[Sunroof]

Latest news suggests that it is not the responsibility of the international community to protect shiping lanes from pirates as much as it is the ship owners to protect their own fleet. With that said, the idea of placing armed "soldiers of fortune" onboard ships coming through the Gulf of Aden could be a deterent if well armed and organized. Like shooting fish in a barrel, the sharpshooter with the long range shot on a larger vessel in a rolling sea will fair better then the Somali with a less sophisicated weapon on a smaller craft in a rolling sea. You would have to screw the rules of engagement when approached and assume that the approach is with an intent to harm.

Either way the Pirates of Somali are amazing with their primitive skiffs, low level technology and lust for riches. A rag tag force of fisherman take on the world!!!! I see a movie in the future!

I for one would be first in line at DisneyWorld's upcoming new adventure ride, "The Pirates of Somalia".........................I have to wonder if they return to the villages drinking rum (fermented goats milk), hanging with the local sluts and telling tales of their adventures to all who listen.