Somali pirates, security personnel in 4 shootouts (AP)
March 6th, 2010
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AP - Signaling a new offensive mindset, international military officials vowed Friday to fight the pirates as swarms of Somalis moved into the waters off East Africa. Four shootouts with pirates showed that high-seas attacks are intensifying with the end of the monsoon season.
(cross-reference: Piracy in Somalia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_Somalia)