Scourge of the Seas Grows Bolder

(Image from: "Pirates of the Amazon")

Well, even the khat chewing Somali pirates sense weakness in the global community.  Pirate attacks surged this year, according to the International Maritime Bureau:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/piracy 

Mukundan [the bureau's director] said the positions of some of the attackers' mother ships were known and called for stronger action to be taken against these mother ships to prevent further hijackings.

Oh, I'm all for "stronger action." Especially if it involves sending the pirate motherships to the bottom--with all hands.

Comrade Karla quips:

Remember, this is just too difficult an issue to deal with and it has no real solution.

Pirates Showing Their True Colors

A few days ago, 4 American hostages were killed by Somali pirates.  Two of the victims were from Seattle:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014297959_pirates23.html 

Secretary of State Clinton "...strongly condemned the killings..."

Oooh!  I'll bet the scurvy dogs are nervously chewing their khat as a result of this diplomatic tongue lashing.

I'm appalled that western civilization is once again dealing with the "scourge of piracy" and showing them, along with our other enemies, nothing but tepid diplomat-speak.  This makes us look weak in their eyes--and sadly, we can expect more atrocities at the hands of pirates.

Boarders Away!

Earlier today, a team of South Korean Special Forces boarded the chemical freighter, Samho Jewelry, which was captured by Somali pirates five days ago.

The score:

South Korean commandos 8
Pirates 0

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110121/wl_asia_afp/skoreasomaliapiracy