Boston.com : The crew of the hijacked Ukrainian merchant vessel MV Faina stand on the deck, under the watch of armed Somali pirates on November 9 after a US Navy request to check on their health and welfare, at sea off the coast of Somalia.
The standoff between the U.S. Navy and pirates off the coast of Somalia has generated a fury of debates within the Obama administration over policy toward the Horn of Africa nation.
What the Somali politicians, warlords and religious fundamentalists could not achieve for years, a rag tag bunch of pirates did …. make the world realize that Somalia is OUR problem too …
P.S/ Boston.com does a great picture essay on the Pirates of Somalia
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