The Pirates Of Somalia - Somalia

[@Gbaker1r]

what is a ship carrying iron ore from canada to china anywhere near somalia. Would it not be quicker to travel on the pacific ocean

[@fergus247]

What happens if a ship sails through the suez canal without egyptian permission? Im pretty sure its going to get boarded and its crew "held hostage"

[@princemarcel]

Thanks for posting.....been wondering what been going on over there..

[@valentyna.m]

.. totally agree! ppl r trying to leave in those conditions & in the country where they were born.. nice video

[@nacek4444]

they found 80.000 out of two milion. The rest of the money probobly went back to Europe...

[@moebigsley1976]

Glad to see there someone else on here with enough senese to know what's going on. I made the same comment you did.

[@proconsulaugustus]

Earlier in the film the narrator mentions that London/Lyyods Maritime Insurance Group. BASED in London was paying the ransom to the pirates. So yes, they are "funding" the pirates by paying the ransom for crew and ship. I hear what you are saying though, it could be confusing if taken out of context.

[@zettebda]

Good for Somalians, Save your country and save your lives! Do what you do!

[@lproth]

Thank you, I have that goal in mind.

[@DullerCorpse]

@1billy9 They are also descendants of the Dutch, Spanish, Irish, the list goes on...

[@jimmd56]

who created directed and filmed this documentary, and when was it aired please? i'd like to track it down... thanks

[@FatherTimeasd]

Couple hundred years from now we'll be making movies and writing musicals about them.

[@xekul]

to everyone who says "you would be a pirate too if you were in their position!" ok, that may be true, but it is also true that if the somalis were in OUR position, and WE were attacking THEIR ships and threatening THEIR trade, in that case, THEY would be doing exactly what we are doing - FIGHTING BACK! so maybe we shouldn't condemn them for being pirates. but on that same note, don't condemn us for doing everything we can to stop them.

[@cumarshiine6880]

we love somalia

[@smg1one]

1 of the most important naval passages in the world and no1 thought to do anything to stop the criminals from turning it into a no go zone for major shipping? crazy

[@JTMShortplays]

I wonder if the crews are allowed to hire security?

[@knightsofstjoan2004]

Pirates of Somalia: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of Somalia: On Dangerous Tides

[@FilipH86]

have you not been watching any news for the past years?

[@uturniaphobic]

added: It also sates that the "pirates" are fighting this by hijacking boats

[@MarigotZoe13]

poverty is the problem its nice there able to help eachother out like that maybe the world would wake up and do something to help these ppl out

[@cabrio379]

I´m a mother from a young german Seaman and my first anxiety is, that my son is over many month a hostage from this pirates!

[@lproth]

I could not have replied any better!

[@Playborn]

No, this is only a lightly taken issue because it cost less to just pay the ransom and to shut up than change the sea routes or deploy the navy

[@xekul]

Taskforce Ranger was only a few dozen Army Rangers and other Special Forces. They had no fixed wing air support, no armor support (other than the Pakistani APCs), no artillery, and most importantly, it was Clinton's admin that half-heartedly put them there and pulled them out at the first sign of bloodshed. And even then a handful of Rangers, surrounded in a hostile city, killed thousands of Somalis with a loss of only 13 of their own.

[@ninadbhatt]

agree

[@FreshD2008]

This is an existential dilemma... A 20 year old man played no autonomous part in the area he had to grow up in. It is always easy to consider something laterally. Take a moment to enter his matrix, where one mans livelihood is another mans survival, where pundits and universities aren't around to give you any grasp on how the world works or why the hell your children are starving. You give a entropic society no hope and weapons and they'll innovate. Viva La Piratas.

[@smg1one]

What we all deserve is a world that, after seeing ppl suffer, rather than thinking who is to blame or who should be killed, thinks instead of ways to help

[@mars3400]

Go. ..go Pirate go.go.go......pirates you're the best .Stealing from the Richs,feed the poor,that's great,i love pirates .

