Agreed, Merc. When I was doing that IOtD of the ships crew making Molotov cocktails I followed a shitload of links on the pirates. The numbers were astounding and there was even one story about the ransom money was helping fund Al-Qaeda in Africa by the pirates paying them protection. The whole thing is so bizarre in this day and age, it's a reminder of how primitive some of the world still is.
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