Article Source: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/10/illegal-overfishing-return-somalia-pirates-151006111159994.html Durduri, Somalia – A hundred years ago, it was a bustling port that served the vibrant fishing community living along Somalia’s coastline, the longest on mainland Africa. Now, Durduri is a sun-bleached,…
Article Source: http://www.thecrewreport.com/features/22126/is-piracy-still-a-threat%EF%BB%BF WBIED.com comments: although a report almost a year old – we still think it has relevancy. The superyacht industry is often told to ignore worries over piracy in most areas where yachts would…
WBIED.com Editorial Team War always has one common consequence: Refugees or Immigrants as they have become known since the Spring Revolution has spread across North Africa and The Middle East. What was initially seen as…
The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization is beginning to look beyond the IED threat in Afghanistan and consider how it may assist combatant commanders around the globe, a JIEDDO official said last week. The…
“Explosively formed penetrators — a particularly deadly form of roadside bomb — killed 196 American soldiers in Iraq over a five-and-a-half-year period, according to recently declassified Pentagon documents. “ Source: How Many US Troops Were Killed…
WBIED.com Editorial Staff The following video clip shows what is an attempt to break a speed record. The footage was filmed last week as powerboat racer Stuart Hayim was attempting to set a speed record…
WBIED.com Editorial ISIS (Daesh) and all other anti-west organisations depend on fear as a major part of their strategy. ISIS has taken this to new heights with public beheadings (Jihadi John), the destruction of the antiquities in…
Extract from the SMALL VESSEL SECURITY STRATEGY document published by the Department of Homeland Security APRIL 2008 There are numerous examples overseas of the use of small vessels as a waterborne improvised explosive device (WBIED) to attack maritime…