11 April 2009

What about the Filipinos? Piracy focus seen as hypocritical

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MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - The international community is showing hypocrisy by suddenly focussing on Somali piracy because of the capture of one American, a regional maritime group said on Saturday.

2 comments:

Amanda said...

Great Article

Amanda said...

FYI: Filipinos make up the largest portion of the seafaring community.

The way the media is covering it gives many people who are not familiar with maritime policy the idea that piracy is a "new thing". In truth, piracy never really went away. And the sole focus on the Gulf of Aden also gives the idea that piracy is limited to that region when in fact it is an issue elsewhere (i.e Strait of Malacca).