Ships sent to war ' hijacked '

21 April 2011, last updated 05: 51 -ET, between those of the ship is believed to be a variant of the 41 crew members, two cargo ships suspected of involvement in the airport, the pirates in the Arabian Sea, officials say.

The South Korean military is racing towards the scene, where 75,000 tonnes of the Hanjin Tianjin lost contact after sending distress call.

The Italian ship Rosalia D'Amato has confirmed has been seized approximately 650 km (400 miles) off the coast of Oman.

Piracy in the region of markkinalähtöisemmässä in spite of the efforts of the multinational forces Patrolling.

It hit a high of 142 attacks a day, seven days a week with the 2011 for the first three months of the different parts of the world, the International Maritime Organization, the Office said in a report this month.

Lost contact

Hanjin Tianjin sends emergency message at 0500 on Thursday of the Korean time (2015 GMT Wednesday), when it had about 400 km (250 miles) East of the Yemeni island of Socotra, said Seoul is based on the Hanjin Shipping statement.

The ship was carrying a crew of 14 South Koreans and six Indonesian and was reportedly en route to Singapore from Europe.

Government officials said they believed it had been hijacked.

South Korean Choi Young destroyer that is part of the international fleet to try to police the maritime transport sector, sent the officials said.

Rosalia D'Amato-the Italian cargo ship, as well as about the same size as the Hanjin Tianjin-has confirmed has been seized.

Carlo Miccio Perseveranza Napoli-base company that operates the vessel, said he had spoken to the rank of Captain, who was told to him, including 21-six Italians-the crew of the agencies were "Okay," relatively speaking.

"He tried to give me more information but the pirates to understand what he was doing and they cut the line," he told AFP news agency.

Mr. Miccio said, monitoring equipment showed that was en route from Brazil to Iran with a cargo ship, soya-bean, was "almost in the same place".

Sudden ransom had not yet, he said.

The mother ship, which has attacked

The International Convention on the law of the sea forces was Christopher pirates, many based in lawless Somalia.

Witnesses and the Pirates of Somalia near the city of Hobyo has told AFP the attack on a suspected pirate "mother ship" off the coast.

At least four people died and six, was seriously wounded in the attack, which took place around 1900 local time (1700 GMT) on Wednesday, they said.

The pirate and the rights group said the Agency was used in the assault helicopters.

The pirate had said, the boat used to ferry supplies to the hijacked vessel in the vicinity.

 

Iran ships pass through the Suez, Israel says provocation (Reuters)

ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters)-two Iranian naval ships passed through Egypt's Suez Canal in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, heading for Syria, says a source at the Canal Authority, a Move Israel condemned as a "provocation".

Iran seems to test the State of affairs in the Middle East after the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak case. A long-standing peace agreement with Egypt is crucial for Isræls regional security.

Washington said the surveillance ships ' movement.

Ships entered the Canal kl. 11.45 (10: 45 p.m. EST Monday) Tuesday and transferred to the Mediterranean 3-d. 19.30 (8: 30 a.m. EST), Suez Canal Authority source told Reuters. "Their return is expected to be on March 3," says the source.

Suez Canal cuts through Egypt and allows transit can pass from the Middle East to Europe and vice versa without having to go around the southern tip of Africa.

The channel's northern mouth, Port Said, is about 100 km (60 km) from Israel, but the ships route would take them in the Mediterranean along the Gaza and the isrælske coast. Vessels, the first Iranian naval ships to enter the channel since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, is a frigate and a supply ship.

Israel is concerned about political upheaval in Egypt and other Arab States aligned with its allies, the United States. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously said he would take a "serious view" of the passage of Iranian warships.

Isrælske Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon told Isræls channel 2 tv Tuesday: "it is an Iranian provocation. When you look at the Middle East, no matter how Iranians are weighed up, the situation is not good. "

He added: "it probably does not bode well, but these two ships is not an immediate threat to us".

Isrælske media has quoted unnamed officials say the Navy as Iranian vessels would be tracked, but not confronted.

US State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said: "We have a United States for a long time supported freedom of navigation, so the decision to allow them to transit the Canal is a decision between Iran and Egypt."

"Of course, we have concern about Iran's behavior in the region, we will be watching carefully," he said.

"GLOBAL ARROGANCE"

Iran's second in command of the army, Abdolrahim Mousavi, was quoted as saying by the official Irna news agency Tuesday for saying that Israel was "surprised" by the presence of Iranian naval vessels in the channel.

Using a concept which Iran refers to the United States, he added: "the global arrogance must know that the Islamic Republic of Iran's army is fully prepared to defend its objectives.

"The world should know that the presence of Iranian warships in Suez has taken place ... deep through the guidance of the Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) and our young and brave study personnel's self-confidence."

A recently completed Isrælie war game, only then Exit Egypt's Mubarak, the Presidency concluded that would increase the military preparations but try to avoid confrontation unless it sees a greater threat from Iran.

Separately, Israel announced Tuesday that its arrow II missile shield had aced his latest live trial, shooting a target missile from a u.s. military base on the California coast.

Isrælie defence official Arieh Herzog said the test selected the upgrade "to contend with new and additional threats" in the Middle East.

"Arrow can intercept all weapons array against it in the region, including those who may come from Iran," Herzog told journalists.

Egypt's ruling military Council, is facing his first diplomatic headache since taking power on February 11, approved the Iranian vessels passing through the channel, a crucial global trade route and major source of income for the Egyptian authorities.

The decision was difficult for Egypt's interim Government. Cairo is an ally of the United States, while its relations with Iran have been strained in more than three decades.

Analysts say Iran sees itself enjoys upheaval in the entire Middle East. Hjemstavnsfordrivelse and weakening of leaders sympathetic to the United States is likely to embolden Tehran, and reduce the chances of the concessions on its nuclear program. Iran denies it intends to build nuclear weapons.