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Default 4 sailors killed by pirates
On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:44:22 -0500, wrote:

It would be
trivial at that point to separate the freighters and fishermen from
the pirates.

Unfortunately the only difference between Somali fisherman and pirates
is guns and opportunity. Frequently they are one and the same, and
there are a lot of them. Imagine trying to track all of the fishing
boats off the coast of Florida.

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