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Somali pirates seize UAE weapons ship

2009-11-10 00:00:00

Somali pirates seized a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship loaded with weapons bound for the Horn of Africa, in breach of a UN arms embargo, maritime experts said on Monday. 
Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme told Reuters that the ship, called Al-Mizan, had been hijacked on Sunday and was being held near the northern Somali town of Garacad.

This is the latest embarrassment for the UAE, after a plane bound for China from the Middle East state was stopped in India last month stocked full of embargoed arms bound for Beijing.


Source: http://www.seatradeasia-online.com