Interesting discussion here.

Has anyone wondered WHY pirates from Somalia are holding up freighters off their shores?

Is anyone aware that the Somalian coast is the Western world garbage dump for hospital waste and yes, nuclear waste (european)? It was a mystery why the hell everyone was getting sick and even dying from radiation until the tsunami in 05 washed up barrels of this crap on their shores.

Don't believe it? What do the 'pirates' say? ôto stop illegal fishing and dumping in our waters à We donÆt consider ourselves sea bandits. We consider sea bandits those who illegally fish and dump in our seas and dump waste in our seas and carry weapons in our seas.ö - Sugule Ali

70% of the Somali population supports the only interdiction they can muster - that is why we aren't laying them to waste (at least militarily). No need to escalate something that can be glossed with buzzwords like 'pirates' (immediately followed by American Idol and Dancing with Stars)



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