csmonitor.com - 11/19/2008
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An Indian warship sank a Somali pirate 'mother ship.' At least 91 ships have been hijacked this year off the coast of Somalia.
timesonline.co.uk - 11/18/2008
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timesonline.co.uk —
THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands
on the high seas, has been told by the...
Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights. Warships patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off Somalia, have been ...
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Pirates can claim UK asylum
forbes.com - 11/19/2008
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forbes.com —
Somali pirates don't scare easily. Last month, they
hijacked a Ukrainian merchant vessel loaded with tanks, heavy...
weapons and ammunition, and still haven't relinquished control of the freighter to the American and Russian navy ships that have besieged ...
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Somali Pirates At Sea
informationdissemination.blogspot.com - 11/25/2008
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informationdissemination.blogspot.com —
Two of my favorite writers, Robert Farley and
Thomas Barnett , have weighed in on Somali piracy,...
and while I agree with every point made by both, I disagree with both writers regarding how to manage the issue of Somali piracy. It isn't that I ...
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Are Pirates the Problem, or the Solution?
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Pirates!
Megan McArdle —
... 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 ...
A multi-lateral opportunity for Obama
Betsy's Page —
... that we need a multi-lateral force with a central command to police the waters and chase down these pirates. Right now the U.S. has been patrolling the waters, but needs help. You would think that these sorts of attacks against merchant shipping is something that all nations can agree that they need to put down. They can ignore the need for true multi-lateral efforts to fight the Taliban and terrorists in Afghanistan, but attacks on merchant shipping are attacks on nation's lifeblood. India has recently taken some strong action against the pirates in those waters. An Indian ...
India Emerges As Global Naval Power
PoliGazette —
... With the threat posed to global trade by priates growing in both scope and audacity, India’s navy has stepped up to the plate at the forefront of the global response. While the traditional European great powers fret about the human rights of the priates and the Americans lament the supposed impracticality of military solution, an Indian warship engaged and sank a pirate “mothership”. ...
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This Is How To Deal With the Piracy Threat —
A Blog For All
Harsh language hasn't worked. The legal system is ill prepared to deal with it. The UN is worthless.
Military force, however, does work. The Indian Navy destroyed a mother ship used by the pirates to strike out at shipping around the Horn of Africa. The skirmish took place Tuesday evening about ...
Indians Beat Pirates in Slugfest —
Drudge Retort
An Indian navy warship in the Gulf of Aden has destroyed a ship belonging to pirates operating off the coast of Somalia. INS Tabar sank a pirate "mother ship" after it failed to stop for investigation and opened fire instead, the military said.
Indians Sink the Pirate Mother Ship —
JammieWearingFool
Just when a report yesterday was indicating how everyone was powerless to stop a rag-tag bunch of Somali pirtaes from hijacking ships, the Indians step up and blammo(!), down goes the mothership.An Indian navy warship has sunk a Somali pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden, the world's most ...
Pirate Mania: Now An Iranian Ship Gets Hijacked —
JammieWearingFool
For those keeping score at home, I think this is the 37th ship jacked today. Seriously, these folks might want to do their best to avoid that neighborhood.The U.S. Navy says a cargo ship has been hijacked off the Somalia coast—the latest in a series of attacks by pirates operating out of the ...
Pirates and Somali Port —
Armies of Liberation
Bad stuff people. ACJ
Pirates seize ship; two attacks foiled
Turkish maritime officials said pirates commandeered a Turkish chemical tanker with 14 Turkish personnel aboard Wednesday off the coast of Yemen. The Karagol, bound for India, was carrying 4,500 tons of unspecified chemicals. On ...
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