Italian sailors on patrol on the Arabian Sea. Pirates based in Somalia are still able to operate in the area. Jeffrey Gettleman/The New York TimesFrom New York Times:
ON THE ARABIAN SEA — Rear Adm. Giovanni Gumiero is going on a pirate hunt.
From the deck of an Italian destroyer cruising the pirate-infested waters off Somalia’s coast, he has all the modern tools at his fingertips — radar, sonar, infrared cameras, helicopters, a cannon that can sink a ship 10 miles away — to take on a centuries-old problem that harks back to the days of schooners and eye patches.
“Our presence will deter them,” the admiral said confidently.
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My Comment: My money is on the pirates. They are hungry. They are motivated. They have the will. The foreign flotilla with their multi-million dollar warships and weapon systems have leaders that have no will. No courage. No Motivation.
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