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Gen. Petraeus Implements Military Surge Against Four Somali Pirates in a Lifeboat

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.11.2009 | World


Jeremy Scahill

The most powerful Navy in the world remains in a standoff with four pirates in a small boat. So threatening to US national security are these pirates, Gen. Petraeus is now running the operation.

Why We Pay Attention to Piracy

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 05.10.2009 | World


Marcia DeSanctis

There is no government in Somalia to speak of, and the pirates are self-governing anyway. It is dramatic, challenging, surprising and odd place for a test of America's strength in the post-Bush world.

CON GAMES: Godspeed, Captain Phillips

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.10.2009 | World


Michael Conniff

Godspeed, Captain Phillips. The pirates know by now that you've got game.

Putting Today's 'Pirate' Attack in Context

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.09.2009 | World


Jeremy Scahill

Take this fact: Over $300 million worth of tuna, shrimp, and lobster are "being stolen every year by illegal trawlers" off Somalia's coast, forcing the fishing industry there into a state of virtual non-existence.

Bloomberg 3? NYC Veterans 0

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics


Luis Carlos Montalván

Ask any veteran and he or she will tell you that over the past several years New York City's Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs has done little or nothing to assist the hundreds of thousands of veterans in the city.

Navy Secretary Nominee Taped Wife And Priest In Nasty Divorce

The New York Times | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


President Obama's nominee for secretary of the Navy was involved in a divorce that drew national attention for his secret taping of a conversation bet...

The Next Cold War?

John Feffer | Posted 04.24.2009 | World


John Feffer

International law notwithstanding, the United States has long treated the Pacific as an American lake and China as beachfront property that we have to keep a special eye on.

Officials: US ship in China spat was hunting subs

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 04.10.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy ship that got into a scrape with five Chinese vessels last weekend in the South China Sea was looking for threats suc...

China: US Ship Activity Was Illegal

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 04.10.2009 | World


BEIJING — China responded sharply Tuesday to Washington's accusations over a confrontation at sea, an incident that analysts said could become m...

Pentagon: Chinese Ships Harassed US Vessel

AP | BY PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — Chinese ships surrounded and harassed a Navy mapping ship in international waters off China, at one point coming within 25 feet of ...

Don't Let an Ambush Happen Again, Mr. President

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


Aubrey Sarvis

If President Obama plans to keep his campaign promise, the White House and the Pentagon had better get on the same page now, and be ready to face the tough questioning sure to come.

George W. Bush's Inaugural Gift: Blackhawk Down-Redux: Obama's First Crisis, and the Legacy of Losing Somalia

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


Reese Schonfeld

Lest you have forgotten, it was George H.W. Bush who left President-elect Bill Clinton with the Inauguration Day present of a crisis in Somalia.

USS George H.W. Bush: Navy Vessel Named After 41st President Commissioned

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 02.10.2009 | Home


NORFOLK, Va. — It's the perfect gift for an old Navy flier: 1,092 feet of flattop. "What do you give a guy who has been blessed and has just ab...

Somali Pirates: US To Head Anti-Pirate Patrols

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 02.09.2009 | World


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A new international naval force under American command will soon begin patrols to confront escalating attacks by S...

Hash Highway: US, Allies Seize 20 Tons Of Drugs In Indian Ocean

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 01.29.2009 | World


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy says it and British forces have seized more than 20 tons of drugs smuggled along a "hash highway" th...

The Rev. Rick Warren Controversy: A "Blessing" in Disguise?"

Gary Cohan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics


Gary Cohan

I have expressed my outrage at Rick Warren's elevation to the national stage. Yet, if the gay community has the courage to take a deep breath, there's another way of viewing this situation.

Pirates Transform Villages Into Boomtowns

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and ELIZABETH KENNEDY | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home


MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful wome...

The Sound of Veterans Day

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 12.12.2008 | Entertainment


Sean Gilfillan

Just as our artists have given us great music to listen to since my return from Iraq, we are now using this music to help the hundreds of thousands of troops who face a host of struggles upon returning home.

McCain's South Seas Nightmare

Wes Tyrell | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Wes Tyrell

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Somalian Pirates To Be Taken On By Blackwater

Wired | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


Blackwater3_2 Security analysts and the Somali government are publicly flirting with the idea of hiring mercenaries to stop the pirates that are terro...

Cindy McCain's Attack On Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

"It ruffles our feathers when someone claims that Barack Obama doesn't support the troops, because the Obamas have gone out of their way to understand the military, its families, and its veterans."

Somali Pirates Near $8 Million Deal, Questions Still Surround Cargo

NY Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics


NAIROBI, Kenya -- There were mixed signals on Wednesday about the progress of the ransom negotiations for the arms-laden Ukrainian freighter that Soma...

No Nukes: Obama and McCain Weigh in on Nuclear Energy

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home


Simran Sethi

The incongruous convergence of our fiscal meltdown, an energy crisis and the alarming velocity of climate change is challenging and scary. It requir...

"The Golden Age of Piracy" or Long John Silver in a Tank

Richard Spilman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Entertainment


Richard Spilman

I do understand why folks have always had a fascination with pirates but my problem with Disney and other mass marketers is that they have attempted to make pirates cute and cuddly.

Somalian Pirate Standoff Leaves 3 Believed Dead, US Official Says

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — A U.S. defense official says the military believes that three pirates were killed in a gunfight among themselves on the ship they h...