The Truth about The Somali “Pirates”

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Be very wary of Western Media. My best college Professor told our class: “Half of what you read in the Newspaper is a lie”. Too which I said, “Well, then why don’t you read half the paper?”.

Anyways, the point I am trying to make is don’t believe everything our country is telling you about the Somali “Pirates” and how horrible they are.

Here is The Truth:

Following the collapse of the Somali regime in 1991 The “International Community” (Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Russia, Britain, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Yemen, Egypt and many others.) has been illegally poaching and destroying the Somali Marine Resources.

This Illegal, Unregulated and Unlicensed fishing is destroying fish stock, marine life, and the habitats.

Illegal, Unregulated and Unlicensed fishing are using trawlers in even the inshore areas of reserved for artisanal fishing.

These illegally caught fish are “laundered” with legitimately caught fish.

Since Somalia has not had a functioning “Coast Guard”, the rest of the world has taken advantage of the situation as they have vastly over fished their own seas.

Many Somali fisherman have been killed by trawlers and had their fishing nets destroyed over the last 18 years.

In 2005 there were over 800 illegal fishing vessels At One Time in Somali waters.

Industrial, Nuclear and Toxic waste have been dumped in Somali waters. The waste has caused deformed babies and killed many people.

If nuclear waste was dumped on your beach you’d grab a cutlass, too.

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