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Naval call to arm merchant ships

thestandard.com.hk — The senior British Royal Navy commander in the Gulf has called for merchant shipping to hire mercenaries in response to the increasing danger of piracy. At a time when a record number of ships have been hijacked off Somalia, Commodore Keith Winstanley said he believed that the situation has become so serious that civilian vessels should be armed.

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  • Goodanswer, on 10/12/2008, -0/+1Why dont they just create a sting and then blow the pirates out of the water?
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