Navy will take captured pirates to Kenya

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Navy will take captured pirates to Kenya
By Tom Maliti - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 26, 2009 14:01:47 EST

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States will hand over any suspected pirates its forces capture off the coast of Somalia to Kenya for trial, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya said Monday.

The United States is leading anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia, where piracy is flourishing off the lawless coast.

The question of where to bring pirates to justice is among the many issues frustrating naval forces struggling to curb rising attacks on merchant vessels off Somalia, where pirates made more 100 attacks on ships last year and took away millions of dollars in ransom.

U.S. Ambassador Michael Ranneberger said it is “a little early to say how (the deal) will be implemented.”

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said Kenya signed a memorandum on the U.S.-Kenya agreement on the pirates because the hijackings had made it riskier for ships coming to Kenya’s main port, Mombasa, which is south of Somalia.


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