This year alone, we’ve seen two UN humanitarian goods ships bringing food to Somalia hijacked. These scum don’t care if they starve the population; they want their money. The only reason the MSM has picked up this news is (*gasp*) a cruiseship was attacked.

Al Qaeda would not have attacked so many Arab or Muslim ships, they would have focused on western targets. And while Somalia is known to have some Al Qaeda presence, the fact is Al Qaeda doesn’t really have that much support there. Some, but not much.

Bigger question: Who believes that absolutely none of the instigators of the riots in France (and Belgium) have ties to Al Qaeda?

Included in some intercepted documents when the man known as the AQ skipper was captured was a document pertaining to the strategy in the waterways of AQ. Most of that strategy included attacking cargo and military ships in certain ports and straits in order to have an adverse effect on the world’s economy, but there was also documents included which specifically called for attacks upon civilian cruise ships.

The ‘pirates’ off the coast of Somalia attacked hundreds of miles off the coast. They did not bring any sort of equipment that would enable them to get on board the cruise ship. They carried shoulder fired rockets and light arms. There was nothing of great value to take on the cruise ship. Other attacks similar in nature have targeted cargo ships which they would then sell the cargo and confiscate the ship for smuggling. A cruise ship does not have any cargo other than individuals and it would be quite difficult to load enough cargo on the ship once it was confiscated.

The vast majority of ships attacked by AQ and that were part of the AQ fleet that has been destroyed were ships that were originally out of Arab ports (because of Morocco and Sudan I cannot say Middle Eastern). It is true they want to attack Western ships, but the group is also trying to regain a fleet since their old one was destroyed. The United States alone is spending an enormous amount of money building up coast guard units in countries in the Horn of Africa and around the Arabian Peninsula, not just to safeguard from pirates, but to help prevent attacks by AQ. It’s part of our anti-terrorism policy, not just the anti-piracy policy that may or may not be.

Does this mean it was AQ or an AQ affiliated group? I should have included in my original write-up that it is highly possible AQ was involved but it is hardly a sure thing.