For some time there has been a debate over whether or not there is a connection between Somali pirates and the militant group known as al Shabaab, which has connections with al Qaeda. A news article carried by Reuters, cites John Steed, the principal military adviser to the U.N. special […]
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) issued a brief advisory on 19 November that states analysis linking an attack on the Japanese crude oil tanker MV M. Star on 28 July to the Abdullah Azzam Brigade is valid. A report by William Maclean and Jonathan Saul, entitled “Analysis: […]