AU Asks UN For Somalia Air And Naval Blockade -- BBC
The African Union has asked the United Nations Security Council to back a naval and air blockade of Somalia.
A blockade would stop piracy and the flow of arms reaching insurgent groups fighting the transitional government, said Ramtane Lamamra, AU commissioner for peace and security.
He also repeated a call for international troop numbers to be increased from under 8,000 to 20,000.
Somalia's fragile government is battling an Islamist insurgency.
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