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Blackwater Offering to Go After Somali Pirates
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David Osler
Lloyd’s List
October 22, 2008
BLACKWATER Worldwide — the US private military contractor embroiled in controversy over its actions in Iraq — has sent a private sector warship equipped with helicopters to the Gulf of Aden, and is offering its services to shipowners concerned with Somali piracy.
The vessel, McArthur, is described as a multipurpose unit designed to support military and law-enforcement training, peace-keeping and stability operations.
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The ship and its helicopters have the ability to patrol a commercial vessel’s route, thereby avoiding the need to hire security contractors to ride on board.
Blackwater’s move came just hours before the Indian government confirmed that it intends to deploy a warship in the Gulf of Aden to guard its merchant ships from Somali pirates. The Indian ship will join assets from Russia, Malaysia and a multinational western-dominated coalition in the troubled waters.
Blackwater justifies its presence in the area commercially by pointing to the increased bills for shipowners operating in the region, including massive insurance hikes, double-pay danger money for seafarers, and ransom payments where ships are captured.
Blackwater Worldwide executive vice-president Bill Matthews said: “We have been contacted by shipowners who say they need our help in making sure goods get to their destination. The McArthur can help us accomplish that.”
Blackwater has ties to the US State Department, providing security for diplomatic personnel in conflict zones. In September last year, its staff were involved in a shoot-out in Baghdad that left 17 civilians dead, in contentious circumstances.
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October 22nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
This is turning into MGS4 when the world’s biggest armies become Private Military mercinaries. Soon these guys will have a navy and air force.
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
. . . soon these guys will have an airforce.
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Now all we need is for Blackwater to escort a ship through that is carrying dirty bombs headed for Isreal from Iran.
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 pm
This is an upside down story. It is Blackwater and the CIA who are the cause of the chaos and terror in that region just as they have been in Iraq. They create the terror and then offer their services to their victims, disgusting bastards.
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
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October 22nd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
well its about time someone stands up to these pirates..blow them out of the water!!
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
shut up Al
it’s blackwater that needs to be blown out of the water
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I agree Al. These Somalis need capped.
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Blackwater can help protect the stolen oil from Iraq,weapons,drugs and other black projects for corporations,in the future send them to the towns of all the idiots who love blackwater,let them greet blackwater waving their flags made in China.
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Apparently the somali pirates hijacked this ship in retaliation of the foreign corporate and military ships who have been using the somali coastal waters as a dump. The fish is dead due to the radioactive and toxic waste that has been dumped there for years. This was made very clear after the tsunami a few years ago where barrels with hazarous waste was washed up on the somali shore and broken open.
They want someone to pay.
October 22nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
They probably want to show the Somalis what real piracy is–Knights of Malta style.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:12 pm
“Somali pirates have accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and are demanding an $8m ransom for the return of a Ukranian ship they captured, saying the money will go towards cleaning up the waste.
The ransom demand is a means of “reacting to the toxic waste that has been continually dumped on the shores of our country for nearly 20 years”, Januna Ali Jama, a spokesman for the pirates, based in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, said.”Allegations of the dumping of toxic waste, as well as illegal fishing, have circulated since the early 1990s.
But evidence of such practices literally appeared on the beaches of northern Somalia when the tsunami of 2004 hit the country.”
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUrJdf4PbEk
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Blackwater would go after their own mothers.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:52 pm
HERE IS AN IDEA: You can’t march on Washington DC because if you did you would have one single target for the government to hit all at once. So I propose that on December 31 ( New Years Eve ) that the American people take back there government at the state level. We the people march on and take over the capetal building in every single state all on the same day at the same time. That would take care of the army because they cant fight us all at the same time in every state. We would just have to worry about the state government. Not to mention it would be a world wide event that they couldn’t hide on the back page. So we bust down the door for visual effect, we occupy the capitol building for a period of 3, 5, 7 days what ever. The point is we shut them down on the state level for a few days. You don’t want to really have a long stand off because you want the people to stay on your side and the people that work for the state still need a pay check at the end of the week. And we’r e just making a point. That we the people have had it and in stops RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. BUT, if the government moves on it’s people in any state and I mean any state. Meaning that if they try to get us out using any kind of force at all, guns, tear gas, microwave cannon, whatever, then we burn it down all of them captil buildings in every state all at the same time. Now of course this plan needs a lot of fine tuning. but we have two months to make this happen. Hell, for all I know there might not be enough people pissed off yet. But it’s the only idea that I can think of. So if you think that this plan could work then e-mail me at http://www.umpquaoutlaw@hotmail.com . And for all you jerk offs out there that want to criticize me over this why don’t you tell me what your plan is instead of just bitching about it. I would really like to here what it is. Maybe your idea is better. Frankly the idea of doing this scares the hell out of me because I know what this government is capable of. If the response is good then I can have a web page up and running by next Monday. THE NEXT STEP IS YOURS. GOOD LUCK………P.S. if you don’t here from me it’s because they got to me.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
everyone is quick to say pirates are bad and wants a piece of them but what the fuck about what they are fighting for? they want their environment clean because it has been raped for a decade by greedy politicians and corporations who sold out their own people and their own land to fill their pockets with money. blackwater, the military, other countries and the corporations, none of them give a shit about the fuckin truth, they just want it to be “business as usual” and to continue poisoning these people and their land.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
and i cant stand the somalians but they will rip blackwater a new arse and you all know it them sand moneys are tough little bastards right from there youngest days
go somalia
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
yea ,let me know how that goes over there dean.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I agree with lol #17… No one is looking at their side of the story.
