I agree that that could be a major factor in the recent incidents. My observation is the intensity of the response. They must think a small plane threat is significant.
UN tsunami aid ship hijacked off the coast of Somalia
Sunday Times (South Africa) ^ | Thursday June 30, 2005 14:58 - (SA)
NAIROBI - A United Nations-chartered vessel carrying aid for Somali tsunami victims has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia amid a flurry of new piracy warnings for the area, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
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The WFP hijacking was the sixth reported piracy incident in Somali waters since March, which included one earlier this month in which a US naval destroyer intervened to save a besieged vessel.
All five earlier incidents have involved armed pirates who, in at least two cases, took crews hostage.
In March, the US advised western shipping firms of possible speedboat-launched terrorist attacks on vessels in the Indian Ocean off the coast of east Africa, including Somali waters.
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