Esiqeshini sanamuhla se-"Pirates," i-Navy enamandla kunawo wonke emhlabeni isalokhu ibambene ngezihluthu nabaphangi basolwandle abane esikebheni esincane phakathi ne-Indian Ocean. Okusongela kakhulu ukuphepha kwezwe lase-US yilaba baphangi basolwandle kangangokuthi i-Grand Puba yezempi, u-Gen. David Petraeus manje uqhuba umsebenzi wokuhlenga isithunjwa saseMelika, u-Richard Phillips. Futhi ukuze anqobe lezi zigebengu ezimbi, u-Petraeus uphendukela kumngane wakhe ozinzile… umkhankaso wezempi wakudala.
Ngasohlangothini lwase-US, kubukeka kanjena: Umkhumbi wempi, i-USS Bainbridge, usendaweni yesigameko futhi "Iziqinisekiso Zemikhumbi YaseMelika" zisendleleni uPetraeus ethi ubize "eminye imikhumbi yempi." I-guided-missile frigate USS Halyburton (cha, lokhu akulona ihlaya) kuyinto kubikiwe phakathi kwemikhumbi ethumela endaweni. "Ithimba le-FBI lokutakula abathumbi, lizilolonge endaweni indlela enesineke"ikhona futhi, kuyilapho indiza egada i-Boeing indiza phezulu. "Sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi sinawo wonke amandla angase adingeke ezinsukwini ezizayo," kusho uPetraeus. Ngokujulile, ubani odinga usizo U-anyanini? Ngokusho kwe- Associated Press, "UMongameli u-Barack Obama uthola izibuyekezo njalo ngalesi simo [futhi] Ummeli Omkhulu wase-US u-Eric Holder uthe i-United States izothatha noma yiziphi izinyathelo ezidingekayo ukuze kuvikelwe izintshisekelo zemikhumbi yase-US kubaphangi bemikhumbi."
Ngasohlangothini lwabaphangi, kubukeka kanjena: Izigebengu ezine ezihlomile ezisesikebheni sokuhlenga esinophethiloli omncane. Banezinsuku ezingaba yishumi zokudla namanzi. O, futhi banocingo lwesathelayithi.
Kodwa itulo liyaqina. Ngenkathi i-US Navy iphuthuma ekuqinisweni kwayo (kubonakala sengathi kuwubuwula ngempela ukubhala lokhu), kubukeka sengathi izigebengu zasolwandle zingangena. isipele ezabo:
Isakhamuzi saseSomalia esizinze e-Eyl esifundeni saseNorthern Puntland eSomalia sicashunwe yi-Associated Press sithi imikhumbi emibili yabaphangi basolwandle isuke e-Eyl ngoLwesithathu ntambama. Uthe ingxenye yesithathu - umkhumbi wezimpahla waseJalimane u-Hansa Stavanger - uhambe ngomkhumbi usuka e-Xarardheere, cishe amakhilomitha angama-230 eningizimu ngasogwini lwaseSomalia, kanti owesine - umkhumbi wokudoba waseTaiwan oshaqwe ngoMsombuluko obuqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-30 kuphela esikebheni - nawo ubusendleleni. . Lo mlisa uthe bebengu-52 abathumbi abebegibele emikhunjini entanta bebheke endaweni yesigameko.
Esinye isigebengu saseSomalia esaxoxwa yi-AP kuchazwe kungani bethumela iziqinisekiso ukusiza abaphangi basolwandle abane abaphethe uPhillips:
"Babesicelile ukuthi siqiniswe, futhi sesithumele inqwaba yozakwethu abebehlome kahle, abebephethe umkhumbi wezimpahla waseJalimane," kusho umgulukudu ocele ukuthi kusetshenziswe igama laso kuphela, uBadow, ukumvikela. ukuziphindiselela.
“Asizimisele ukulimaza ukaputeni, ukuze sithemba ukuthi ozakwethu ngeke bahlukumezeke inqobo nje uma besambamba,” kusho uBadow.
“Esikudingayo, okokuqala, indlela ephephile yokubalekela ukaputeni, bese (kuxoxisana) ngesihlengo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi,” engeza.
Kukhona nemibiko yokuthi umthumbi, uRichard Phillips, ukaputeni weMaersk Alabama, umkhumbi obunefulegi lase-US okasonkontileka wePentagon, uzame Ukuphunyuka kodwa yabuye yabanjwa ngokushesha. "Abakwa-Alabama bahambe ngomkhumbi ngoLwesine, kusho umzila wemikhumbi waseMaersk, kanti kunethimba leNavy SEALs elihlomile, ngokusho kwesikhulu saseMelika esicele ukungadalulwa ngenxa yokuzwela kwesimo," ngokusho ku-AP.
Ngenkathi uPetraeus eqhuba umkhankaso wakhe wokulwa nabaphangi basolwandle, abanye bangase bazibuze ukuthi kuzodlula isikhathi esingakanani ngaphambi kokuthi aphakamise ukuthi kudalwe uMkhandlu Wokuvuka Kwamasosha Asolwandle, lapho i-US ingakhokhela abaphangi basolwandle ukuthi bangahlaseli imikhumbi yaseMelika. Lokho kusebenze cishe imizuzu engama-20 e-Iraq.
Okwamanje, I-New York Times wagijima a Ucezu, isihloko saso mhlawumbe esiwukubukelwa phansi kwalo mdlalo: "Ukuma ngezigebengu zaseSomalia kukhombisa imikhawulo emandleni ase-US." Igrafu evulayo iyifingqa kahle yonke le nto: "Ukungaboni ngaso linye koLwandlekazi i-Indian phakathi kombhubhisi we-US Navy yase-US kanye nezigebengu ezine eziqhuma esikebheni esinophethiloli ophansi kubonise imikhawulo ebhekene nebutho lezempi elinamandla kakhulu emhlabeni."
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