The waters of the Malacca Straits between Malaysia and Indonesia and the South China Sea were said to be the most dangerous shipping lines in the world. The Gulf of Aden, along the Kenyan Coast is now said to be even more dangerous.
These hijackings are nothing more than high-seas robbery. Acts designed for the demanding [...]
The east African country of Kenya lies on the shore of the Indian Ocean with the country of Somalia in the north east and Tanzania in the south, with the other neighbors of Ethiopia, Sudan, and Uganda in the northeast, south, and west respectively. Before the arrival of white foreigners to the country that started [...]
A U.S. warship attacked a suspected al Qaeda target in northern Somalia on Friday, CNN reported, and residents said missiles pounded hills where foreign jihadists fled after clashing with local forces.
Those suspects were wanted for the embassy bombings too, and were attacked near a coastal village where Islamist leaders fled after being routed from [...]
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Piracy 2007
By Kenneth J. McCormick
Webmaster of About Facts Net
We have talked about pirates in the past, the fact that pirates are not only still around, but they seem to be on the upswing. There is a lot of pirate activity going on that we never hear about. So much so, that the U.S. Navy has [...]
There’s a lot of difference between expecting something to happen, hoping for something to happen, assuming that something will happen, and predicting something to happen; logically or otherwise. While predicting on the basis of logical assumptions is all right, I simply don’t understand how some folks risk their reputation by not only predicting something publicly, [...]
Continue reading about Backfiring of Political Predictions – What Can we Decipher Out of These?
With the recent kidnapping of an American ship captain by pirates off the Somali Coast, viewers are wondering, how could this happen? The reality is that it occurs more often than you think.
Expatriates working overseas on behalf of a company or organization are frequent targets of kidnap, particularly as globalization takes business to new corners [...]
Continue reading about Piracy and Kidnapping Arenât New Problems, Just Bigger
The events that are currently unfolding in Somalia, whether it is the hijacking of a supertanker off the coast of Somalia or the rapid advance toward Mogadishu by Al Shabaab, has Ethiopia greatly concerned. The Transitional Federal Government that was constructed in Somalia only two years ago is on the verge of collapse as a [...]
Continue reading about Understanding the Horn: Ethiopian Xenophobia and State Building Strategies
Forget about America, China, Russia, and all of those powerful nation with large armies. Somalia a very poor ($600 per capital income) nation with less people than New York City is the focus of the world with their infamous PIRATES! The world is fixed on a small motorboat being overshadowed by a huge warship and [...]
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