lawhawk.blogspot.com - 12/2/2008
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The pirates continue to act as though they own the seas. They continue to attack shipping, including a US cruise ship, the M/S Nautica, which was sailing on a 32-day cruise with destinations in Asia, Africa and Europe.The liner, carrying 656 international passengers and 399 crew members, was ...
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?
foxnews.com - 12/4/2008
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foxnews.com —
Thursday, December 04, 2008 By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Dozens
of young Somali men in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area...
have disappeared in recent months, causing community members and U.S. intelligence officials to fear that they are joining jihadist ...
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Jihad Recruiting Effort May Explain Missing Somalis in ...
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The Pirate Challenge
PoliGazette —
In response to continuing pirate attacks off the lawless coast of Somalia, “lawhawk” proffers a military solution:
Blockade the Somali coast and allow the navies of the world to destroy any pirate ships that attempt to cross it. At the same time, those same navies should continue to move towards the ports where the pirates operate from and conduct operations to destroy the boats used. Eliminate the means for the pirates to operate, and the piracy will end.
But leaving aside lawhawk’s surprisingly un-legalistic ...
Pirates Attack U.S. Cruise Ship
The Jawa Report —
December 02, 2008 Pirates Attack U.S. Cruise Ship Somali pirates attacked a U.S. cruise ship today , fired at it with small arms, but the cruise ship outran the pirates' speed boats. No one was injured. It's no coincidence that the rise in piracy off of Somalia's coast coincides precisely with gains by al Qaeda's Somalian affiliate, the al Shabaab Mujahideen Youth Movement, over territory. By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at December 2, 2008 12:07 PM | | l ...
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Why is an unescorted cruise ship anywhere near Somalia? In the news : A luxury cruise ship carrying passengers between Rome and Singapore came under attack from Somali pirates as it sailed between Somalia and Yemen on Sunday. The Nautica, an Oceania cruise ship, was carrying 690 American, ...
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