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BlindTiresias

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13. It is pretty much accurate

Reply to ZombieHorde (Original post)

Tue Apr 8, 2014, 03:25 PM

Apr 2014

European, South Asian, and East Asian vessels had been dumping things like medical waste and industrial toxins as well was overfishing the waters off of Somalia for many years due to the nation's inability to defend their own territorial waters. The "pirates" which are really more like militia organically responded to the problem with good results and especially when compared to some of their neighbors.

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You Been Lied To: 7 Things You May Not Know About Somali �Pirates� [View all] ZombieHorde Apr 2014 OP

Ah, we haven't had a "Somalian Seafaring Environmental Activists" thread in a while... jberryhill Apr 2014 #1

Aye! KansDem Apr 2014 #4

yowza.. dionysus Apr 2014 #2

Arrgh matey!!!! greytdemocrat Apr 2014 #3

It shivered me timber! Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #5

So they're not even Pirates - they are Freedom Fighters ! -nt Bonx Apr 2014 #6

I wouldn't get too hung up on those labels. lol ZombieHorde Apr 2014 #8

Poor pirates .... oldhippie Apr 2014 #7

If the article is true, then yes. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2014 #9

vast barrels of nuclear waste in the ocean washing ashore seveneyes Apr 2014 #10

It is likely that at least some of the information in the OP is fabricated and some is true. Maedhros Apr 2014 #11

I don't know why you're getting a backlash for this Capt. Obvious Apr 2014 #12

It is pretty much accurate BlindTiresias Apr 2014 #13

Not the silliest and most morally repugnant thing I've read today, but close. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #14

Am I the only DU member who saw "Captain Phillips"? closeupready Apr 2014 #15

This BBC article debunks at least two points. tammywammy Apr 2014 #16

Not to mention most of the fishing boats are Asian, not European. n/t EX500rider Apr 2014 #17

"Every Somali highjacking that has ever occurred happened within those 12 miles" BS! EX500rider Apr 2014 #18

Been reading about this for a while now madokie Apr 2014 #19

And Mexican Cartels who kidnap women as slaves and behead people are just misunderstood! chrisa Apr 2014 #20

Maybe they are. ZombieHorde Apr 2014 #21

They're not. Bonx Apr 2014 #22

I had no idea that these pirates Texasgal Apr 2014 #23