Another American ship came under attack by Somali pirates on Tuesday, as pirates attacked the Liberty Sun with grenades and automatic weapons. The crew managed to hold them off.
Bronwyn Bruton, an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Martin Savidge to discuss Somalia’s onshore instability, American options for dealing with Somalia and how pirates are regarded inside Somalia.
For more on Somalia’s onshore and offshore instability, listen to our online radio show on lawlessness in Somalia.
04/23/2009 :: 11:02:37 AM
Q&A: United States recalibrates policy toward Somalia | Politics News Says:
[…] pirate attacks on U.S.-flagged ships have thrust the issue of Somali piracy into the spotlight and prompted U.S. President Barack Obama […]