Meagan Flood
4/27/09
1:45pm
Somali pirates hijacked a Yemeni oil tanker on Sunday while it was heading between two southern Yemeni ports. The tanker was freed Monday when the coast guard freed the ship and arrested 11 pirates. The coast guard exchanged fire with the pirates before gaining control of the tanker. This was one of four ships being escorted by Yemeni coast guard through the ports. The other three ships managed to escape the attack and make it through the ports. The tanker that was taken hostage was not carrying any oil at the time however.
These Somali pirates do not seem to be backing down despite recent captures. I feel with all countries working together to put an end to piracy, progress is being made. Even through pirates are still attacking ships, many are now being arrested and tried in a courtroom. Hopefully these pirates will begin to get the picture that any country will no longer tolerate these actions. Everyone has to continue to work together and give the harshest punishment to those pirates that are captured.
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2 comments:
I cannot believe how many stories about pirates I hear on the news now days. I agree with you that progress is being made thanks countries working together. I am happy that there are more arrests being made and piracy is being controlled as much as possible.
I agree, I think that this is a very shocking story. I knew that piracy was still an issue around the world, but recently things have gotten way out of hand. This has been going on for hundreds of years, and it is shocking to me that no one has come up with any sort of solution.
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