The latest raid on the shipping lanes off of the Horn of Africa lands a supertanker that can haul about 2 million barrels of oil. (That's quite a bit.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-piracy19-2008nov19,0,5645455.story
Perhaps, but let's look at the profit motive: is this...
Over the past decade 3000+ individuals have been subjected to piracy on the high seas or on the low seas. 500 killed, many kidnapped and held for ransom. Now
the Britain is telling its navy to let them go. Story here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/opinion/20burnett.html?th&emc=th
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