Modern Pirates

"Armed pirates chased, boarded and hijacked a fishing trawler underway southeast of Mogadishu, Somalia."

"Several persons armed with machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and machetes attempting to climb onboard with use of rope at Lagos anchorage, Nigeria."

Reading the International Maritime Bureau's Live Piracy Report a catalog of piracy reports from around the world, two names crop up with disturbing frequency: Somalia and Nigeria.

Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled this year, threatening to make international trade more expensive and offering terrorists a new source of income, says one report.

During the last three weeks those Somali pirates have attacked over 20 ships and hijacked 9 of them.

The level of violence associated with the attacks is rising, with serious harm and even murder of seamen becoming increasingly common.

I find it very strange that the International community can not handle these pirates as the trash they are. Is this what the combined military forces of the western world is worth these days?