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Boeing 747 231 ft. Cargo ship, captured Sept. 25, 2008 529 ft. Oil tanker, captured...
...feeling retro enough with the stock markets of 2008 being at roughly the same value as those of 1998, then I’d suggest looking to the high seas ,where this year seems more like 1708. Two days ago, pirates seized a Hong Kong-registered cargo ship, the Delight, in the Gulf of Aden. According the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), the Delight, which is now bearing toward Somalia, joins 17 other ships currently being held by pirates. This week has been particularly successful for piracy: Last weekend buccaneers captured a Japanese-operated chemical and oil tanker as well...
...second move should be a liberalization of the rules of engagement. Currently, international laws require that a ship must be inspected before it can be engaged as a pirate ship. This, combined with practices to avoid confrontation once hostages have been taken, renders military deterrents ineffective...
...last obstacle is a consideration of the rights of pirates. Unlike in past centuries, individuals can no longer be captured for piracy, tried on a ship, and then hanged. Now suspected pirates must go on trial first, but where the trial is held becomes an issue when a citizen of one country attacks a ship of another country and is stopped by a naval ship of a third country in the territorial waters of a fourth country. The British Foreign Office has concluded that holding pirates indefinitely can infringe on their human rights and give them a case for asylum...
...ended up gaining about 30 pounds freshman year, and there was definitely tension,” Ehrlich says. “I was nervous they were going to ship me over to O, but I’m glad I stayed...