1.0 link 184752 <![CDATA[Putting Today's 'Pirate' Attack in Context]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeremy-scahill/putting-todays-pirate-att_b_184752.html A US ship, owned by a Pentagon contractor with 'Top Security' clearance, was seized off the Somali coast. Reports say the US crew has retaken the ship. But the question remains: Why are the pirates attacking?

The Somali pirates who took control of the 17,000-ton "Maersk Alabama" cargo-ship in the early hours of Wednesday morning probably were unaware that the ship they were boarding belonged to a US Department of Defense contractor with "top security clearance," which does a half-billion...

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