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IN THE speedboat lie AK-47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. Four men in dark clothing jump on board from a larger craft, known as the "Mother Ship", and begin loading their weapons with bullets capable of severing limbs on the squeeze of a trigger. Then, the Somali warlord on the bridge of the Mother Ship orders his men to cast off on their latest mission: to capture a ship, its crew and any "treasure" that may be on board. These men are modern-day pirates, bringing terror to the high seas.
The scene is repeated across the world every week. Unlikely as it seems in the technologically advanced 21st century, the age-old stealth of pirate gangs, now coupled with modern-day firepower, enables them to hunt and gather with impunity.See the full content of this document
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Curse of the High Seas
"People dived onto the floor or went into their bathrooms when they realised we were under attack," said Norman Fisher, a 55-year- old lawyer from London. Fisher was a passenger on the Seabourn Spirit, a luxury cruise liner which was targeted by pirates 100 miles off the coast of Somalia this month. "One of the pirates was waving an AK-47 rifle. He started firing the gun towards the ship, and it was also about then that I realised the guy in front of the pirate boat was carrying a rocket launcher. The captain came on ... telling everyone, 'Stay ...
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