Comments on: Exclusive: Somali Pirates Call on American Benefactor

By: jon clays

jon clays — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:19:44 +0000

I noticed that she mentioned Berbera. Does she understand that Berbera belongs to Somaliland which is an independant country and has already its own navy. This is why piracy doesn’t occur in Somaliland waters!!!!!!!

By: sloane

sloane — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:45:25 +0000

Although he doesn't condone the pirateering, Dr. Tantillo, who has a marketing and branding blog, did a post last week on why the pirates have been a success, as seen from a branding angle: "they have established a standard set of expectations in their victims: 1) they can capture huge ships successfully, and no crew is impervious; and 2) once aboard they take charge but remain relatively humane and can be counted on to turn the ship, cargo and crew over for cash. This means that their repeat performances have trained crews to surrender and for ship owners to pay up." Tantillo's full post

By: Marcase

Marcase — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:38:06 +0000

“…taking of ships owned by Muslims…”

90% of ships passing the Horn of Africa are non-Muslim ships, so are they free game ???

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:13:31 +0000

Hehe, that’s AWESOME. She’s going to buy herself a navy, an army, and a whole country. Mister Lee’s Greater Hong Kong, meet Ballarin Multinational!

By: Peter Quinn

Peter Quinn — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:00:37 +0000

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