A pirates life for me…I had a friend that wanted to get that tattooed on her once…I wonder if she was aboard?
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U.S. Navy Seizes Pirate Ship Off Somalia – Yahoo! News
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The U.S. Navy boarded an apparent pirate ship in the Indian Ocean and detained 26 men for questioning, the Navy said Sunday.
The 16 Indians and 10 Somali men were aboard a traditional dhow that was chased and seized Saturday by the U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill, said Lt. Leslie Hull-Ryde of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain.
The dhow stopped fleeing after the Churchill twice fired warning shots during the chase, which ended 54 miles off the coast of Somalia, the Navy said. U.S. sailors boarded the dhow and seized a cache of small arms.
The dhow’s crew and passengers were being questioned Sunday aboard the Churchill to determine which were pirates and which were legitimate crew members, Hull-Ryde said.
Sailors aboard the dhow told Navy investigators that pirates hijacked the vessel six days ago near Mogadishu and thereafter used it to stage pirate attacks on merchant ships.
Somali pirates have been ravaging virtually unchecked for awhile now. I wonder what these particular pirates on the dhow did to piss someone off.
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From a Jan 6th BBC article…..
Somali piracy is worst in world
By Mark Doyle
BBC World Affairs Correspondent
An increase in piracy off the Indian Ocean coast of Somalia has made these waters the most dangerous for pirate activities in the world.
Shipping companies say the area has overtaken those traditionally plagued by piracy such as the Straits of Malacca in south east Asia.