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2008-10-25 Africa Horn

NATO ships to escort UN food shipments to Somalia

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 ..where the food convoys can be hijacked by land based free booters.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-10-25 08:47|| 2008-10-25 08:47|| Front Page Top

#2 These folks are idiots. Why are we convoying food to our enemies while we let our freight be hijacked?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-10-25 09:14|| 2008-10-25 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Nimble, at least in theory the food is Somalia is not our enemy - the Ethiops overthrew that Somalian 'government' and the current bunch who are trying to stay in some degree of control are ok (or at least less bad).

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-10-25 09:56|| 2008-10-25 09:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Somalia is a failed state. If you want to fix it, you have to take ownership for a while. There are no volunteers at the moment. The UN is in eternal cope mode. So it seems that Somalia must be quarantined for now. That means that the pirates and their safe havens need to be attacked and destroyed to keep them out of circulation. Again, who should do this? It seems to me that those with a dog in the fight (countries affected by piracy of their nationals or fleet) need to step up to the plate.

Better get your assets in gear, and get your ROEs at the ready and agreed upon, because the pirates have theirs activated already.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-10-25 13:29|| 2008-10-25 13:29|| Front Page Top

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