{"id":1183,"date":"2009-04-16T10:50:41","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T18:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/16\/somali-piracy\/"},"modified":"2009-04-16T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T19:51:11","slug":"somali-piracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1183\/somali-piracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali Piracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSuspected pirates keep their hands in the air as directed by sailors
\naboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) (not shown),
\nin the Gulf of Aden, February 11, 2009. A multinational naval force
\nseized the seven suspected pirates in the first such action
\nin its anti-piracy campaign, the U.S. Navy said.
\n(REUTERS\/Jason R. Zalasky\/U.S. Navy\/Handout)<\/p>\n

By Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

April 16, 2009<\/p>\n

Piracy is a deplorable act. However, the news media invariably omits some important background information. Consider, since the collapse of the Somalia government in 1991, foreign trawlers and vessels have been overfishing Somali territorial waters and at the same time dumping toxic waste, including nuclear waste, into its waters. These foreign vessels are from all of southern Europe, France, Spain, Greece, the United Kingdom, Russia, China, and Norway. Somalia has become a free-for-all coast for dumping toxic waste. Somalia complained to the United Nations and the European Union, but were ignored. Who is going to listen to a poor, unstable African country? Somalia tried to chase these fishing “pirates” away, but they returned with navy escorts.<\/p>\n

With the loss of their livelihood, many of these fishermen turned to piracy. Perhaps, the United Nations and the world should reexamine Somali complaints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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