CAUGHT NAPPING!!! FOLLOWING IS A PRECIS OF A CNN ARTICLE (I KNOW). REAL WORLD ISSUES HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY IGNORED. GET THE EXPERIENCED GUYS BACK INSTEAD OF DROPPING THE SALARIES TO VIRTUALLY ZERO AND TREATING US LIKE SHIT (#chennai6). THERE ARE 100s OF REASONS PIRACY IS COMING BACK. IF WE HAD JUST BEEN TREATED CORRECTLY, INSTEAD OF PUTTING PROFIT BEFORE EXPERIENCE THEY WOULDN'T BE CRYING ABOUT ANY RESURGENCE IN PIRACY IN THE FIRST PLACE THE ARTICLE A fishing boat was hijacked off Somalia Tuesday. The attack is the latest in a series of hijackings in the High Risk Area (HRA) off Somalia since the ARIS13 was taken. The region had seen a decline in piracy over recent years, after gaining notoriety for the frequency of attacks. In 2010, Somali pirates hijacked 49 ships and took over 1,000 hostages and according to the IMB the period of relative calm may be over, and the threat from piracy could increase further. A sharp rise in kidnap for ransom attacks in the region is occurring, with 96 hostages taken compared with 44 the previous year, but just a single instance of hijacking for cargo. Economic losses through piracy in West Africa increased by more than 10 percent to $793.7 million. "The increase in kidnap and ransom attacks is troubling as they tend to entail greater violence," said report co-author Maisie Pigeon. Kidnap attacks also increased in Asia, where pirates took 67 hostages and killed 6 in 2016. The Somali coast was relatively quiet last year, with no successful hijackings. But the report noted that the vigilance of vessels in the area had decreased, which Pigeon believes played a part in the spate of attacks in 2017. "The perception of risk to shipping decreased, which gave pirate groups the opportunity to commit attacks," she says. "In East Africa, the intent to attack has never gone away. Now we're seeing opportunities return." #navy #army #operator #troops #tactical #sniper #armedforces #terrorism #terror #ISIS #antipiracy #antiterrorism #rpg #rpk #marines #usmc #seals #oilandgas #bmp4outdated #shipping #ar15 #ak47 #letusdoourjob #tiredofprofitoverlife #alshabaab #alqaeda #houthi #suicideboat #Timeforaction #talkischeap