[@DoubleDX]

I wouldn't go as far as calling them heroes. Eventhough i don't agree with their methods, it's like that one somali lady said; No one else is doing anything for us. They don't wish anybody to be harmed. And they are providing otherwise starving childeren with basic care. They have my support i guess.

[@casse82]

A wrong doesn't justify another wrong. You have to blame both.

[@moebigsley1976]

I heard that the pirates are trying to stop the dumping of toxic waste off their shores. Somalia tried to go to the U.N. to stop the dumping, but as usual, it didn't stop the dumping. What are really on those ships. They may be pirates, but you can't say that the corporations that transport these materials are boy scouts. The transport and dumping of toxic waste can be very lucrative except for the people who get it in their backyard.

[@kakompo]

And where would you be moving to?

[@Frances3654]

why not arm the shipping companies boats with arms and guards seriusly

[@intermediatespecies]

Looks like the Swashbuckling Scallywags are not afraid of the US Navy. As of this writing, four pirates are holding off a number of US Navy warships.

[@emmelawrence]

What we take for granted here in the US never ceases to amaze me...while these pirates are obviously fully responsible for their actions, the utterly abject poverty seen in this video can't be denied. It also seems that piracy will continue to become more prevalent until political and economical stability are returned to the region.

[@b-sideplank]

@scirocco860 And where are You from sunshine?

[@theunholysoul]

Not the one in Somalia mate. I am aware of the one around the coast of cuba.

[@theunholysoul]

sweetsingeruk:Your statement implies that all piracy including the ones in Somaila where conducted on behalf of CIA. The problem is-your statement is innacurate. It is identical to the principle of the CIA that all terrorists are Al-Qaeda. You must not have presumptions without solid information to back it up,or tell someone just to google it.If you have the info,then let me know. I am willing to look it up. One last thing - What is the motive of the CIA to conduct such operation?

[@SeanP7195]

"For every dollar that an African country receives in grants, it pays $13 in interest on debt" Stupidest thing I ever heard.

[@SinerAthin]

This title actually made me think of Pirates of Somalia as the next film in the series after Pirates of the Carribean xD

[@caffeineaddicted1]

anyone who completely advocates the somalian pirates or completely condemns them doesnt know anything about what is going on in somalia today!

[@funkyplayer4212]

This is a bad week for the pirates. The got to meet the navy seals in a rather intimate way.

[@firebat128]

you think ol' sethcowan has been there? he seems to know everything.

[@alhuseinen]

Smart!! the world is going to eternal darkness with people like u in it.

[@pashun88]

Piracy wasnt something that just happened out of nowhere. This is a simple case of cause and effect.

[@Harunyare]

All though I don't support criminality in any shape or form, but I beleive that this is symptom of the larger problem. Our seas became the dumping ground of rich countries and companies. I welcome the attention that our seas are receiving from our fishermen also known as the somali cous Gaurd..

[@gino2nino]

Insh'Allah

[@AdmiralUmptDumpt]

Poor people have been immune from any wrongdoing since the french revolution.

[@wabdinur]

Somalis are confused as to why the world is focusing on these petty pirates when there are Bernard Madoffs out there.

[@bonebaron666]

i love pirates keep up the good work

[@warhulk2]

Also pirates wore eye patches which reduced ability to aim properly

[@ouygo]

Fron my point of view Somalia pirates is one of the Modern Global problems in the World,and it has't been decided completely yet.

[@mikewbma]

Somalia is a sad story. Before 1960 they were a colony of Britain and France and Italy. When the independence came the colonial power ceded the Ogaden to the Eithopia which should be part of Somalia. Because of this land dispute there was a war between the Eithopia and Somalia. Then country also has a civil war between 5 of there tribes and million are affected. also because there is no government foreign ship regularly fish and dump waste on their beach.

[@gino2nino]

this ain't fuckin playstation 3... I am not afraid to die

[@DaniboyBR2]

Don't worry, I wasn't being agressive, if it seemed that way, sorry.

