[Hank Kerchief]

Here you go:

http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/semaphore/issue4_2003.html

http://www.cargolaw.com/presentations_pirates.html#where_piracy

I have friends in Australia, and in Northern Australia, pirates are a genuine danger, even on land.

Hank

[GVnana]

Southeast Asia, and Indonesia in particular, continues to be a haven for pirates. Of the 374 reported cases of piracy across the world last year, 103 were in Indonesian waters. The majority of these occurred when the target vessel was either at anchor or in port. While the bulk of these attacks are cases of theft, a number were hijackings. In most cases pirates used small vessels to carry out their attacks, typically gaining access via ropes or anchor chains. The attack on the MV Limburg has shown that maritime terrorists need only behave like pirates to achieve a successful attack against shipping in Southeast Asian waters.

Wow. If it was pirates, were they looking for cash, drugs?