Story strikes me as ridiculous, and one wonders why after all these months, Somalia makes the news.
This smells to me of more of justifying AmeriKan policing and patrolling of the world than "pirates."
Aaaaaarrrrghhh!
"US targets pirates off Somalia" by Edward Harris/Associated Press November 1, 2007
NAIROBI, Kenya - The US military has stepped up activities in the pirate-infested waters off Somalia, going to the aid of hijacked cargo ships twice this week. American medics treated wounded North Korean sailors on one vessel, and the Navy was tracking another after destroying two pirate skiffs lashed to it.
Were the Koreans moving nuclear material to Somalia?
So the "Al-CIA-Duh" could get some?
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Somalia's waters, on the eastern rim of the Horn of Africa, are among the most pirate-infested anywhere, with more than two dozen ship hijackings this year.
Boats carrying pirates frequently cast off from Somalia's long, arrowhead-shaped shoreline, heading to busy shipping lanes to take over container ships and seize their cargo and crew.
The US military acted on tips and distress calls to help two cargo ships hijacked since Sunday, including the North Korean vessel whose 22-member crew fought off the pirates in a bloody battle. At least one pirate died and three North Koreans were wounded.
US sailors boarded the Dai Hong Dan on Tuesday at its invitation to treat the injured.
Pirates? In the 21st-Century? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!
US military officials said long-standing tradition on the high seas dictates help for any sailor in distress, regardless of their nationality or their vessel's home port.
"It really comes down to a fundamental issue: We're responsible mariners and we help all sorts of people. We help people on small dhows who have problems with their engines. . . . We've helped Iranian fishermen, given them water," said Commander Lydia Robertson, a spokeswoman for the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. "When we get a distress call, we respond. It's beyond nationality."
Except for Haitans, who are turned around and sent back to Haiti!
Robertson said the Navy hoped to boost security in the area's seas.
THAT is what this "pirate" story is about! Wake up, shit-chewing Amurkns!
"What we're looking to do is promote lawful maritime order. It's about piracy, illegal fishing, smuggling, terrorism. If we can deter piracy, we can deter those other things, too," she said.
The Navy is considering increasing patrols in the shipping lanes off Somalia, perhaps trying to set up "sting" operations using commando ships posing as merchant vessels to draw pirates.
MORE FUCKING FALSE FLAGS!??? Good Lord!!!!
The United States also has supported efforts to quell an Islamic insurgency in Somalia."
As if that last part is an unimportant afterthought, when that is the whole reason for the operations!
