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Looks like the western world is about to put it's hand in it's pocket to thwart theose pesky Somallian pirates.Interesting article over at CNN as they are acknowleging that without control in Somalia itself it's hard to control the pirates, also citing the fact that the pirates are better equipped and armed than the actual standing Somalian army. Problem is, while increasingly likely, if this new alliance storms Somalia to destroy the pirate bases hear the crys about colonialism come back and get the UN's nose out of joint."One of our biggest problems is that al-Shabaab has AK-47s, and the pirates (http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Pirates) have AK-47s, and the government has AK-47s," the prime minister said in Nairobi, Kenya. Al-Shabaab, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization, is an Islamic militant group that controls much of southern Somalia. Read it all HERE (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/24/pirates.security.meeting.money/)
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