US military takes on latter-day pirates
NAIROBI, Kenya - The U.S. military is once again tangling with pirates, intervening in waters off Somalia twice this week to help ships seized by hijackers — and bringing to mind another century’s battles off Africa.
Pirates may have swapped muskets and the Jolly Roger for AK-47s and satellite phones, but the root causes of piracy are little-changed from when Thomas Jefferson contemplated how to handle attacks on American merchant ships two centuries ago.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_re_af/21st_century_pirates
Hijackings
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=4835734&ch=4226714&src=news
Thanks for those links JP.
“...but the root causes of piracy are little-changed...”
I totally agree.