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Dec 17, 2008

To the shores of... wherever the hell the bad guys go 

The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Tuesday aimed at combating piracy along the Horn of Africa by allowing military forces to chase pirates onto land in cases of "hot pursuit."

Military forces from various countries, including the United States, are patrolling pirate-infested waters off Somalia, where attacks have surged this year. Nearly 100 vessels have come under fire, according to the International Maritime Bureau, and almost 40 vessels have been hijacked.
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"The United States is part of an international effort," [Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice] said. "We do have naval forces that have been involved in this effort. What this (resolution) does is to authorize that the boundary of the maritime cannot become a safe haven boundary for pirates. What we do -- or do not do -- in issues like hot pursuit, we'll have to see ... case by case."
And somewhere... a MEU planning staff just rearranged it's calendar to squeeze in more raid training.

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Posted by: Mike the Marine / 19:21
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