
Jawari, his deputy and the rest are all Norwegian nationals.
Only Allah could save our waters.
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A federal judge may have to rule how far Somalia's territorial waters extend to determine whether the U.S. has the jurisdiction to prosecute three Somalis with the murders of four Americans aboard their pirated yacht.
Defense attorneys for the men contend that Somalia's territorial waters extend 200 nautical miles from shore based on its domestic legislation. Prosecutors contend Somalia's territorial waters only extend 12 miles from shore based on an international treaty it has signed.
The discrepancy is important because court filings say the Americans were shot and killed about 40 nautical miles from Somalia in 2011. Prosecutors have said they would seek the death penalty if the men are convicted of murder.
"The United States Constitution does not expressly grant Congress the enumerated power to punish foreign nationals for murder or firearms offenses occurring in the territorial sea of Somalia," defense attorneys wrote in a filing last month seeking dismissal of murder and several other charges for lack of jurisdiction.
The owners of the yacht, Jean and Scott Adam of Marina del Rey, Calif., along with friends Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay of Seattle, were the first Americans to be killed in a wave of pirate attacks off the coast of east Africa despite an international flotilla of warships that regularly patrol the area.
The USS Sterett had been attempting to move between the hijacked yacht and the Somali coast when shots rang out aboard the Quest, fatally wounding the hostages being held for ransom.
In a filing Wednesday, prosecutors wrote that when Somalia adopted the Law of the Sea treaty in 1989, it agreed to change its territorial claims to 12 nautical miles
Siyad barre 1989 Agreement on 12 NM has nothing to do whit America wanting to delimit our waters.. American prosecutors took this as a an important evidance to convict somali murder suspects for killing 3 americans. prosecutors presented existing original UN document from 1989 signed former Somali goverment on Agreement 12NM .JamalAddow wrote:Always you and your American tabloids. War ninyahow didn't I tell you that America wants to delimit our waters.
Anyways none of that matters cuz we've still got our Law no. 37, we wont secede 1-inch of 200nm of our waters, n Hassan Sheikh will be impeached.