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Africa Horn
Fears that pirates are returning to seas off Somalia
2024-02-18
[Garowe] The daring attack in December bore unsettling hallmarks of the piracy that once terrorized global shipping off eastern Africa: a cargo vessel hijacked, its crew taken to Somalia, and disappeared. The successful capture of the foreign vessel was the first by Somali pirates since 2017 and follows a spike in armed seaborne attacks around the Horn of Africa not seen in years.

Analysts caution that Somali piracy poses nowhere near the threat it did in 2011 when navies around the world had to deploy warships to beat back the scourge and restore order at sea.
Thinking of Pappy, who tracked piracy for us back then.
But this recent upswing in pirate activity has raised further concerns about marine security and shipping at a time when crucial trade corridors off Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  Is there a shortage of yard-arms?
Posted by: AlanC   2024-02-18 15:55  

#4  Sounds like a job for Rob Reiner and Cary Elwes.

Here, don't forget your rainbow badges. Have fun storming the horn!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-02-18 14:47  

#3  Just like school violence, the answer is obvious (arm the teachers / sailors or provide armed security.) How many hijackings / planes into buildings since the present airport security protocols went into effect?

Instead, we get a lot of whining about "insurers are4 against it."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-02-18 10:06  

#2  Houthi antics drive shipping closer to the pirates
Posted by: Frank G   2024-02-18 09:29  

#1  Here’s to Pappy, walking onto the first tee as we speak…
As for Somali pirates, they never went anywhere, just did a little fishing till the heat was off.
Posted by: Ululating Platypus   2024-02-18 05:44  

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