Subscribe to RSS feedIncrease in piracy incidents off Iraq
IRAQ has witnessed a spate of piracy incidents involving international merchant shipping for the first time since 2007, in what security experts believe may be an escalation of previously under-reported attacks on dhows and fishing vessels.
Two cases have been confirmed by the London offices of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), the worldwide anti-piracy watchdog, which said that it had information direct from the owners involved.
There are unconfirmed reports of a further half a...
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