Postby oldenglish » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:31 am
LaasqorayNET has discovered that the hijacked American own tugboat was ferrying a toxic waste which is in the hands of the local Pirates in East of historical City of Laasqoray on the Coast of Sanaag region, North East of Somalia.
Local elders have confirmed to LaasqorayNET that they have themselves visited the location of the hijacked tugboat while on negotiating the release of the boat and so suspicious tank that looked like chemical waste containers.
Also, Elders have confirmed to us that the Italians offered quick money and without publicity in return of their release.
On the other hand, one of the abductees has told the media that they were not part of the wider network of Somali Pirates but local fisher men who were defending their coastal area and they were willing to hand over the seamen to UN body after UN investigates.
The Sanaag pirates are also holding another 2 Egyptian owned fishing trawlers that were fishing illegally in Sanaag waters on the red sea coast.
Egypt and Italy are yet to talk about these 3 ships and that raises more questions about the intention of the hijacked vessels.
It has been well documented that foreign countries had been dumping chemical and nuclear waste in Somali coastal areas in many years and that effected many locals with unknown diseases.
Last year, locals reported that many people in the areas around the northeastern towns of Laasqoray and Durduri, on the Red Sea coast, are suffering from far higher than normal cases of respiratory infections, mouth ulcers and bleeding, abdominal haemorrhages and unusual skin infections
In 2005, an UN report suggested that the current situation along the Somali coastline poses a very serious environmental hazard not only in Somalia but also in the eastern Africa sub-region.
Few international media reported the toxic dump in Somalia’s coastal area and late last year Aljazeera reported well publicized article on the toxic waste in Somalia.
