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2008-11-20 Africa Horn

Somali pirates take another ship -maritime group

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Posted by Fred 2008-11-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 So why the greatly increased pirate activity in that area? Could it be that jihad income from oil profits, and other sources are down? The AQ, Taliban, Hamas, et al, may be experiencing something more like a depression than a recession. I hope.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-11-20 04:51|| 2008-11-20 04:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Or they're simply doing it because they can. And they can because international order (political and economic) is breaking down.

Posted by lotp 2008-11-20 05:48|| 2008-11-20 05:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Because that's where the tankers are.

Posted by William Sutton 2008-11-20 07:00|| 2008-11-20 07:00|| Front Page Top

#4 If all the ships worth defending are in the port of Eyl, the Russian weapons, Iranian WMD's, $100 million Saudi crude, wouldn't it be easier to just J-Dam the cess pool called Somalia?

Posted by Thealing Borgia 122 2008-11-20 10:22|| 2008-11-20 10:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Got 2 words for Somalia:

Tsar Bomba

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-11-20 12:01|| 2008-11-20 12:01|| Front Page Top

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