Duel at the Suez Canal: World Scrambles to Deal with Pirate Threat

Duel at the Suez Canal: World Scrambles to Deal with Pirate Threat In their inflatable speedboats and armed with bazookas, Somalia's barefoot pirates are posing a threat to world trade. Now that they have hijacked a supertanker, Europe is deploying warships in the region, while private security firms are offering their services to shipping companies. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,592433,00.html