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Somali Pirates
Navy milbloggers Eagle 1 and Neptunus Lex weigh in. More to follow, I'm sure.
Testing time: How will President Obama respond to piracy?
tigerhawk.blogspot.com — Somali pirates have decided that it is great time to capture an American flagged ship crewed by... our citizens. Naturally, I have a few questions.Why has this not happened before? Why were these pirates not deterred by the prospects of a response from ... (more) Testing time: How will President Obama respond to piracy?
Somali pirates hijack ship; 20 Americans aboard
Somali pirates hijack ship; 20 Americans aboard
news.yahoo.com — NAIROBI, Kenya Somali pirates on Wednesday hijacked a U.S.-flagged cargo ship with 20 American crew members onboard,... hundreds of miles from the nearest U.S. military vessel in some of the most dangerous waters in the world. The 17,000-ton Maersk ... (more) Somali pirates hijack ship; 20 Americans aboard
McCarthy: Pirates Test the Rule of Law
article.nationalreview.com — Civilization is not an evolution of mankind but the imposition of human good on human evil.... (more) McCarthy: Pirates Test the Rule of Law
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