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Dealing With Somali Piracy
outsidethebeltway.com - 4/13/2009
Dealing With Somali Piracy
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Although Maersk Alabama captain Richard Phillips has been freed by the U. S. Navy from the Somali pirates who’d held him captive for several days and the issue of piracy off the coast of Somalia has caught the attention of the American people, the matter is far from over. There will be ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 4/13/2009
Want to Prevent Piracy? Privatize the Ocean
— corner.nationalreview.com — Following the freeing of American ship captain Richard Phillips from a band of Somali pirates Sunday, commentators have turned their attention to what can be done to control and prevent future piracy. The solutions suggested so far are what you might ... (more) Want to Prevent Piracy? Privatize the Ocean

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Somali Pirate Standoff Ended With Just Three Shots
abcnews.go.com - 4/12/2009
Somali Pirate Standoff Ended With Just Three Shots
— abcnews.go.com — The light wasn't good, the murky darkness of night just starting to lift. The sea was rolling, making the targets move around as well as giving the shooters an unsteady platform. A miss could be disastrous. But the trio of Navy Seals who had been ... (more) Somali Pirate Standoff Ended With Just Three Shots

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newsbusters.org - 4/13/2009
Leftwing Blogosphere Picks Up Al-Jazeera Theme: Somali Pirates Are Misunderstood Ecologists
— newsbusters.org — Amid the widespread relief that the captain of the Maersk Alabama, Richard Phillips, was freed from the Somali pirates, there is a growing feeling among the left that those pirates are "misunderstood." The idea of those pirates as really ... (more) Leftwing Blogosphere Picks Up Al-Jazeera Theme: Somali ...

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What Do We Do About the Somali Pirates?
The Glittering Eye — ... As usual I’m doing my foreign policy blogging over at Outside the Beltway. This morning I’ve posted a little musing about how to deal with piracy off the coast of Somalia. ...

Creating Varangians
Newshoggers.com — ... Dave Schuler at Outside the Beltway has put together a fairly comprehensive link fest on a variety of takes on Somali piracy and Western policy responses that range from the unthinking and counter-productive shock and awe Viagra to interesting responses.  I want to focus on just a couple that he pulled up as I think they support the chart from the US Navy Institute. ...

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Airport attacked as Rep. Payne visits Somalia — CNN.com - Politics 4/13/2009
The airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, came under attack Monday as a U.S. congressman visited the city, a journalist in Somalia reported.
Report: U.S. politician targeted in Somalia? — msnbc.com: Politics 4/13/2009
Mortars were fired toward an airport in Somalia's capital Monday as a plane carrying U.S. congressman Donald Payne took off, a witness said.
Rep. Payne lands safely in Kenya — First Read 4/13/2009
From NBC's Kelly O'Donnell and Mark MurrayThe day after the daring rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, Reuters reported this disturbing news: "Somali insurgents fired mortars toward U.S. congressman Donald Payne as he left Somalia on ...
Mortar shells fired at US congressman in Somalia (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 4/13/2009
AFP - US congressman Donald Payne came under mortar fire Monday as he was leaving in a plane from Mogadishu airport, but no one was injured in the attack, an African Union official told AFP.