Pirates appear to be taking advantage of international naval strength being diverted to Middle East
  • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    All we did was completely annihilate the local environment and industries they depended on to survive, why would they do this!?

  • radiofreebc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    10 hours ago

    I used to work on a cruise ship that went through the Gulf of Aden many times. We always got paid extra, had to do piracy drills, and IDF forces came onboard and set up machine gun nests on our outer decks. Always a bizarre time.

    • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      Fun fact, a significant portion of the time, having such weapons is illegal wherever they’re going, so after leaving the pirate area and arriving in port, they just… throw the weapons overboard.