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attention attention old crew old crew
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Delta this is an audio recording of a
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hooti attack in the bab El mandb straet
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vessel Harmony this is Coalition on over
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the straight is a narrow passageway
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leading into the Red Sea nearly 100
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attacks have been recorded since
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November 2023 on this critical route at
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least two vessels have been sunk and
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four seaf far is
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killed I rush to the bridge I go fast
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everybody was scared everybody was
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screaming like drone drone missile
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missile drone drone missile missile I
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was scared I sat
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down I literally like on my knees it was
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horrible the armed attacks in the waters
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have forced shipping companies to
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respond the effect on on on on the on
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the on the seafarers is is horic because
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they are seafarers they're not
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soldiers about 80 to almost 90% of the
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goods that we consume whether it's fuel
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or it's hard Goods or automobiles are
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shipped around the world on a vessel
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as many as 1 million people work on the
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high seas as
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seafarers so why is violence still on
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the rise on the high
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seas there has been according to the
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World Bank more than $400 million us
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paid in Ransom uh for getting hijacked
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vessel back from Pirate the ongoing wave
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of violence directed at Sailors in the
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Red Sea began in November
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23 the hotis behind the attacks are
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members of an Iran alligned group that
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controls much of Yemen they claim the
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attacks are an expression of solidarity
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with the suffering of Palestinians in
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the hooes have deployed sophisticated
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drones as well as ballistic missiles and
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are considered a terrorist group by many
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countries including the
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US in November 2023 houti militants
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launched this helicopter attack on a
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commercial vessel it led to the
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highjacking of the ship with 25 crew
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members taken hostage they are still
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held over the next month international
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shipping companies including MK said
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they would suspend transits through the
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Sea on March 6 2024 the attacks turned
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deadly when a Barbados flagged bul
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hit despite rescue efforts by the Indian
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Navy three crew members were killed
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houti militants later claimed
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responsibility for the
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strikes since then the scale of
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aggression has only escalated
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further in June 2024 houti deployed
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boats packed with explosives to take out
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the tutor a Greek owned vessel one
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Filipino sailor was killed in the
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attack footage circulating on social
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media shows armed guards s unable to do
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more than watch as attackers
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approach the violence has prompted
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foreign Nations led by the US to send in
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convoys today shipping companies are
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attempting to mitigate Red Sea risks by
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sailing around the Cape of Good Hope off
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southern Africa but the detour drives up
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the price of goods and delays
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shipments it also increases the
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likelihood of ships sailing into other
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Troubled Waters off the coast Co of
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Somalia and East
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Africa economically it's it's a it's a
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nightmare but at the same time the U the
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the folks especially around the Gulf of
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Guinea around Nigeria um and and those
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areas um the the pacy incidents are
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likely to increase far more than they
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presently are at the moment um that's
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piracy uh for economic reasons not
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political to better understand the risks
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facing Sailors on the high seas
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it is important to also look at Maritime
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geography where you have wealth you you
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tend to attract crimes the hotti attacks
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in the Middle East supposedly motivated
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by political grievances are in some ways
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an exception from broader
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Trends Maritime threats exist not just
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in the Middle East but also in several
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other critical areas around the world
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including in East Asia we tend to forget
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that geography is still extremely
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important driven by poverty and economic
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opportunism Pirates tend to Target
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Maritime passageways that are hard for
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operators to sail
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around that's because the vessels have
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few other options if they hope to avoid
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extreme delays or unreasonable
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costs in the world there are seven uh
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important Maritime chck Point area very
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narrow when the global trade is passing
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in Asia two of the most prominent choke
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points are the straight of malaka and
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the Singapore
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straight the economies around soueast
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Asia they are thriving but their pockets
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underdevelopment or undevelopment for
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example which give rise to the root
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piracy the attacks here have been
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brought under some degree of control
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because of increased cooperation among
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navies and coast guards of the countries
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for ordering the affected
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areas shipping companies also carefully
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monitor other choke points in case
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emerge one such area in Asia is the
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South China Sea as much as 20% of the
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world's Maritime shipping passes through
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these Waters and the trade it carries is
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crucial to many of the economic
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powerhouses in East Asia much of it is
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also disputed
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territory trying to to assert their
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sovereignty China the Philippines
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Malaysia and Vietnam have occupied
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islands and shols in the South China SE
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over the past six
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decades for now the impact of the
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disputes has been felt primarily by
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vessels the resurgent threat of piracy
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also has global Shipping operators
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increasing their Reliance on a once
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controversial
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tool private security guards they are
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often exmilitary and carry weapons as
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they are deployed on civilian or
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commercial shiing
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vessels when armed private security
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guards started to be sent to Sea in the
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early 2000s the prac some
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eyebrows today it is commonplace and
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even extends to the deployment of
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floating armories at Sea technically
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what is a floating Armory uh it's just a
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that is mostly docked at high sea and
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it's used to avoid the restriction on
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carry firearms on board when commercial
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vessel approach National Water meaning
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that when this vessel cross
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international water there is a
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possibility to carry weapon and security
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guard on board moving them from a
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floating Armory on board to the vessel
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there are no reliable figures on the
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number of deaths that happen annually at
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Sea although more than 100 states have
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now ratified a maritime convention that
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aims to improve
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transparency according to Lloyd's list
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the number of incidents resulting in
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deaths at Sea is rising with an average
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of 35 events per year between 2013 and
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2017 the total number of deaths is even
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higher with over 200 recorded in
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2022 the numbers likely under represent
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figures why this we innocent seller are
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T targeting why you don't know anything
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but why we are targeting
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