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SealLion
Looks like the pirates are set to sail, yet again.
funny how they still find their way to cargo vessels even though the area is crammed with military ships from usa, europe, russia & china supposedly too - an example of what we may expect in the future, global military efforts/participation led by usa/nato: on seas (like near somalia) or ground (like in afghanistan), a step closer to the 'one world' army & governance
Kenya was in a deal with the EU to trial and jail pirates caught by various international navies. This is actually the first time I have heard of it.
even the legality of this idea is questionable: kenya trialing somali pirates (operating mostly in somalia or international waters) on behalf of the eu authorization!
One of the main reasons I believe is over financial costs. You would think that Kenya might have received some kind of financial compensation with respect to insurance costs and other factors that have both indirectly and directly affected Kenya.
Such as the high cost of cost shipping through Kenyan ports which includes higher insurance fees as well as reduced traffic.
kenya may be catching up to the fact that they won't be profiting from the deal, as i'm pretty sure their bigger insurance companies are in 'western' hands and 'their' cargo ships probably aren't being attacked, also, lower traffic means lower port importance, meaning lower prices for anything in that area, meaning a good chance to buy if one knows how the situation will be resolved in the near future
the pirates and over some supposed allegations by Somalians and their complaints of international fishing crews in the region ignored.
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Other than that, I really have no clue what else they would do with any ransom money.
If ransom money is
actually a truthful claim to begin with.
imo this is just an excuse, a reason why there would be a need to amass military vessels & seize permanent control of the area/route , profiting from 'protection' fees (basically a racketeering game), there are no poor fishermen turned pirate masterminds - those who do plunder and cash-in ransom are most likely western and/or western trained agents doing it for a fee, whereas the large portion of the 'spoils' goes to some offshore slush fund, which may explain the fact that none of the local somali pirates have actually shown any significant sign of getting richer, its simply because they work for someone else, they may just be used as low level soldiers working for pirate leaders, getting paid, but not having a clue where the ransom money goes and even less where it ends up later on
The idea of ransom money could very well be a claim that is made up.
imo its likely a real thing, as its simply more profitable to have it: if a company pays big insurance & protection, they can proceed without problems, but if they choose not to, then the pirates just happen to stumble upon them and demand a ransom - basically, its a win-win scenario for the puppeteers - some shipping company or a company that uses the ships for transportation gives them (or their allies/affiliates) hard time and they unleash the pirates on their ass!
Now keep in mind that most of the media are owned by share-holders.
The main interest these shareholders have is to make money.
so the puppeteers instruct them where to look for 'proper' information and they obey as a good 'owned' media does and/or they edit the potentially harmful information out, as a good 'owned' media editor does
There's also prospects for oil in the region. To be brutally honest, both American and Chinese oil companies are looking at the prospect of oil and other natural resources in Somalia.
actually, this oil craze in this part of the africa is consistent with similar developments in other countries with large oil reserves, like iraq - it seems as if the global governance aspirators are trying to get their hands on every? bigger oil supply, thus being able to control its price, availability (or scarcity, aka depletion 'card') and this can be a powerful strategic weapon for steering future economic trends & investments
in addition to this seems like usa & co. have been tampering with & stirring things up in this region for quite some time:
pre-ethiopian invasion on somalia:
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the history of Western intervention in Somalia and the Horn of Africa extends back throughout the 20th century, during which time colonial powers and the Cold War superpowers waged proxy battles in constantly shifting alliances and conflicts. Somalia's civil wars--like those in Darfur and southern Sudan--must be seen as a direct result of the U.S. and the former USSR arming different sides with billions of dollars, all while famines raged.
The so-called humanitarian intervention by U.S. Marines in Somalia in 1992–93 was merely a continuation of this policy with a different name. Along with "fighting terror," humanitarian intervention became a watchword for the Clinton administration and the Bush administration after it--providing a cover for Washington's pursuit of economic and military aims, and justifying U.S. military deployment in the region.
In 2003, while the U.S. was invading and occupying Iraq, the U.S. military built a major base in Djibouti, a tiny but strategically located country next to Somalia and across the Red Sea from Yemen. The U.S. used its Camp Lemonier to train Ethiopian forces in the lead-up to the December 2006 invasion of Somalia.
the results:
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Human Rights Watch published a report in December 2008 detailing the impact:
Two years of unconstrained warfare and violent rights abuses have helped to generate an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis, without adequate response. Since January 2007, at least 870,000 civilians have fled the chaos in Mogadishu alone--two-thirds of the city's population...Somalia's humanitarian needs are enormous.
Humanitarian organizations estimate that more than 3.25 million Somalis--over 40 percent of the population of south-central Somalia--will be in urgent need of assistance by the end of 2008...Freelance militias have robbed, murdered and raped displaced persons on the roads south towards Kenya. Hundreds of Somalis have drowned this year in desperate attempts to cross the Gulf of Aden by boat to Yemen.
And according to the Red Cross, about half of Somalia's population is dependent on food aid. Millions live in tent cities without adequate water, food or power, while hyperinflation has driven up the price of staple goods by six times since the start of 2008. As Whitney puts it, "It is the greatest humanitarian crisis in Africa today; a man-made hell entirely conjured up in Washington."
future prospects:
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The Obama administration is also a strong proponent of Africom, a new U.S. military command for Africa officially launched on October 1, 2008, with the frightening potential to subject Somalia and other countries and regions to U.S. terror on a new scale. In fact, Africom could mean the Somali experience writ large for the entire continent, with local proxies and enhanced military reinforcement.
As Nunu Kidane put it in an article titled "Africom, Militarization and Resource Control":
If you're thinking traditional bases with thousands of military personnel, think again. General Kip Ward has said it is not about "bases" and "garrisons," but rather a network of sophisticated military operations strategically placed throughout the continent, which can be moved around and utilized for any purpose.
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The Nightmare in Somalia
Another US Sponsored Catastrophe
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http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12318
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