1 hour ago by Derek Catsam

In The Washington Post Peter Fromuth advocates taking a new approach to piracy and abandoning a strategy that he argues has been largely the same for two-thousand years.

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1 hour ago by Anita Dunham-Potter

After reading the passenger accounts of what occurred during the pirate attack on Oceania Cruises' Nautica one really big thing stood out -- some passengers are really stupid! Read on to see just how stupid...

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2 hours ago by Chris Blattman

I started to hijack these fishing boats in 1998. I did not have any special training but was not afraid. For our first captured ship we got $300,000. With the money we bought AK-47s and small speedboats. I don’t know exactly how many ships I have captured since then but I think it is about 60. Somet ...

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2 hours ago by intelligencenews

Paul Salopek appears to be just about the only mainstream American reporter paying attention to America’s secret war in Africa, and specifically in Somalia. In what is in fact America’s most recent war, the US approved and assisted an Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, in late 2006. The operational aim ...

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3 hours ago by breyes

I revisited the Somali piracy story again this week. The attacks are relentless and increasingly daring. In the past few days, several vessels have been attacked and owas hijackjed even though it was sailing as part of convoy guarded by Franch navy vessels. So if you’re a shipowner, what do you do? ...

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3 hours ago by Galrahn

Just the other day I noted we still hadn't heard from China regarding Somali piracy. Well, they have started talking. A Chinese general has called for the country's navy to join the fight against Somali pirates, saying the mission would boost China's international stature and give its sailors valuab ...

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4 hours ago by connectafrica

Somalia is in danger of descending into famine while the world’s attention is focused on the problem of piracy off its coast, the Red Cross has warned. BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says agencies like the International Committee of the Red Cross are very wary about using words like famine. The ICT ...

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4 hours ago by Adwan

Sejak pecah dari Persatuan Mahkamah Islamiyah, kelompok Al-Shahab makin kuat dan berhasil menguasi sejumlah wilayah penting di Somalia, antara lain Kismayo, Merca dan sebagian besar wilayah selatan Somalia. Persatuan Mahkamah Islamiyah memegang kendali pemerintahan di Somalia selama enam bulan sebel ...

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4 hours ago by Jeff Huber

by Jeff Huber It was only a matter of time before Long Bill Kristol and his scurvy dogs of war used piracy as an excuse to goad young Mr. Bush into invading one last country before the door hits him. In the latest gurgitation of the Weekly Standard, Bill suggests that the best thing young Mr. Bush c ...

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5 hours ago by irayeeharcrest

Oh yes, that is not misspelled. Decembre is French for December. I officially welcome the Christmas season since it's already December 4th. December means a lot of things to me so let me lay it down.. December means.. Finals.. wtf.. @!&^T@!&^# Term break.. the lovely christmas vacation..:X shopping. ...

A movie script in the making.. - irayeeharcrest.livejournal.com