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.