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theaustralian.news.com.au - 12/5/2008

Warship rescues pirates, sinks their ship

— 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

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news.yahoo.com - 12/2/2008

Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt - Yahoo! News

— news.yahoo.com — Islamist leader calls on pirates to free ships AFP/US Navy/File US Navy image of Somali pirates who seized the Ukrainian cargo ship MV Faina in October 2008. Somalia's (more) Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt - ...

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foreignpolicy.com - 12/3/2008

Europe vs. the Pirates

— foreignpolicy.com — 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 ... (more) Europe vs. the Pirates

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Daily Pundit — My Way News - Somali pirates hijack ship, British guards escape NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with dozens of Indian crew members Friday and a helicopter rescued three British security guards who had jumped into the sea, officials said. These “security guards” were “unarmed.”

Civilization Clashes With Barbarism
DownWithTyranny! — ... The Somali Muslims who have made piracy their country's #1 foreign currency earner this year don't wrap their bloodthirsty savageness in pious religionist statements. They're honest enough to admit they're just... pirates. ...

Sunday morning links, with snow
Maggie's Farm — ... bounty is assumed always to be there, as if it emerges naturally from the soil, available for us to "redistribute" as we wish. About that famous old "Message to Garcia" In Phil Gramm's defense. Dust My Broom It's the culture, stupid. Culture, race, and the aboriginal industry The Krugman recipe for Depression. Amity Schlaes Conservatism needs to get sexy again. And how. They call this "security"? (Maybe they think "full auto" means a car full of Somali ...

Sunday morning links
Maggie's Farm — ... bounty is assumed always to be there, as if it emerges naturally from the soil, available for us to "redistribute" as we wish. About that famous old "Message to Garcia" In Phil Gramm's defense. Dust My Broom It's the culture, stupid. Culture, race, and the aboriginal industry The Krugman recipe for Depression. Amity Schlaes Conservatism needs to get sexy again. And how. They call this "security"? (Maybe they think "full auto" means a car full of Somali ...

All at sea
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] Another day, another act of Somali piracy. What's wrong with this picture ? NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with dozens of Indian crew members Friday and a helicopter rescued three British security guards who had jumped into the sea, officials said... Still on board were 25 Indian and two Bangladeshi crew members, said diplomats who could not be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media. The British security guards escaped by jumping into the water, said a news release issued by their company, Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions. ...

No Wonder These Somali Pirates Are So Successful
Say Anything — ... NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with dozens of Indian crew members Friday and a helicopter rescued three British security guards who had jumped into the sea, officials said… ...