美海军警告船只避行索马里沿海 (US Navy Warns Ships To Avoid Somali Coast)

美国海军警告有关船只避免前往索马里沿海地区，在此之前那里发生了一系列海盗袭击事件。

设在巴林的美国海事联络办公室说，美国领导的反恐联军的船只仍然在这一海域活动，然而这些船只不能监护通过索马里东部沿海的每一艘船。这个办公室敦促商船要与索马里海岸线保持至少200海里的距离。

今年以来海盗在这一地区袭击了至少8艘船。星期六，海盗试图劫持一艘为联合国粮食计划署向索马里运送食品的船只，但是没有得手。联合国呼吁国际社会采取行动，制止索马里沿海猖獗的海盗行动，并表示海盗袭击对索马里继续运送援助物资构成威胁。

The U.S. Navy is warning ships to stay away from the coast of Somalia after a series of pirate attacks there.

The U.S. Maritime Liaison Office in Bahrain says that, although ships belonging to U.S.-led anti-terror coalition are operating in the area, they cannot monitor every ship that passes the east coast of Somalia. The office is urging merchant ships to stay at least 200 nautical miles off Somalia.

Pirates have attacked at least eight ships in the area this year. On Saturday, pirates tried but failed to hijack a boat carrying food to Somalia for the United Nations World Food Program. The United Nations is calling for international action against the rampant piracy off Somalia's coast, saying it threatens further aid deliveries to the country.