Future of Somalia
Joe Fleishman
May 07, 2009
Another ship is taken by the Somalis. This time the victim is a German ship. World is paying heavy toll to these Somali pirates. Yet the immunity is very poor in the horn of Africa. NATO and some other countries like China have sent their big guns over there but a huge and rough sea like the Gulf of Aden is not very easy to secure totally. Some says looking for pirates in the Gulf of Aden is more difficult than finding a needle in haystack. It can be compare as finding needle in an ocean!
Somali pirates know this. Most of them were fishermen before. So they know this sea well enough that makes the task more difficult for the guards.
Some ships however have been successfully rescued by US and NATO patrol boats. Some pirates were also arrested. But because of the international law pirates are enjoying safe return to back home. So why would they stop attacking ships? There´s no serious threat but once they successful like Saudi Tanker –unbelievable remuneration is there.
These pirate ships are often encountering US, NATO and other Naval Ships. In most cases, in those situations pirates simply flee –and it´s all over. May be they can arrest but hardly for more than a week. Soon they will return you back home.
Recently there´s been a new way is used. They are now handed over for trial. But effectiveness of such action is not yet visible. That action is not enough to stop pirates.
In addition to handling these pirates, a new grave danger is knocking the door. A recent report showed may be terrorist organization Al-Qaida has found a real safe heaven in Somalia. They have chosen a perfect place no doubt on that. Somalia is a place where government has no control outside the capital. It is a failed nation. Their military has no effectiveness. So for nurturing terrorism –which can be a better place than this?
Already some videos are available online showed Al-Qaida movement in Somalia. If it is true it´s a bad news. UN has some previous bad experience to work in Somalia. Many people can still recall the clashes between US soldiers and Somali miscreants, which killed several US soldiers and Somalis.
For both the crisis, Somalia is now getting a growing threat to the world. World´s East and West treading is under serious jeopardy. More than 20,000 ships in a year is use that channel but now is now facing threat in every moment.
Something has to be done here. World is planning to encounter these Somali pirates. But till now nothing is found very useful here. In an interview one of these pirates said, they can even risk their life to hijack ships. It´s a big money, it gives them better life, better status in the society. These pirates will not give up soon unless some effective measures are taken.
Clock is ticking. The bandits are adding their muscles. World should pay more attention to Somalia, it deserves attention. If not, in future things can be very very bad.
Somali pirates know this. Most of them were fishermen before. So they know this sea well enough that makes the task more difficult for the guards.
Some ships however have been successfully rescued by US and NATO patrol boats. Some pirates were also arrested. But because of the international law pirates are enjoying safe return to back home. So why would they stop attacking ships? There´s no serious threat but once they successful like Saudi Tanker –unbelievable remuneration is there.
These pirate ships are often encountering US, NATO and other Naval Ships. In most cases, in those situations pirates simply flee –and it´s all over. May be they can arrest but hardly for more than a week. Soon they will return you back home.
Recently there´s been a new way is used. They are now handed over for trial. But effectiveness of such action is not yet visible. That action is not enough to stop pirates.
In addition to handling these pirates, a new grave danger is knocking the door. A recent report showed may be terrorist organization Al-Qaida has found a real safe heaven in Somalia. They have chosen a perfect place no doubt on that. Somalia is a place where government has no control outside the capital. It is a failed nation. Their military has no effectiveness. So for nurturing terrorism –which can be a better place than this?
Already some videos are available online showed Al-Qaida movement in Somalia. If it is true it´s a bad news. UN has some previous bad experience to work in Somalia. Many people can still recall the clashes between US soldiers and Somali miscreants, which killed several US soldiers and Somalis.
For both the crisis, Somalia is now getting a growing threat to the world. World´s East and West treading is under serious jeopardy. More than 20,000 ships in a year is use that channel but now is now facing threat in every moment.
Something has to be done here. World is planning to encounter these Somali pirates. But till now nothing is found very useful here. In an interview one of these pirates said, they can even risk their life to hijack ships. It´s a big money, it gives them better life, better status in the society. These pirates will not give up soon unless some effective measures are taken.
Clock is ticking. The bandits are adding their muscles. World should pay more attention to Somalia, it deserves attention. If not, in future things can be very very bad.
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