boston.com - 3/16/2009
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Somali pirates continue their attacks against international ships in and around the Gulf of Aden, despite the deterrent of stepped-up international naval escorts and patrols - and the increased failure rate of their attacks. Under agreements with Somalia, the U.N, and each other, ships ...
foxnews.com - 3/20/2009
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foxnews.com —
Thursday, March 19, 2009 By Mike Levine Many
of the Somali-American men who were recruited to join
an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group overseas have returned to the United States, according to a source familiar with an FBI investigation into the ...
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Source: 'Several' Missing Somali-Americans Back in U.S. ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 3/11/2009
longwarjournal.org - 3/17/2009
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longwarjournal.org —
A Swedish citizen released by the government last
year is currently a senior leader of a Somali
Islamist terror alliance currently fighting against the newly formed government. Swedish police arrested three Swedish citizens in February 2008 on ...
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Swedish citizen senior leader of Somali terror alliance
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The Pirates of Somalia: A Photo Essay
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... The Boston Globe has assembled a spectacular photo essay of the chaos afloat off the shores of Somalia, where pirates have stepped up attacks on commercial shipping in the last year. Enjoy it for yourself here. ...
The Happiest Pirate Hijacking You’ve Ever Seen
Say Anything —
... Apropos of nothing, doesn’t everyone in this picture of Somali pirates and their Ukranian captives look entirely too…happy? ...
Pirates of Somalia
Neptunus Lex —
The photo issue.
I’m not seeing Johnny Depp anywhere in there.
Pirate "Consultants" Track Ships From London
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... You wouldn't know it from the pictures of scrawny, hungry-looking men chasing after mammoth commercial ships in faded-white speedboats with outboard motors, but Somali pirates operate what experts believe to be a ...
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