You know, our problem is not piracy. It is illegal dumping.

These problems have been going for sometime and the world knows about it. The Americans have been here in the region for a long time now – they know about the pollution.

Instead, no, the world is only talking about the pirates and the money involved.

NAIROBI, Kenya, 22 Nov. 2008 (AP)– The U.N., African Union and Arab nations struggled to respond Thursday to a surge of pirate attacks, authorizing sanctions and calling for international peacekeepers to address the chaos in Somalia that has spawned an upsurge in sea banditry. More on World struggles to take on plague of Somali piracy

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – – Today’s pirates are mainly fighters for Somalia’s many warlord factions, who have fought each other for control of the country since the collapse of the Siad Barre government in 1991. More on Who are Somalia’s pirates?