msnbc.msn.com - 12/15/2008
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The Indian navy captured 23 pirates who threatened a merchant vessel Saturday in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden, where dozens of ships have come under attack by gunmen in recent months.
fe3.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com - 12/14/2008
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NEW DELHI The Indian navy captured 23 pirates
who threatened a merchant vessel Saturday in the lawless...
waters of the Gulf of Aden , where dozens of ships have come under attack by gunmen in recent months. An Indian navy ship, the INS Mysore , was ...
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Indian navy captures 23 pirates in Gulf of Aden - Yahoo! ...
prospect.org - 12/20/2008
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prospect.org —
Two years ago the United States intervened in
East African politics in a way that has been...
responsible for the deaths of untold thousands of people, has created the pirate problem, and is breeding a new generation of anti-American jihadists.
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How Bush Failed Somalia
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Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/14/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... Indian Navy Captures 23 Pirates in the Gulf of Aden NEW DELHI — The Indian navy captured 23 pirates who threatened a merchant vessel in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden and a German naval helicopter thwarted another attack Saturday on a freighter being chased by speedboats off Yemen. The successes came days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to ask the United Nations to authorize “all necessary measures” against increasingly bold Somalian pirates operating in one of the world’s busiest ...
Danger at Sea: When Pirates Become Islamists
Pajamas Media —
... with two million barrels of crude oil on board — are being held. If the pirates come under the al-Shabaab sway, they will likely shift from wanting booty to wanting blood. This is the way of the jihadist’s sword. On Tuesday, the United Nations is holding a meeting on piracy. A draft resolution has been circulating among members, one which proposes to allow countries to chase pirates onto Somali soil. But the commander of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, told the Associated Press this was a bad idea because civilian casualties “cannot be overestimated.” ...
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Pissed Off China Sends Warships To Deter Somali Pirates
patdollard.com 12/18/2008 —
Fox News: BEIJING — One day after a Chinese cargo ship’s crew used Molotov cocktails and water hoses to fight off an attempted pirate hijacking off the coast of Somalia, the Chinese navy announced it would send warships to the Gulf of Aden in their first major mission outside the ...
Pirates Tell Their Stories —
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
NAIROBI, Kenya -- There's at least one job these days that's recession-proof, if you can handle shark-infested seas, outrun some of the world's most powerful navies and keep your cool when your hostages get antsy.
A pirate's life in Somalia isn't for everyone. However, nothing comes easily ...
Chinese Sailors Thwart Somalia Pirate Attack —
The Jawa Report
Surprise suckers, you lose. MOGADISHU: Chinese sailors backed up by international navies fought off Somali pirates trying to hijack their ship on Wednesday, as the UN authorized land operations against the increasingly bold bandits on land. The dramatic high-seas encounter...
International Talk Like A Pirate Day —
Jules Crittenden
The UN Security Council enacts an authorization to whack Somalia pirates in Somalia. AFP. The Pentagon raises concerns about "practical challenges." Like telling who is a pirate and who isn't.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Navy is interested in getting in the game.
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