Friday September 10, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

A court in Kenya convicted seven Somalians for piracy.

They were sentenced to 5 months in prison.

The pirates were convicted of attacking a German Naval supply ship last March. Lawyers for the pirates will appeal the conviction.

This is the first attempt by an individual country to clamp down on the pirates who are wreaking havoc all over the waters of the Middle East.

Five months is not a significant amount of time. But it is a beginning. At least the court in Kenya heard the case, at least they handed down a sentence. I hope they have set a precedent that will be followed by other countries.

Piracy must be stopped - or at least, pirates must be deterred from pursuing what has until now, been a very lucrative operation.

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