U.S. warship captures suspected pirate mother ship – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
I wan't sure if this went into the joke thread or not but.........
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U.S. warship captures suspected pirate mother ship – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
I wan't sure if this went into the joke thread or not but.........
We had it on the news here. I remember it well as a couple of days earlier there had been a piece about Somali pirates hijacking more than 100 Indian sailors.
It's quite staggering how much piracy occurs off the coast of Somalia and even further afield recently. I can never understand why it's not reported more. A quick search on the BBC news site uncovers a steady stream of incidents.
BBC - Search results for somali pirates
This was a good report explaining why its pernicious and so hard to eradicate.
BBC News - Can Somali pirates be defeated?