Canadian Warship tells Pirates to Get Lost

(Version anglaise seulement)

In the past 24 hours the Canadian warship HMCS Winnipeg.has sent its Sea King helicopter after several skiffs that were shadowing a commercial vessel, using a large red “Stop” sign to tell the speedboat crews to get lost.

Commander Craig Baines said today, Sunday, the suspected pirates did just that when they saw the sign, written in Somali, hanging out to chopper's door – along with the aircraft's machine-gun. A merchant vessel, the PACIFIC OPAL, had earlier radioed for help. Cmdr. Baines added that today the Winnipeg saw more action when it spotted a boatload of Somalis, trying to get from Somalia to Yemen. He said they had been at sea for two days and were hungry and thirsty, so crew from the Winnipeg were able to get supplies to them.

The Winnipeg is currently participating in a NATO-led counter-piracy mission known as Operation Allied Protector. With a crew of approximately 240 officers and non-commissioned members, the warship has been at sea since early February, and won't return to Victoria until August. The security authorities in the coastal governorates of Yemen have reported that about 2,478 Somali refugees reached the Yemeni coasts last March, Interior Ministry said on Sunday. The reports showed that the refuges include 576 women and 167 children.

April 6, 2009

Source: ECOTERRA Intl.

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