PRIORITY -

GLOBAL RESPONSES TO MARITIME THREATS

KEY - UN Security Council extends AMISOM mission, but only until March 7th - will review again then

KEY - 100 Series Rules to give guidance on self defense - authors talk confidently - others still wonder

KEY - Somali pirates flown to Netherlands for trial after firing on Dutch Marines off Somalia last month

KEY - Seychelles judge jails Somalis 18 years - dismisses defense they were just joking around w/ RPG

KEY - France gives 90K Euros to 2 Somalis acquitted in Ponant attack case - but lawyers demand 450K

KEY - Indian coast guard ship hold joint anti-piracy drill with Filipino CG while on goodwill visit

KEY - Japan Vice MoD chief visits Djibouti - discuss SDF using its bases & fighting Somali piracy

KEY - Djibouti Navy hosts exercise Cutlass Express - East African navies train on anti-piracy

KEY - Belgium sends warship to assist in anti-piracy ops off HoA - accompanied by war planes

KEY - Russia & Italy hold regular joint anti-piracy naval exercises in Gulf of Taranto, in Ionian Sea

GULF OF ADEN / NW IOR PIRACY

- Latest from OCEANUSLive - provides more complete reporting about piracy incidents

- 2 Seychelles fishermen, held hostage by Somali pirates for a year, released - $3 million ransom paid

SOMALIA & HORN OF AFRICA

- New cabinet in Mogadishu balances rival clans while vowing to fight Shabaab, corruption & piracy

- Shabaab attacks in Kismayo w/ mortars as ships carrying weapons for AMISOM trying to dock

- US Undersecretary for Political Affairs visits Mogadishu (airport) - new SFG Prez expecting more aid

- al Zawahiri, head of al Qaeda, calls on Shabaab to fight the Crusader invaders, including Kenya & US

- Car bomb in Parliament parking lot kills at least 1 - detonated as group was in session inside building

- Charcoal exports, banned by UN, continue out of Kismayo - even now under occupation by AMISOM

- Kenya's buffer state of Jubaland takes shape - GFS leaders in Mogadishu fume & detain delegation

- Former TFG Premier slammed in Puntland for trying to stir up trouble - no one wants to bend to GFS

- Uganda's (blackmail) threat to leave AMISOM has observers worried chaos in Somalia may ensue

RED SEA, ARABIAN SEA, PERSIAN GULF & INDIAN OCEAN

- Yemeni fisherman organize protest appeal for Eritrean leaders - seek release of 200 men / 900 boats

- Yemen to raise the issue of compensation for Yemeni fishermen from anti-piracy organizations

- Oman provides anti-piracy training course to police officers - Royal Oman Police Academy hosting

- Iranian fighter jets shoot at US drone performing maritime surveillance over Persian Gulf - fail to hit it

REST OF EAST & SOUTH AFRICA

- S. African Navy not to let up on anti-piracy efforts off Mozambique & Tanzania - Somalis still a threat

- Fighting piracy in Africa requires increasing collective maritime domain awareness & intelligence

WEST AFRICA & GULF OF GUINEA

- Nigeria's arrest of oil theft cartel leaders leaves vacuum for opportunistic next gen crooks to move in

- MEND threatens to attack w/ new high tech weapons if Abuja capitulates to Boko Haram but not to it

- Niger Delta lawmakers pass (showy) bill on kidnapping & terrorism - promises terrible punishments

S.E. ASIA & PACIFIC

- Principal suspect in Mekong River murders, as well as 3 out of 5 accomplices, sentenced to death

- China & Japan pursue diplomatic fix to islands dispute - while PRC boycott of Japan goods hurting

- Japan seeks bilateral security alliance to address joint security concerns in SCS - as counter to China

- Australia keen on expanding maritime security cooperation w/ India - IOR to be premier trade region

- Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, formed in 2005, has reduced piracy in Malaysian waters

- Sailors on ship attacked by pirates near Indonesia overpower attackers - capture 6 out of 10 of them

NORTH AFRICA & EUROPE

- Ship overloaded w/ 300 illegal immigrants disappears between Tunis & Lamedusa after distress call

CARIBBEAN & OTHER

- Russian attack sub detected patrolling within 200 miles of US East Coast - near US submarine base

COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS

- The Economist finally reports on drop in Somali piracy - also relays warning not to let guard down

- Stratfor finds Somali piracy costs more to defend against than justified - but gets its numbers wrong

- W/ reports at new low, navies & shipowners want to stand down - but Somali piracy can still rebound

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