Posted on 04/29/2009 10:10:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Phoenix Intelligence Support Services, Inc. - Anti Piracy Unit, Managing Director Mr. William "Bo" Fielding, announced today that due to the recent spiking violent piracy in the Gulf of Aden and surrounding areas with over 20 ships and more than 200 people currently being held by pirates, an emergency summit has been organized through contacts with the government of Egypt, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Jordan, Panama, Malaysia, International Agencies and Industry leaders and others to bring together an unprecedented group of Top Level Government and private sector decision makers and experts from key government agencies, which will include major shipping, insurance, security and policy experts to present "immediate short term solutions," as well as long term policy models, to combat the growing scourge of criminal piracy in the world's most vital trade routes and waterways.
Mr. Fielding stated that: "this international conference will bring together for the first time key decision makers and experts with real solutions, that will be reflected on the sea, as well as on the ground, within a very short period of time, rather than just a discussion forum, on this important issue."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
By all means let us sternly denounce those pirates!
What a waste of time and money this "summit" is.
Just shoot all the bastard pirates where they stand, and blow their ships out of the water!
Looks they finally decided to stop waiting on U.S. leadership.
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