Piratas atacan la madre patria

April 21, 2008

Piratas atacan la madre patria

Newsflash: pirates just captured a Spanish fishing boat off the coast of Somalia. A Spanish frigate has been dispatched from the Red Sea and Madrid has requested assistance from NATO countries with a naval presence in the area.

Considering as I just posted about pirates, I figured that it'd be remiss not to mention that the French raid doesn't seem to had an immediate deterrent effect. Not that there's anything surprising about that.

Posted at 11:12 PM in Africa, Crime, Empire, España, Europe, France | Permalink

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