news.bbc.co.uk - 11/20/2008
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Members of al-Shabab at a training camp outside Mogadishu (4 November 2008)
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 11/20/2008
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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com —
The Indian navy is taking on Somali pirates
. The classic image of pirates is terribly, terribly...
romantic. The reality is less compelling, as William Langewiesche outlined in a terrrific Atlantic piece that is, for some unknown ...
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Pirates!
wwwwbipicomlink.blogspot.com - 11/23/2008
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wwwwbipicomlink.blogspot.com —
Somali pirates have been accused of forming what
is described as an "unholy high seas alliance" with...
some of the country's Islamist insurgents (AL-SHABAAB Terrorists who run a website in the USA). Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor says certain insurgents are using pirates to smuggle ...
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BBC NEWS..Pirates 'working with Islamists' Al-Shabaab ...
pajamasmedia.com - 11/19/2008
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pajamasmedia.com —
PIRATES, PIRATES EVERYWHERE: Is one of them named
Ragnar Danneskjold? Doubtful. It’s certainly exposing the way the...
current legal system renders governments powerless against barbarians. There are traditional remedies for this problem. ...
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PIRATES, PIRATES EVERYWHERE: Is one of them named Ragnar ...
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Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/19/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... Pirates ‘Working With Islamists’ Somali pirates have been accused of forming what is described as an “unholy high seas alliance” with some of the country’s Islamist insurgents. Jane’s Terrorism and Security Monitor says certain insurgents are using pirates to smuggle weapons and supplies and help provide bases in return. The London-based newsletter says pirates are also training Somali hardliners in naval tactics. The links are traced to 2007, after Ethiopian forces invaded Somalia. ...
Somali jihadists reaping benefits of piracy
Jihad Watch —
... , but the increasingly brazen attacks on increasingly high-value targets are. "Pirates 'working with Islamists'," by Martin Plaut for BBC News, November 19: ...
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