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	<title>Private Military Herald &#187; Piracy</title>
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		<title>Don’t Arm Merchant Marine</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/05/07/don%e2%80%99t-arm-merchant-marine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 06:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marines]]></category>
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By Colin Clark at DOD Buzz




UPDATED: With Adm. Mullen Saying He is Not a “Proponent” of Arming Merchant Marine; Piracy “Is Not My Priority Right Now.” He says: “I’ve Got A Big Globe.”
The head of the Maritime Administration, who oversees America’s merchant marine, said today that he opposed the arming of US merchant seamen to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petraeus suggests ships have armed guards</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/26/petraeus-suggests-ships-have-armed-guards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/26/petraeus-suggests-ships-have-armed-guards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>

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The News &#38; Observer
WASHINGTON &#8211; The global shipping industry should consider placing armed guards on its boats to ward off pirates who have become increasingly violent, the U.S. military commander who oversees the African coastline said Friday.
Gen. David Petraeus told a House committee that just trying to outrun or block pirates from boarding cargo ships [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aegis to help combat piracy off Somali coast</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/22/aegis-to-help-combat-piracy-off-somali-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/22/aegis-to-help-combat-piracy-off-somali-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sylvia Pfeifer, Financial Times








Oceanic action: suspected pirates arrested by French navy commandos in the Gulf of Aden



Tim Spicer, the founder and chief executive of Aegis Defence Services, the private security company whose main market is in Iraq, is preparing to do battle on the high seas by tackling piracy off the coast of Somalia.The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PMCs and anti-piracy, where is the fit? Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/16/where-pmcs-fit-in-the-anti-piracy-campaign-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/16/where-pmcs-fit-in-the-anti-piracy-campaign-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frequent Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jake Allen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jake Allen




In the coming weeks I plan to take a look at 3 of the ways that private security firms can find a productive role to play in the counter-piracy effort off the coast of Somalia.  The three areas I will be taking a closer look at are:
 

Security Guards Aboard/Armed with Lethal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Comprehensive Approach is Required to Counter Piracy</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/14/a-comprehensive-approach-is-required-to-counter-piracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/14/a-comprehensive-approach-is-required-to-counter-piracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jake Allen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jake Allen
Although there were many who agreed with yesterday’s rant about the  piracy problem off the coast of Somalia I did take some heat from a few readers. Perhaps some of that heat was justified and in rereading the post it does read as more angry than I certainly am. 
The truth is I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kill the pirates</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/12/kill-the-pirates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The opening stanza of the Marine Corps hymn is: &#8220;From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, we fight our country&#8217;s battles in the air, on land and sea.&#8221;
The &#8220;Halls of Montezuma&#8221; refers to the assault on Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican War, which was led by the small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attack Raises Debate on Guns for Sailors</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/11/attack-raises-debate-on-guns-for-sailors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/11/attack-raises-debate-on-guns-for-sailors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By JOHN W. MILLER and PAULO PRADA at The Wall Street Journal

BRUSSELS &#8212; This week&#8217;s pirate attack on an American vessel in the Indian Ocean has renewed a fierce debate in the shipping industry: Should sailors carry guns?
Many sailors support the idea. But ship owners and naval officials tend to say armed crews would only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standoff With Pirates Shows U.S. Power Has Limits</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/10/standoff-with-pirates-shows-us-power-has-limits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/10/standoff-with-pirates-shows-us-power-has-limits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Mazzetti at the New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Indian Ocean standoff between an $800 million United States Navy destroyer and four pirates bobbing in a lifeboat showed the limits of the world’s most powerful military as it faces a booming pirate economy in a treacherous patch of international waters.
Driven solely by economic gain, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: The Pirates of Puntland</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/09/editorial-the-pirates-of-puntland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/09/editorial-the-pirates-of-puntland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Times
The only sure way to deal with pirates is to kill them. Piracy is on the rise on the high seas, but governments &#8211; including ours &#8211; are not taking the threat seriously enough.
The first seizure of a U.S. flagged vessel by pirates in recent memory was thwarted yesterday as the crew retook [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. military already prepared with battle plans for Somalia pirates, say intelligence sources</title>
		<link>http://www.privatemilitaryherald.com/2009/04/09/us-military-already-prepared-with-battle-plans-for-somalia-pirates-say-intelligence-sources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By James Gordon Meek
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

  
WASHINGTON &#8211; U.S. military commanders have already prepared battle plans for ending the scourge of piracy on the high seas off Somalia if President Obama pulls the trigger, sources told the Daily News Wednesday.

The Navy sent a warship to intercept Somali pirates Wednesday who hijacked a U.S.-flagged [...]]]></description>
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