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| Africa Horn |
| Piracy continues to move down the east African coast |
| 2008-12-09 |
A Dutch container ship outruns some would be pirates off the coast of Tanzania (that's the country below Kenya on the African east coast), as reported here: A high seas chase in which a container ship outran pirates shows the hijackers are extending their reach further out from Somalia, mariners say |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #4 Deh usual pls. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-12-09 11:54 |
| #3 Did anyone ever hear the story of the Trojan Horse? Why not disguise a destroyer as a container ship? Or jus put a MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS)on a couple of these freighters and I'll guarantee you this pirates will be gone. |
| Posted by: Art 2008-12-09 09:48 |
| #2 The more you subsidize the more you get. [Didn't we play this same stupid game with crime in general in the late 60s and get an explosion in the statistics, resulting in any politician seeking office declaring himself/herself a 'law and order' candidate?] |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-12-09 09:15 |
| #1 WORLD MIL FORUM > PIRATES CLAIM THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF GATHERING INTERNATIONAL NAVAL FLEET [gotta catch 'em first to fight/sink 'em]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-12-09 00:30 |