Piracy: A Growth Industy

Pirates Hit Six More Ships Off of Somalia | Danger Room from Wired.com "If you give a mouse a cookie, he's gonna want a glass of milk." Well the piracy business is becoming very profitable. So, of course it is a growth industry.As if seizing a ship-load of tanks and small arms wasn't bad enough. Pirates have attacked six more vessels off the coast of Somalia in just the past week, according to data from NATO. The now-infamous, weapons-clogged MV Faina remains in pirates' hands. And international tensions are ratcheting up by the day. The latest attacks brings the total number of "piracy-related incidents" in the Gulf of Aden and off... [read full story]