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Apr. 9 2009 - 8:22 pm | 2 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments

World connected by sea piracy

Arrrgh! | Pirates

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WASHINGTON — The Indian Ocean standoff between an $800 million United States Navy destroyer and four pirates bobbing in a lifeboat showed the limits of the world’s most powerful military as it faces a booming pirate economy in a treacherous patch of international waters.

via Standoff With Pirates Shows U.S. Power Has Limits — NYTimes.com.


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