He nails it in the first sentence. I don’t really know if there is a religious angle or not,
“He nails it in the first sentence. I don’t really know if there is a religious angle or not,”
Of course it is! Islam dominates that area and jihad on the high seas is a required course for all male Muslims to get their maritime merit badge just like it is for the Somalis.
“He nails it in the first sentence. I don’t really know if there is a religious angle or not,”
Remember when the USA went to war with Tripoli way back in 1801 in the First Barbary War?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
“The First Barbary War (1801–1805), also known as the Tripolitan War or the Barbary Coast War, was the first of two wars fought between the United States and the Northwest African Berber Muslim states known collectively as the Barbary States. These were the Ottoman provinces of Tripoli, Algiers, and Tunis, which were enjoying a large autonomy, as well as the independent Sultanate of Morocco.[1] The war was fought because U.S. President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay the high tributes demanded by the Barbary states and because they were seizing American merchant ships and enslaving the crews for high ransoms. It was the first military conflict authorized by Congress that the United States fought on foreign land and seas.”
Who were these pirates? They were Muslims doing sea jihad!
The US Marine Corps Hymn enshrines this piece of history with the words, “To the shores of Tripoli.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5kCqvsO_7c