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Another slow week for Somali pirates. The weather and naval forces in the area have combined to slow the number of attacks, as well as force a change in pirate tactics. These thugs have taken to hiding amidst refugee boats fleeing the Somali war zone. They are also mixing in and hiding among legitmate fisherman in the area who are doing everything they can to make an honest living! Using innocent people, including children, as human shields is a typical terrorist tactic! These bastards are cowards and prefer to let someone else do the dying while they collect the blood money. NATO is in the process of sending a new fleet to relive the one currently on patrol off the coast of Somalia. NATO to Send Six-Ship Force to Fight Somali Piracy By James G. Neuger and Gregory Viscusi June 12 (Bloomberg) -- NATO will send more naval firepower to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, agreeing to dispatch six ships to protect sea lanes that handle a tenth of the world?s trade. A ?short gap? may ensue between the departure of the current five-ship fleet on June 28 and the arrival of the new task force in July, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said after defense ministers endorsed the deployment today. ?NATO will continue to participate in the mission and it might well be that the mission will be beefed up,? Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told a Brussels press conference. Patrolling a swathe of water about four times the size of France, warships from NATO, the European Union and countries including Russia and China have battled 114 pirate attacks so far this year, more than in all of 2008. Put on the defensive by the naval buildup, the pirates have started attacking at night and may be moving from the Gulf of Aden to the southern Red Sea to prey on commercial vessels, the U.S. Navy warned this week. Armed gangs have seized 29 merchant ships this year, making the seas off violence-scarred Somalia -- lacking a functioning government for almost two decades -- the world?s most treacherous. You can read the rest of the story on www.bloomberg.com. (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aDrNR9WdkqGQ) As always, you can follow the latest news in my forum thread HERE! (http://forum.piratesahoy.net//index.php?showtopic=12271) Read on for the rest of this weeks Weekly Piracy Report!  Read more... (http://piratesahoy.net/history/real-pirates/391-real-pirates-weekly-piracy-report.html) View the full article
