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"Barely a day after the daring rescue of an American sea captain, cable TV's Spike announced a deal to produce a show about U.S. Navy pirate hunters. The Navy will let cameras capture its operations off Somalia. Spike hopes the reality show will attract young men to watch. The Navy says it hopes some viewers will enlist."

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =103071893

It seems the West will also get a laughter out of chasing around the very people they help drive to the brink of starvation; where do you think the $300 million worth of tuna, shrimp, lobster and other sea-life stolen every year by vast trawlers illegally sailing into Somalia's unprotected seas go? You stand correct if you guessed western countries.

and here I thought the show would be "Dancing With The Pirates". Sabre Dance. (Cutlass' will do) Flamenco. (Hostage on the floor). Somali (not Mexican) Baseball Hat dance. Tango (Arrr! Watch out for that hook in the back!) Line Dance (AK 47s to the front! RPG's to the back!)

It should be obvious to many of you that business is really as usual, with this new addition both TV firms and the US Navy hope to attract young men on the expense of young fishermen whom vast trawlers illegally sailing into Somalia's unprotected waters forced to go on pirating.

Who the real criminals are is really obvious, but sadly the world continues to stand idle to what is going on in Somalia both on land and sea.