Expert: “We’re Not Getting Anywhere” With Somali Pirates -- War Is Boring
Nineteen years after the collapse of the Somali government, a decade since impoverished Somali fishermen began arming themselves to ward off foreign fishing vessels and around two years since NATO, the E.U. and the U.S. Navy all formed counter-piracy forces for the Indian Ocean, sea banditry off the Somali coast continues unabated. By some measures, the problem has grown worse, with more pirates striking farther from the Somali coast — as far north as the Indian coast — and taking more hostages and holding them longer. To gain a sense of the progress, or lack thereof, of the international “war on piracy,” Offiziere.ch spoke to Dr. Martin Murphy, a Virginia-based piracy expert and author of the forthcoming book Somalia, the New Barbary?
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More News On Somali Piracy
EU Force: Somali pirates cannot be stopped by force -- BBC
Somali pirates widen reach despite EU efforts -- Reuters
U.S. Says Somali Pirates Are Dodging Navies, Operating Near India Coast -- Bloomberg
Navies evacuate sick crew member from pirated ship -- AP
Pirates jailed for 22 years by Seychelles -- Asia One/AFP
Seychelles court sentences 9 Somalia pirates to 22 years of jail -- Voice of Russia
Pirates to be tried in Dutch courts -- Radio Netherlands
India: Coastline threatened by Somali piracy -- Energy Publisher
Somali Pirates Capture Vessel in Indian Ocean; Second Time in a Week -- Time Magazine
Hijacked Bangladeshi ship crew unhurt in Somalia -- AFP
Pirates seize ship 1,000 miles from Somali coast -- The Guardian
Does Somalia’s New Pirate-Fighting Militia Stand a Chance? -- Danger Room
UN official glad about new Somali force but wary -- TMCnet/AP
A better way to deal with pirates -- David B. Rivkin Jr. and Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, Washington Post
The Comprehensive Open Source African Piracy Update -- Information Dissemination