Use Satellites and Aircraft Carriers Against the Pirates
Peter Hellyer, The National | November 26, 2008
Somaliland is a relatively stable part of Somalia that claims independence, and might deserve it. ++ Other regions, Puntland and the south of Somalia, are bases for pirates, fundamentalists, and warlords; they should be eliminated by coordinated air strikes on their pirate vessels, followed by assault troops. ++ Their assets should be frozen, all ships to ports in Puntland intercepted. ++ Then the original causes of piracy can be addressed: the looting of their fishing waters by mechanized fleets and the unstable single Somali state.
