"BAR" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
On Oct 29, 3:57 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa...tes/index.html

I noticed this article says the same thing I read in another, that it
is suggested that unless you have direct business with Somalia, you
are warned to stay at least 200 mi. away from the coastline.

200 miles? The pirates go out that far???


Why not, they are in search of a better life and they can only do that by
pirating. Dying from poverty or drowning at sea, either is an acceptable
risk to them.

Maybe set up an innocent looking decoy ship, except that once faced with
being boarded it can blow the slime right out of the water. Call it marine
training exercise.

I am sure the way these people live, they would find a way to kill and
pirate all the same. It is why their country is poor in the first place,
uncivilized.