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| Africa Horn |
| The Scourge of Somalia's Seas |
| 2008-08-25 |
| Yarrrrr! Newsweek blames Bush, mateys. Washington's terror fixation has been a boon for the region's pirates--and is leading to another famine. The last radio message sent by the Stella Maris--a 54,000-metric-ton Japanese freighter plying the Gulf of Aden--was chilling: "Pirates onboard." After that transmission, on July 20, the ship went silent. A French warship patrolling nearby was sent to help. But before it could arrive, pirates sent the Stella Maris, its crew of 20 Filipinos and its cargo of zinc and lead ore steaming toward Somalia's lawless shores. |
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