Somali Piracy

By Nick Sorenson and Skyler Arnberger

History

Their civil war in the 1990’s destroyed the country's government

In 2006 Ethiopia invaded Somalia (with help from the United States) to prevent it from becoming an Islamist government

Continued As a result of that, foreign fishing

ships started fishing in Somali waters for it’s tuna, which caused economic problems in Somalia's fishing industry. The fishermen, with access to small arms and portable rockets, went out to sea to attack the foreign cargo, and cargo ships. This eventually turned into organized piracy

Why and how they do it

They captured merchant ships off the coast of Yemen, Somalia, and Kenya and hold them for ransom

The ship owners and the insurance companies pay the ransom because it is cheaper to pay it than to lose the ship and its cargo

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Ships form the United states, United Kingdom, Russia, and India patrol the Somalia coats and try to stop it

Ships are now arming themselves to protect against attack

What you can do

Some people have suggested to use amphibious or air attacks on the pirates

Others think we should pay them off The best solution is to get a

functioning government in Somalia to control it citizens

Citations

Information from Lee, Robert A. "History Guy: Somali Piracy."

History Guy. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010.,Schuler, Dave. "Dealing with Somali Piracy ."

Outside The Beltway. n.p., 13 Apr. 2009. Web. 19 May 2010.

Photo form Somalia Monitorhttp://somalimonitor.com/blog/wp-content/

uploads/2009/03/shabaab3.jpg

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