The Nairobi, Kenya news claims the M/V Faina had incorrect information on their registration documents. This might have just been an oversight, or maybe not.
"The pirates got the ship owner's contacts from the pilot as the registered office in official documents in the ship had wrong details.
"The ship manager is registered as Tomex in Panama and the contacts given are fake. The ship owner is registered as Waterlux Ag in Panama and has already been contacted and is cooperating with the pirates," said the source."
This news report is claiming there are 4 dead onboard the ship. However, the pirates are still denying any death except the Captain, who apparently died of a heart attack.
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The Kenyan military is not ordered the Ukrainian arms
The government and the armed forces of Kenya suddenly made resonant statement, reported the Euro-Atlantic cooperation, that the military cargo seized by pirates «Faina» is not intended for their country.
The U.S. has already demanded a formal explanation of Kiev, in whose hands really should have hit the Ukrainian weapons. Why Kenyan leadership has otkrestilos of our tanks, was whether the seizure «Faina» accident and that will tell about this «Ukrspetsexport»?
Rumors that the Ukrainian side to a dry cargo ship «Faina» in the military port of Nikolayev «Oktyabrsky» tanks were loaded with old-fashioned, have not been confirmed. The exception is unless the testimony of one of the pirates, who in a telephone conversation confirmed that the technology really is not new.
However, Adviser to the Govern
ment of Kenya Alfred Mutua clarified the situation. According to him, preparing a response to a request from the U.S. State Department, Kenyan leadership «previously had a few things clarified about the cargo« Faina », identifying a number of unknown points on the modalities for the implementation of this ill-fated deal». In particular, Mr. Mutua said, that in the «Faina» officially been loaded 33 refurbished T-72M1 and T-72M1K (ie not the old iron, and adapted for the modern battlefield vehicles. - Notes. Avt.). In addition, the vessel is listed more than 1000 tons of small arms, 150 grenade launchers «RPG-7», six anti-aircraft installations «ZU-23», the six systems of salvo fire «City», air defense system Missile-launchers, missiles, ammunition and other weapons.
Alfred Mutua explained that previously the Government of Kenya has agreed to accept Ukraine goods that weapons do not fall into the hands of pirates (alternative transit point. - Notes. Avt.). But the leadership of the Kenyan Department of Defense has recommended the Government to immediately abandon this затеи, referring to the fact that «Kenya is unacceptable for such a delivery, because the country does not yet have a procedure for import of arms from Ukraine».
Moreover, the defense department of Kenya said that the military never conducted training exercises with the use of Soviet tanks and other weapons, which is on the board «Faina». «These are the weapons in its characteristics incompatible with the technique, which is in the arsenals of Kenya», - quoted the Department of Defense to address the Government of Kenya, Alfred Mutua. «Without a doubt, become apparent that this is the Ukrainian arms are intended for transmission of the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement and Army (Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement and Army. - Notes. Avt.), As has already been proven a fact confirmed by video that the three deliveries of the types of tanks and other weaponry Southern Sudan, which had been made earlier, should have been done and now », - summed up the Kenyan government adviser. Thus, the leadership of Kenya actually otkrestilos of his previous statements and positions of official Kiev, that the goods «Faina» was their country.
In that Ukrainian weapons actually was intended for the People's Liberation Movement, no doubt, and the current government of Southern Sudan in the face of the official in Khartoum. This same view is shared by President P. Kagame of Rwanda. In his view, if «Faina» was to deliver tanks to Kenya, its armed forces would provide reliable protection vessel in the approach to its own territorial waters and did not allow pirates seize ship with so important for the Kenyan armed forces of the load. «In this case, the conduct of military Kenya if not adequate, it is very suspicious. After all, they did not once proved to be brave and experienced soldiers during peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone, Yugoslavia, Eritrea, Darfur, Chad, Congo. Where did he go to the combat experience in the case of a Ukrainian vessel «Faina»? »- Asked the President of Rwanda.
In turn, the belief that Ukraine intends to sell weapons of Southern Sudan, officially announced and adviser 5 th Nathan Christensen U.S. Navy. His statement was strongly perepoloshilo Washington, with the result that U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for African Zhenday Fraser demanded that Ukraine and Kenya, official information about the real addressees of military cargo «Faina».
However, in view of recent statements, the attitude of the Kenyan military leadership has become in the end is known. It not only ordered the Ukrainian weapons for themselves, but even opposed to the tanks came to the country.If so, you can make a guess who gave the «laying» Somali pirates in our bulk carrier. It is now left to wait a bit to see what this time the defenses put forward by the leaders of the DPP «Ukrspetsexport», the General Directorate MAIs Intelligence, Foreign Intelligence Service and Counterintelligence Security Service.
Rostyslav DEMCHUK
Agency For Euro-Atlantic Cooperation(AEAC)
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