foreignpolicy.com - 12/3/2008
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J ust as the Barbary pirates hamstrung European monarchs in the early 19th century, their Somali counterparts are proving maddeningly difficult to defeat today. This is a thorny problem, and an intriguing new European initiative may well fail to bring the pirates to heel. Yet it just might bring ...
apnews.myway.com - 11/28/2008
theaustralian.news.com.au - 12/5/2008
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theaustralian.news.com.au —
A DANISH anti-piracy warship has rescued seven suspected
pirates whose boat had broken down in the Gulf...
of Aden and then sank their heavily-armed vessel. Danish soldiers seized several anti-tank rockets and AK-47 assault rifles from the pirate ship, ...
(more)
Warship rescues pirates, sinks their ship
news.yahoo.com - 12/2/2008
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The EU and the Pirates...
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Yoav Gortzak and I have a piece on piracy and the European Union up at Foreign Policy.
Pirates of the Arabian XI
The Reality-Based Community —
... to fight the Somali pirates: the United States, India, Russia, Malaysia and (now under the NATO and/or EU flags - I'm confused) France, Britain, Greece, and Germany, plus Italian planes. Why has this high-tech armada failed to deal with a handful of low-rent thugs armed with Kalashnikovs and RPGs? The problem isn't firepower: it's command and control, and rules of engagement. The warships aren't even allowed to board suspected pirates . NATO has finally asked the UN Security Council to clarify this. My suggestions: 1. Set up a single ad hoc naval task force with a proper ...
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