We here in the United States are on the same boat… we too are being screwed over by the corporations and sold out by our politicians. Too bad there are only a handful that have the balls to do something like this here.
And F@#K Blackwater… who made them the world police? They will be the ones doing the dirty work here on OUR HOMELAND claiming to be good samaritans!
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:54 pm
will they their boat fly the bear claw or the jolly rodger?
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Patriots offering to go after blackwater.
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:28 pm
These Somali pirates are 1. Ballsy as heck. 2. Fighting Asymmetrically (Fuk Yah!) 3. Morally Justified. If someone went up to your cabin and dumped toxic waste in your stocked pond, you would demand satisfaction. I can’t blame them one bit.
What should be done is an environmental assessment, a thorough criminal investigation, a few trials on the scale of Nuremberg, an extremely large victim compensation fund, environmental cleanup including removal of all containers and rehabilitation of aquatic life, international aid in the form of sustainable agriculture development, infrastructure development, and international peacekeepers from Muslim and non-Muslim nations in a coalition to bring some stability and hope into the region.
Somalia is the inner city of the world. Just like the inner city can be rehabilitated with investment, social programs, and encouragement, so could Somalia. Granted it would take time, but it would be totally feasible.
But then again, I guess it would be easier just to drive in there in Blackwater Humvees and machine gun them down intersection by intersection, I mean it worked in Iraq, right?
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:09 pm
fuck Blackwater. if they want a war so bad why don’t WE THE PEOPLE give them one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ogz1nMM2U4
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Here’s a surprise, this ship is owned by an Israeli businessman and the ship was reported to be carrying weapons on board when the somali’s overtook this ship.
This report should tell you just how much power and money Blackwater has to be sending a private warship to rescue the Israeli owned ship. If this ship was owned by any other country, Blackwater would not be getting involved.
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:53 pm
We met the Shadow Government, now it’s the Shadow Military.Next the Shadow Police………And the Shadow Shackles followed by big Shadow quarantines full of sick people . Just like the Black Plague,Tuberculosis,the list goes on.And the New G.I.Joe movie is going to be complete PR BULL**** Propaganda Too Alex. They will probably Bring out another Starship Troopers Movie to help the Recruiters.BTW People the Bullets Obama wants to Ban are anything that can break those New toys for crowd control.Yet this guy has a company that Murdered that many Civilians and MORE.We worry about Poor Arabs with an AK 47 and this guy has Gunships.Obama wants to CONTINUE INFRINGING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.Any bullet that can go through Bodyarmor……..?When the Soldiers far Outgun the Militia and he country’s People then you have a problem.They are building Deathray guns……. But Beware your 30.08 is a threat……. They try to build and deply Mindcontrol devices….? OK they stepped over the line when the came out with the Tazer after MACE was 1st Abused. What if terrorists got ahold of those Microwave trucks and used them on US?BTW RADIATION causes Sterility in large enough doses. So the 1st person here to get zapped Time for a class action Lawsuit.Let’s criminalize THEM in the courts. No riots If one place riots They will broadcast thier civic exterminaion.Look at the fiscal damage from the Last war in Little Iraq.Look at the Social damages too.If Isreal attacks Iran or we do then all nations involved are going to get HitStart brushing up on colonial survival techniques and skills.This web, and all the toys will either go dead or be without a sustainible source of power.Think “Escape from NewYork”.
October 22nd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
hey #26 dont forget DJ Shadow……
maybe instead of all you dumb fuck americans spending your time on this website moaning…. you could get off your fat arses and do something.
or are you expecting someone else to fix this mess as well. seems like a way of life in america.
