alt Hacker NewsSomali pirates WERE fishermen before being pirates... They turned to piracy to combat other countries fishing their waters.
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mohamedkoubaa • today at 1:00 AM
My Somali friend calls them the coastguard (half jokingly)
frugalmail • today at 12:46 AM
That's why they pirated so many Chinese ships right?
IncreasePosts • yesterday at 11:29 PM
No, the pirates are organized crime syndicates. They are not the same people who were fishing the waters 35 years ago
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readthenotes1 • yesterday at 11:28 PM
And then they turn to piracy for its own sake because they realized how lucrative it was
That’s a great story, with very little attachment to reality.