Originally Posted By: Carcassman
On the other hand, I read a while back that the pirates are good for the local fish and fishermen. The threat of piracy keeps the big foreign boats away.


That is definitely the "other" part to the story. In no way do I find it justifiable to hijack boats and kill people but there is a larger story here. The lack of goverment has lead to exploitation of their resourses and the people doing the first and most signficant exploiting aren't the locals.

How anyone would spend time in that area on a boat and not be prepared to win a small arms battle is beyond me? I suspect they were relying on prayer.