You all sat back and watched YOUR military fuck every other country for the past 100 years and did nothing.
ITS YOUR TURN NOW.
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
#26……
Were you trying to type .30-06 or .308? I wasn’t aware of the .30-08 caliber. lol
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:23 pm
We the ppl are the 1’s paying BLACKWATER for their services through the BLACK BUDGET or did you forget about that??They are the real enemies and every other agency with 3 initials to represent it!!!
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
to MNBoy
We the people SHOULDN’T start a “war” with blackwater because they’re all ex-special forces with their own warships and would whoop our asses in any type of combat situation. The best way to get rid of blackwater is by political means, not physical.
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:42 pm
# 30 ….. You are 100% Right !
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Look ‘ere, mate. T’aint gonna be like it were In Iraq . There’ll be no barrel shootin the innocent this time. These aint no reglar sailors on the Somali ships. Thats why we be called pirates…. savvy?
I’m willing ta offer ye a deal. Take yer spoiled, incompetent, crewmates shoreward in the dingy, and never come back. We keep yer ship o ‘course.
I really am looking forward to seeing blackwater getting a taste of real combat for once. Perhaps they’ll at least get to understand what its like to have someone actually shoot back at you.
@ mroctoberfest
You honestly believe these career criminals can be elected out of office? You honestly think they will just pack up and leave, after all they’ve done to get their hands on nearly unlimited political power?
I guess not. After all, moles don’t dig, snakes don’t bite, fish don’t swim etc…
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:59 am
I do not think the united states government is going to let black water go to Somali and fight when the Russians have a war ship already over there looking at whats going on .
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:40 am
they will have no chance against the somalians. Somalians solve there problems by the age of 4 through guns, and guns only. It is a way of life, far removed from anything the rest of the world has ever experienced. Killing people is as common to them as squashing a bug; no big thing. Anyone who has been trained to kill later in life is no match for their ruthlessness.
They don’t reason, not even close. This will be interesting.
In Somalia, the saying goes: There isn’t an argument, disagreement or situation that guns haven’t solved in Somalia. This includes accidentally touching someone in a grocery line; BANG, your dead; next customer please.
Young girls in their primitive schools, as young as six, are known to carve the faces of other young girls who might wear similar clothing etc. It is simply hell on earth over there. There is no way to prepare for what one might face.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:47 am
#32 you are 100% correct! I Just read your post after my previous one. I would bet the house on the Somlians. The worst place in America looks like heaven to anything in somalia. There is no way to prepare for it.
These articles imply that pirates are lightweights. Huh! It’s best to walk away. They get shot at for a living, on the way to school, work, etc.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
BlackHawk Down or Blackwater Down (not a bad idea)……
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Hmmm…here’s hoping some pissed off Russian on the Neustrashimy lobs an anti-ship cruise missile up their ass.
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
A private warship??? Isn’t that the true definition of a REAL PIRATE SHIP?? The Somali’s are fighting to rid their waters of illegal nuclear waste dumped there and illegal fishing in their territorial waters. So what is the REAL reason Blackwater has a warship??
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Now we shall see buttwater get their asses handed to them like they should have back in Iraq.Chopper?Pfft! Ever hear of an RPG?Bye bye birdie, seriously the most impressive thing man has done is the lie that states his enemy is agressing with (insert tactic) and doing EXACTLY what they claim said force is doing!
History has shown that brute force against the downtrodden will not work for ever! Our time shall come very soon, perhaps its time to dust off the guillotines?
October 24th, 2008 at 9:32 am
I agree that there presence there is very suspicious not to mention the way that “company” is run. However comments about having a missile shot at them are not very useful at all. I disagree with ALL violence against ANYONE. Dont forget some of the guys who work for Blackwater are blissfully unaware of what they are really doing, they consider it a job and are doing it to provide for there blissfully unaware families so lets have no more talk of killing them yes?
November 9th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
The Royal Navy were told not to arrest them in case once aboard a British vessel, they claimed asylum under the Human Rights Act.
I know, You just couldn’t make it up.
December 7th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The U.S. Navy says pirates who seized a Saudi-owned oil supertanker are taking the ship to a Somali port where hijacked vessels are often held. Navy spokesman Lt. Nathan Christensen of the U.S. 5th Fleet says
December 13th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Nairobi, Nov 19 (DPA) A Greek ship has become the third vessel seized by Somali pirates since they took control of a Saudi supertanker over the weekend in their most daring raid yet, a maritime official said Wednesday.Andrew Mwangura of the