Sunday, January 08, 2006

Terror threat: Energy infrastructure

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Houston-Galveston area Pilot map Houston Ship Channel Houston Ship Channel industries An analyis of the terrorist threat to the energy indus...

Feeding Somalia: First pirates, now a food shortage

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Two million Somalis at risk of starvation because of a combination of piracy and a food shortage as reported here : WFP Somalia, he said, ha...
Saturday, January 07, 2006

A salute to a hero

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Way back in my law school student days, we studied the Calley/My Lai case in Criminal Law and I cited Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson's ac...

What next? A return to "defeat that looks like victory?"

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Sometimes the head just spins. Rep. Murtha, distinguished veteran, strikes again as set out here : Murtha said, "A year ago, I said we ...
Friday, January 06, 2006

Latest ONI World Wide Threat to Shipping (to 4 Jan 06)

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For the latest Office of Naval Intelligence World Wide Threat to Shipping report go here and click on the date. Highlights: 1. GULF OF ADE...

Horn of Africa news: Somalia offshore oil?

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Reported here : According to Thomas O'Connor, principal petroleum engineer for the World Bank, who headed a three-year study of the oil ...

First time: Asian agreement on combating piracy and armed robbery at sea

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India will join Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos Peoples Democratic Republic, Malaysia,...
Thursday, January 05, 2006

Somali pirates "worst in the world"

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I guess if they take pride in being Number 1, then the pirates of Somalia are full of themselves today after the BBC says: "Somali pira...
Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Public transport conference in Japan

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Japan is hosting a international conference on public transportation security as noted here : Fourteen countries and four international orga...

Indonesian soldier arrested for piracy in the Malacca Strait

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Reported here : An active duty Army soldier has been arrested for piracy in the busy Strait of Malacca, in another blow to the already tarni...

Pork and Navy Beans

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An editorial that lays out the debate over multi-billion dollar destroyers in a new era here : "America will always need a strong navy ...
Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Latest ICC Commercial Crime Services Weekly Piracy Report (to 2 Jan 06)

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For the latest ICC CCS piracy report, click here . Highlight: 02.01.2006 at 0733 UTC in position 13:48N - 049:48E, Gulf of Aden. Three speed...
Monday, January 02, 2006

Nigeria cracks down on oil thieves

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Nigeria loses lots of oil (30,000 barrels a day -see here ) to oil thieves and is attempting to put a stop to it as reported here : Security...

Ukraine ups port security level

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Could be Russia trouble or something else as set out here : On Dec. 29 Ukrainian maritime authorities in Odessa set the port's Maritime...
Sunday, January 01, 2006

Happy New Year!

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Photo source Best wishes for a wonderful 2006! Pyrotechnic display in Leyte Gulf, Philippines, in celebration of the end of World War II, 15...
Saturday, December 31, 2005

Ouch!

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This probably should hurt:
Friday, December 30, 2005

Surprise, surprise: Spy agency runs covert operations

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What next? Firemen use water to put out fires? Read the all-too-obvious silliness concerning the use of covert operations by the CIA to trac...

Somali troubles as seen by the UN

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The UN RelieWeb site posts this "special report" on the problems being caused by the pirates of the Somali coast: Over one millio...
Thursday, December 29, 2005

Training Iraqi Logisticians

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Want to ease the exit from Iraq? Then help train the logisticians, as reported here : It doesn't matter how many troops you have or how ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Nigerian Chief of Naval Staff worries about pirates and crude oil thieves

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Noted here : The menace of pirates, crude oil thieves and sea robbers in the oil producing, area of Niger Delta were the major issues discu...