Did Pirates Hijack Iranian Nuke Ship?

Mystery surrounds an Iranian ship whose contents have killed more than a few of the pirates who hijacked it on August 21st in the Gulf of Aden.

Although the cargo of the MV Iran Dayanant is listed as various minerals and industrial products, the US Government says the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) - a state-owned company run by the Iranian military - covertly ships weapons to Islamic groups warring in the region. Iranian military aid to Islamic insurgents in the Somalian War is well documented. A 2006 UN report states that weapons were transferred to Somalia through Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which also absorbed a contingent of 700 Islamist fighters from Somalia during Hezbollah’s war with Israel. The report also states that Iran provided support for Islamist training camps inside Somalia and had sent two emissaries to negotiate with the ICU for access to Somalia’s uranium mines.

The ship was sailing from Nanjing, China with a load of 42,500 tons of iron ore and “industrial products” headed for a German client in Rotterdam. Its arrival in the Gulf of Aden, Somali officials say, was suspiciously early. Officials believe the ship was carrying weapons to Eritrea for Islamist insurgents.

Within days of the ship being hijacked, the 50 pirates aboard began developing unusual health conditions, losing hair, and developing skin burns. A number of the pirates have also mysteriously died since boarding the ship since it was docked offshore of Eyl, in northeastern Somalia.

Negotiations between the pirates and the autonomous region of Puntland’s Minister of Minerals and Oil Hassan Allore Osman revealed little about what actually is inside the ship that’s killing the pirates, who are unable to inspect the cargo containers because they do not have “access codes”. Osman got the run-around from the ship’s captain and crew, who first said the ship was carrying “crude oil” and then “minerals”. “That ship is unusual,” Osman said. “It is not carrying a normal shipment.”

Sources close to Andrew Mwangura, Director of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Program, “say it contains chemicals, dangerous chemicals.” IRISL has flatly denied the ship is carrying a “dangerous consignment” and has threatened to sue Mwangura.

Negotiations between ISRL and the pirates fell apart after sanctions were levied against the company on September 10. The Iranian press claims the US offered $7 million to the pirates to “receive entry permission and search the vessel,” something Pentagon officials, the Department of State, and Somali officials have refused to coment on.

The MV Iran Dayanant currently sits moored offshore in Somali waters and inaccessible for inspection.

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Well, these pirates are getting out of hand. I wish the (*)(*)(*)(*)ed AU would get of their backsides. My country have allready offerd to send our navy there to patrol the waters, but the AU is yet to make a decision.

Now they have Russian tanks.

Well bloody done

AH

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Mysterious Cargo Aboard Iranian Ship Seized by Pirates Raises WMD Concerns
September 30, 2008
By Joseph Abrams/FOX News


File: The cargo ship MV Iran Deyanat, that was taken by Somali pirates last month.

As Somali pirates brazenly maintain their standoff with American warships off the coast of Africa, the cargo aboard one Iranian ship they commandeered is raising concerns that it may contain materials that can be used for chemical or biological weapons.

Some local officials suspect that instead of finding riches, the pirates encountered deadly chemical agents aboard the Iranian vessel.

On Aug. 21, the pirates, armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades, stole onto the decks of the merchant vessel Iran Deyanat.

They ransacked the ship and searched the containers. But in the days following the hijacking, a number of them fell ill and died, suffering skin burns and hair loss, according to reports.

The pirates were sickened because of their contact with the seized cargo, according to Hassan Osman, the Somali minister of Minerals and Oil, who met with the pirates to facilitate negotiations.

"That ship is unusual," Osman told the Long War Journal, an online news source that covers the War on Terror. "It is not carrying a normal shipment."

The pirates reportedly were in talks to sell the ship back to Iran, but the deal fell through when the pirates were poisoned by the cargo, according to Andrew Mwangura, director of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Program.

"Yes, some of them have died," he told the Long War Journal. "Our sources say [the ship] contains chemicals, dangerous chemicals."

Iran has called the allegations a "sheer lie," and said that the ship "had no dangerous consignment on board," according to Iranian news source Press TV. Iran says the merchant vessel was shipping iron ore from a port in China to Amsterdam.

The ship's contents are still unclear, but the reported deaths and skin abrasions have raised concerns that it could be more than meets the eye..."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,430681,00.html

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It seems the pirates hijacked a wrong ship. It is good.

Why would the US pay them a fee to board? How about sending a group of SEALS in, snuffing their lives out,and boarding the ship to conduct inspections?

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