[BITList] Indian Navy repulses pirate attack on Indian merchant vessel

[John Feltham]

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Dear All,

The following, unattributed, news report has just been posted on another
mailing list of which I am a member.
 >
 >14:18 IST
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 >ON 11 NOV 08, AN ATTACK BY PIRATES ON AN INDIAN SHIP MV JAG ARNAV IN  
THE
 >GULF OF ADEN WAS REPULSED BY AN INDIAN NAVAL WARSHIP PATROLLING IN  
THE AREA.
 >THIS ATTACK ON MV JAG ARNAV TOOK PLACE AT ABOUT 1030 H ON THE  
MORNING OF 11
 >NOV 08, WHEN THE SHIP WAS 60 NM EAST OF ADEN. THE ALARM RAISED BY THE
 >MERCHANT SHIP WAS MONITORED BY AN INDIAN NAVAL SHIP PATROLLING IN THE
 >VICINITY.
 >
 >AN ARMED HELICOPTER WITH MARINE COMMANDOES WAS LAUNCHED FROM THE  
NAVAL SHIP
 >TO INTERVENE AND PREVENT THE PIRATES FROM BOARDING AND HIJACKING THE
 >MERCHANT VESSEL. THIS TIMELY AND SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTION LED TO THE  
PIRATES
 >ABORTING THEIR ATTEMPT. THE NAVAL SHIP THEREAFTER CLOSED THE INDIAN  
MERCHANT
 >SHIP TO ESCORT HER TO SAFETY.
 >
 >MV JAG ARNAV, A 38,265 TONNES BULK CARRIER IS OWNED BY THE GREAT  
EASTERN
 >SHIPPING CO LTD. THE SHIP HAD TRANSITED THE SUEZ CANAL A FEW DAYS  
AGO AND
 >WAS EASTWARD BOUND IN THE GULF OF ADEN WHEN SHE CAME UNDER ATTACK  
FROM THE
 >PIRATES.
 >
 >THE INDIAN NAVY HAS BEEN CONDUCTING ANTI PIRACY PATROLS IN THE GULF  
OF ADEN
 >SINCE 23 OCT 08 AS A SIZEABLE PORTION OF OUR COUNTRY'S TRADE FLOWS  
THROUGH
 >THE GULF OF ADEN AND THERE HAS BEEN A QUANTUM INCREASE IN THE NUMBER  
OF
 >PIRACY ATTACKS IN THIS REGION OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. THESE  
PATROLS ARE
 >CARRIED OUT IN COORDINATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING AND ARE  
INTENDED
 >TO PROTECT INDIAN MERCHANT VESSELS FROM BEING ATTACKED BY PIRATES  
AND ALSO
 >TO INSTILL CONFIDENCE IN OUR LARGE SEAFARING COMMUNITY.
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