Somali Piracy By Nick Sorenson and Skyler Arnberger

History  Their civil war in the 1990’s destroyed the country's government  In 2006 Ethiopia (with help from the United States) to prevent it from becoming an Islamist government  As a result of the Somali governments collapse foreign fishing ships

Continued  As a result of the Somali governments collapse, foreign fishing ships started fishing their waters for it tuna, which caused economic problems in Somalia's fishing industry. The fisher men with access to small arms and portable rockets went out to see to attack the foreign cargo, and cargo ships. This eventually turned into organized piracy

Why and how they do it  They capture merchant ships off the coast of Yemen, Somalia, and Kenya and hold them for ransom  The ship owners or the insurance companies pay the ransom because it is cheaper to pay it than to loose the ship and its cargo

Continued  Ships form the United states, United Kingdom, Russia, and India patrol the coats and try to stop it  Ships are now arming themselves against attack

What you can do  Some people want to use amphibious or air attacks on the pirates  Other think we should pay them off  Nobody know what is really the best way to get rid off  I think they we should just try to get a stable government in Somalia and the problem would fix it self

Citations  Information from Lee, Robert A. "History Guy: Somali Piracy." History Guy. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010., Schuler, Dave. "Dealing with Somali Piracy." Outside The Beltway. n.p., 13 Apr Web. 19 May  Photo form Somalia Monitor content/uploads/2009/03/shabaab3.j pg

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