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EX500rider

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18. "Every Somali highjacking that has ever occurred happened within those 12 miles" BS!
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 05:30 PM
Apr 2014

The have taken ships as far away as 1,000k.

So lets see.....if there are no fish left then why would European fishing boats fish there? (and actually it is mostly Asian fishing boats in the Indian Ocean.)

"America and other European nations saw this as a great opportunity to rob the country of its food supply and dump their nuclear waste in Somalia’s now unprotected seas."

Which US fishing vessels fish in Somali waters? None? lol

The US or Europe drops nuclear waste there?!?! Right, they just let that stuff go anywhere with anybody...lol....good one! Please, there is a paper trail a mile long with any radioactive waste in the US or Europe.


"and formed the National Volunteer Coast Guard of Somalia." HAHAHA, that's a good one, they volunteer to go out 100's of miles and take over oil tankers in international waters. Quite the "Coast Guard" there.

"Piracy has become Somalia’s biggest source of income" NOT, it’s been over two years since the Somali pirates captured a large commercial ship.

The rapid collapse of the Somali pirates since 2010 was no accident. It was all a matter of organization, international cooperation and innovation. It all began back in 2009 when 80 seafaring nations formed (with the help of a UN resolution) the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. The most visible aspect of the Contact Group was the organization of an anti-piracy patrol off the Somali coast. This came to consist of over two dozen warships and several dozen manned and unmanned aircraft, as well as support from space satellites and major intelligence and police agencies.

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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
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