This really shouldn't be all that much of a surprise since that area is known for pirating activity. Maybe the ships there should carry weapons in case they get approached next time IMO.

Worst part: Jack Sparrow was not around.

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"I find no black men appealing, they look like giant monkeys." -LilithIshtar (some member of another forum I used to be part of)

The pirates of romanticized lore were actually brutal Muslims. Is history repeating itself?

no they weren't, the "romanticized" pirates where the english, french, spanish, and other european privateers.

Blackbeard - English
Morgan - Welsh
Roberts - Welsh
Kidd - Scottish
Hawkins - English
Bartolomeu - Portuguese
Lessone - French

Famous Historical Pirates

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There is actually a time frame called, "the Golden Age of Piracy."

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Dude....thats so stupid it is funny.

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Oh dudes of little faith. We are talking about the African coast here, not frinkin' US. Pirates!: Fact, General History

That may be the topic on the thread....but you said:

Those would be the others. BTW my favorite is Jean Lafitte.

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The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it! The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose! The law become the weapon of every kind of greed! Instead of checking crime, the law itself guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish! - Frederick Bastiat

US Navy vessels of all sizes carry a small arms locker, and at least one MK.2, why not simply arm cargo ships? Think of the cost involved both in human life and dollars. A Glock 17 or Beretta Px4 will run $500 a copy, times the number of crew would be MAYBE $10,000 if you had a large crew. Throw in a few shotguns and rifles, and the total bill MIGHT be $15,000 to protect cargo worth MILLIONS of dollars. Plus, the crew aren't summarily killed, always a bonus.

If I had a shipping company, I'd invest in a small arms locker.

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What's that got to do with anything?

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"I find no black men appealing, they look like giant monkeys." -LilithIshtar (some member of another forum I used to be part of)

I was making a point that most people don't realize that the most feared pirates were the Muslims. They were also the slavers and the cause of America's first war after the Revolution. What Thomas Jefferson learned from the Muslim book of jihad

There have been a lot of attacks lately. If you remember earlier this year the Spanish Yacht captured, then the French Yacht and the Japanese Oil tanker that got attacked. Theyve been fighting a real war lately.

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