates.
The Iranian navy sent a new fleet of warships last week to fight the Somali pirates off the Somalia's coast.
"We are in a struggle to capture pirates in the region," Fars news agency quoted Amir Qaderpanah as saying on Friday.
Qaderpanah says the Iranian commandos, who had been specially trained, were deployed in two places in the Gulf of Aden to carry out the mission.
Iran decided to send more ships to the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian merchant vessels and oil tankers from Somali buccaneers in the volatile waters.
The dispatch would be Iran's fourth, Fariborz Qaderpanah, a senior naval commander said on Wednesday.
He added that the armada would include the Alborz warship and the Bushehr logistics vessel.
The Iranian Navy has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008, when Somali raiders hijacked the Iranian-chartered cargo ship, MV Delight, off the coast of Yemen.
The Gulf of Aden - which links the Indian Ocean with the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea - is an important energy corridor, particularly because Persian Gulf oil is shipped to the West via the Suez Canal.
Posted by: Ammaar ibn Walid



