http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2009/04/11/rise-of-piracy-and-other-maritime-insecurity-in-somalia/ News from the Horn of Africa Mon, 8 Mar 2010 19:52:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2009/04/11/rise-of-piracy-and-other-maritime-insecurity-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-64958 Superferry vs. Pirates? : DMZ Hawai’i / Aloha ‘Aina Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:17:28 +0000 http://www.eastafricaforum.net/?p=4357#comment-64958 [...] Despite their different ideologies — al-Qaeda has one, the pirates don’t — it has become increasingly popular to assert a link between radical Islam and the Somali freebooters. The militant Somali faction al-Shabab, for instance, is allegedly in cahoots with the pirates, taking a cut of their money and helping with arms smuggling in order to prepare them for their raids. The pirates “are also reportedly helping al-Shabab develop an independent maritime force so that it can smuggle foreign jihadist fighters and ’special weapons’ into Somalia,” former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn has recently argued. [...] [...] Despite their different ideologies — al-Qaeda has one, the pirates don’t — it has become increasingly popular to assert a link between radical Islam and the Somali freebooters. The militant Somali faction al-Shabab, for instance, is allegedly in cahoots with the pirates, taking a cut of their money and helping with arms smuggling in order to prepare them for their raids. The pirates “are also reportedly helping al-Shabab develop an independent maritime force so that it can smuggle foreign jihadist fighters and ’special weapons’ into Somalia,” former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn has recently argued. [...]

]]> http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2009/04/11/rise-of-piracy-and-other-maritime-insecurity-in-somalia/comment-page-1/#comment-63941 US military mulls attacking Somali pirates' land bases; pirates vow revenge - Page 4 - Debate Politics Forums Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:39:05 +0000 http://www.eastafricaforum.net/?p=4357#comment-63941 [...] other units have been most helpful in bringing some of these pirates to justice.” According to David Shinn, Adjunct Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, [...]

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