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Viewpoint: Somali Piracy Is Back – Fueled by Political Turmoil, Aid Cuts and Iran War
On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It was steered towards an anchorage near the port of Garacad in Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in …
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According to Insurance Journal’s source item, Viewpoint: Somali Piracy Is Back – Fueled by Political Turmoil, Aid Cuts and Iran War, On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It was steered towards an anchorage near the port of Garacad in Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in …
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