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Old 11-18-2008, 01:26 PM Char is offline     #19 (permalink)
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The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet said Tuesday it was monitoring the situation but didn't expect to send warships to surround the vessel as it has done with a Ukrainian ship loaded with tanks and other weaponry seized Sept. 25 off the Somali coast. That ship remains in pirate hands but the U.S. is making sure those weapons are not taken off the ship.
In Somalia, pirates are better-funded, better-organized and better-armed than one might imagine in a country that has been in tatters for nearly two decades. They have the support of their communities and rogue members of the government — some pirates even promise to put ransom money toward building roads and schools.
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