You are being lied to about Pirates | w w w . P e t e r S a n t i l l i . c o m - 0 views
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The pirates showed “quite clearly - and subversively - that ships did not have to be run in the brutal and oppressive ways of the merchant service and the Royal navy.” This is why they were popular, despite being unproductive thieves.
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Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the U.N. envoy to Somalia, tells me: “Somebody is dumping nuclear material here. There is also lead and heavy metals such as cadmium and mercury - you name it.” Much of it can be traced back to European hospitals and factories
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European ships have been looting Somalia’s seas of their greatest resource: seafood
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a column from the Independent - a fascinating alternative view of the Somali Pirates
