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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Thanks,
I was also reading an update where it indicated that the captain tried to escape but failed and 2 more US ships are coming to the area.
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Yeah - the report I read said he jumped off the boat and tried to swim for it, but was quickly recaptured. That's ballsy as hell- big props.
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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
Anybody have any idea why this activity has increased or has it always been this bad and only now just really being publicized?
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It hasn't increased per se - it's just moved. The US and other nations have ships patrolling the Gulf of Aden, so the pirates have simply moved further away from the Gulf. The original US vessel was captured like 300 miles off the coast of Somalia. The area the pirates infest is something like 1,000,000 square miles, making patrol pretty much impossible.