Foreign hostages in Somalia

of journalism. Lindhout recalls a grueling account of being captured for 460 days in Somalia. She presents this story in the form of a memoir, which Lindhout shares in chronological order. While religious overload plagues some of the latter chapters, the overall story is compelling. The overload was only a minor distraction to the storytelling. Lindhout begins her book with a prolog. The Prolog starts in Somalia, where Lindhout explains the houses her captors kept them. The initial chapters encompassed

EU guidelines are ‘attacks upon a person's life which may cause death’, ‘kidnapping or hostage taking’ and ‘causing extensive destruction to a Government or public facility, a transport system, an infrastructure facility’(9). It is obvious from the descriptions of the incidents in both Nairobi and Kampala that both intentionally caused many deaths, and the attack in Nairobi also included the elements of hostage taking and an attack on a public facility. However, the violent actions in themselves are

hijacking of the Maersk Alabama container ship in 2009 where Captain Richard Phillips was taken hostage by pirates for five days before being rescued. “This film will keep you on the edge of your seat, but is also Hollywood propaganda at its finest” In this 40 minute interview I was accompanied by Abdi Mohammed Said who recently visited Somalia. Mohammed Said grew up in Mogadishu the capital of Somalia. He moved to The Netherlands in 1991. “Some of my friends are fisherman the only thing they want

the economical interests of numerous countries. Indeed, American foreign

Barbary Coast of North Africa.2 These pirates were known as Barbary corsairs, and they would attack ships from Christian countries, seizing their ships and, and selling the sailors into slavery. Today, Somali pirates are seizing ships and taking hostages for ransom along the waters off the coast of Somali and the Gulf of Aden. The root of the Somali pirates was established then put into motion after the Somali Civil War and the fall of the Barre regime in 1991, the last functioning government

dangers, but the pirates occupy the ship. The captain sacrifices himself for the crews and be a hostage of pirates. Also, American navy tries to rescue captain and confronts against the pirates. This is the primary content of the story and it is filmed based on a true story.

Piracy in Somalia Somalia has been dealing with piracy for decades now. Piracy is a major problem in today’s waters, but what exactly is piracy? Piracy is the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea. The piracy epidemic in Somalia is not going to go away overnight. Piracy in Somalia has drastically affected everything about the country. Piracy might now sound like a whole lot of a big deal, but the real fact is, it is a big deal. Solving such an issue as piracy is not an easy task by any

Ransom on the High Seas: The case of Piracy in Somalia The pirates in the coast of Somalia came to activity at the start of 2003. The main reason that provoked local Somalis to start attacking foreign cargo ships was the civil war that broke out in 1991. The Somali Civil War leads to an unstable government that lacked on authority, leadership and control to stop the rising attacks between local groups. From there, Somalia went on downhill; its population decreased over two thirds from 1991 to

These new age bandits have advanced from the antiquated image of the pirate because of the Somalia rebellion, and this allowed people like Abdulahai to rise to power and control the seas at one time. However, they may be resurfacing from their brief extinction. Unlike buccaneers in the past, many of these new pirates were concentrated around the Horn of Africa on the shores of Somalia. The 1991 civil war in Somalia, which overthrew the current system of government, left it to be a hub for nefarious actions

Piracy is a problem that did not stop in the 1700s. The pirates off the coast of Somalia attack ships and take hostages for ransoms. The United States is one of the countries being attacked. Along with France, China and Russia. Regarding the U.S foreign policy and interactions with Somali pirates, the U.S should use force because there will be less of an of a financial hit on the families of the victims, piracy will decrease when the incentives decrease, and less money will be given to the terrorist