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Topic: maritime-security

Suspected pirates raise their hands as an international naval force approaches their skiff off Somalia
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Thursday, 8/20, 07:30 AM

Somali piracy is back, riding the chaos of the Iran war

  • After a decade of near-total suppression, pirates off the Horn of Africa have hijacked a string of merchant ships since April, demanding multimillion-dollar ransoms.
  • The reason, analysts say, is the US-Iran war: warships that once patrolled these waters are busy elsewhere, and rerouted shipping is sailing straight through the pirates' hunting grounds.

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