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2011-05-25 Africa Horn

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Posted by tu3031 2011-05-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 interesting

but really the only solution that would have worked best and cheapest was arming and supporting Dr Farole of Puntland who was trustworthy and willing to help

The UN didn't want to recognise him because they want to maintain the fiction of a unified Somalia which is actually 3 countries. Puntland, Somaliland and the completely dysfunctional ex-italian South Central region (containing mogadishu and al shabaab)

the relatively functional north wants nothing to do with the south

Posted by anon1 2011-05-25 10:29|| 2011-05-25 10:29|| Front Page Top

#2 dr farole has locked up hundreds of organised criminals linked with piracy in the last four years. But he has not much to do it with.

Annual budget for 2008 was $15 million and anybody who has been to Africa can tell you the US$ does not go very far there. food, items are expensive even compared to the West.

If they just gave Dr Farole some much needed support, piracy would shrivel up and go away.

you need order on the land to control piracy, and you need it in puntland as that is where most of the attacks come from

Posted by anon1 2011-05-25 10:33|| 2011-05-25 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 A report issued by the UN last month reported average annual pirate earnings of US$80,000. The only way to get them to give that up is to kill them. And deport any smalli who supports pirate warlords.

Posted by Slick Poodle6047 2011-05-25 16:13|| 2011-05-25 16:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Until we totally destroy such places as Haradhare and Eyl, the piracy situation won't substantially diminish. We need to turn those two tiny villages into slagged stones and barren waste, even worse than it is now. Let whomever wishes to wage war against us (and piracy is a form of warfare) that the repercussions will be swift and devastating, otherwise we'll spend the rest of our lives in war. Unfortunately, we have far too many idiots in both Congress and the bureaucracy that have no understanding of history, and no sense of people or perspective.

Posted by Old Patriot 2011-05-25 17:46|| 2011-05-25 17:46|| Front Page Top

#5 PIRACY IS WARFARE.
This bears repeating.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-25 18:32|| 2011-05-25 18:32|| Front Page Top

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