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2010-01-17 Africa Horn

Piracy attacks tripled in 2009

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Posted by 2010-01-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Maybe everybody else is waiting for the US to attack the problem?

Posted by Tom--Pa 2010-01-17 10:02|| 2010-01-17 10:02|| Front Page Top

#2 One R/T from Diego Garcia to Hobyo or Eyl with BUFFS would readjust their idle screws and get them sailing straight.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-01-17 13:13|| 2010-01-17 13:13|| Front Page Top

#3 So much for the kinder gentler approach. The first front in this war is to hold the legal community to the fire for obstructing and irrational behaviors in face of reality till they cry uncle. Piracy is ipso facto plain evidence the it is not a civilized world and that civilized law does not work in ending it. We all know what the solution is because its been done before.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-01-17 16:47|| 2010-01-17 16:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Actually, a few things need to happen:

1. Jack up maritime insurance rates for ships transiting the area and to-from certain ports, to the point of pain. The risk is putting oil prices out of whack and perhaps damage some economies, but it will put pressure on certain nations.

2. Start tracing and dismantling the criminal network. I've often stated that this type of piracy goes far beyond Somalia; it's organized crime.

3. A complete blockade of Somalia. Board and inspect all ships entering or leaving ports or transiting Somali waters. Force down and inspect all aircraft entering Somali airspace.

4. Set up convoys, assign areas to specific navies, establish a unified joint anti-piracy command and intel-coordination center, etc.

Posted by Pappy 2010-01-17 19:05|| 2010-01-17 19:05|| Front Page Top

#5 I've often stated that this type of piracy goes far beyond Somalia; it's organized crime

...which may well be the world's largest economic sector now. Chalk it up to a) globalization and b) the retreat from democracy and transparency over the last 15 years or so that has brought us a raft of thuggish bandit states like Venezuela, Russia, Ukraine, Argentina etc

Posted by lex 2010-01-17 19:12|| 2010-01-17 19:12|| Front Page Top

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