The United States Must Prosecute Pirates
The recent deaths of four Americans at the hands of Somali pirates is leading military and legal scholars to question the ways in which...
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Apr 2, 20101 min read
Lack of Cooperation Hinders Effort to Combat Piracy
More than 20 countries have joined anti-piracy patrols in the Indian Ocean in an effort to curb the often brazen acts of piracy that have...
Mar 20, 20101 min read
Fighting in Somalia Ensues between Insurgent Groups
Sheikh Daud Ali Hasan, a senior level commander of the Somali insurgent group al-Shabab, was shot and killed while exiting a mosque...
Feb 20, 20101 min read
No Aid for Al-Shabab Means Little Aid for Somalia
Recently, UN coordinator Mark Bowden said that the US government has asked the UN and a variety of NGOs to allow aid to Somalis based on...
Feb 2, 20102 min read
Somali Islamist Group to Ally with al Qaeda
Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab announced that it would ally with al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden in waging an international...
Dec 3, 20091 min read
Three Somalia Government Ministers Killed in Suicide Blast
At least 19 people, including three Somalia government ministers, were killed when a suicide bomber disguised as a woman detonated an...
Nov 21, 20091 min read
Suspected Terrorist Group and Disappearing Youth
Minneapolis is home to the largest Somali population in the U.S. However, in recent years, it has become home to a radical Islamist...
Nov 2, 20091 min read
U.S. Navy reports American vessel came under pirate gunfire
On Monday, approximately twelve Somali pirates attempted to board the MV Harriette, an American vessel out of Oyster Bay, N.Y. The...
Oct 22, 20091 min read
Belgian warship battles Pirates who overtook Cargo ship
There were no causalities in this attack which took place off the coast of the Seychelles. A majority of recent pirate attacks have been...
Oct 22, 20091 min read
18 dead in Somali insurgent attack on Airport
Somalia has suffered a string of insurgent attacks recently. The Islamist group responsible for the attacks is called Shabab. Despite the...
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