[@jdphd9025]

Want sell insurance??? To Shipping Oil Companies? Have terrorist hijack the Ships? Is that what is being done??? Someone is profiting selling Insurance. Or this problem would not have persisted a long time. Once everyone catches on the idea for the need of Insurance all this nightmare will vanish. Another problem is a very poor Country in need of a stable Government.

[@wabdinur]

Yeah? You want to take their place (the crew members)? It's so easy to talk from the comfort of your house.

[@Zuba2Zuba]

pirates or Criminals, call them what ever you wanna call them,,, But I tell you that they are the somalian Coast Guards... The greteast nation in east africa

[@rabbithog]

if you want to see pirates go to wembley high road

[@mars3400]

go pirates,and long life to pirates

[@brotherlove1]

We Aint Scarred you, M.Fx...

[@ruppel1968]

It was a Tourist Boat protected by 5 (fife) private Security Man...nothing happened. Lloyds London made the most Insurance trusts for the biggest Ships...Millions of Dollars...so...Question...how many money can it cost to place Soldiers on a boat?

[@intermediatespecies]

Whoa!! 20 minutes ago priates took a US owned tugboat with a crew of 16. I hope my first gig isnt an attempt on the US Navy destroyer in the area.

[@shortsdeliveries]

if i were a somali, i would be a pirate for sure! there is no jobs there, all that foreign ships are passing through there without paying anything and are polluting their beaches and sea. the lack of a effective central governament started all this

[@TheCrazyFinn]

@chrisdef15 OK, three months... Felt like a year! ;)

[@154421535]

You still can comprehend ethical behavior instinctively, instead of the academic BS that you learned in school.

[@smg1one]

what drives these people to do this is when they look out at the entire world and realize nobody really cares

[@GoofyBoa]

A pirate is a person who lives at the expense and hard work done by others. A pirate is a parasite. Piracy was illegal 1,000 years ago and is illegal in 2009. Let the countries whose ships are attacked defend themselves by shooting and killing the pirates. AN act of war needs that type of response. Kill the PIRATES in order to KILL THE PROBLEM. The world does NOT need these people. Please don't judge every somali because of these pirates.

[@HunyadiMatyas]

Regardless what you think about the actions of Blackwater employees, you don't honestly believe a bunch of somalis with ak47s will be able to take out highly trained ex- spec ops soldiers like Blackwater? I hardly have any love for americans (nor their mercs), but Blackwater would absolutely slaughter the 'pirates' (and since vast majority of the Blackwater employees are ex US special ops, they are pretty battle hardened too).

[@nelson3300]

The child inside me says they should just send a seal team in the middle of the night and ravage them.... but realistically, we dont want blood spilled.

[@addislige]

i agree do u know how much fish europeans, asians, and so on have stolen and dumped wastes into Somali waters. the Somalis have every right to defend their coast from thieves. trust me the amount of damage and money that have been taken from Somalia i don't know how they haven't taken more ships. I am Ethiopian and understand my neighbors issues.

[@MarekUtd]

@ljnecesito at what point did I say i love pirates??? I can sympathize with them. You think they LIKE being pirates??? of course not.....would you lay down and die if you had no job and could not feed your family?

[@Spiritree41]

Those ships are too close to the Somali coast line. They are only protecting there shorelines. Just like other countries protect theirs. I would do anything to protect my shorelines too. How are you foing interpret what he is saying? Lies!

[@Dantinus]

The Royal Navy doesn't have a jar of dirt.

[@73hd99w]

Where is the treasure of these pirates, matey?

[@kotk05]

Send those pirates to Mofuto Jones's locker

[@freevortex82]

i look forward to the hollywood production of "Pirates of the Somali Coast: search for the Sirius Star". Will everybody boo Jack Sparrow next time?

[@artistdigital]

If u use their waters, y dont u pay them royalty! They r doing this out of poverty!! The opinion of the lady at 8:16 makes everthing so clear!!

[@Lobos222]

The French operation cost xxx times the ransom. I can understand if they try to stop the "wrong" ship,but it makes no sense spending millions of state dollars on stopping something that cost"little for the involved"private companies. Cultural issues aside,Saudi Arabia, Muslims etc.I dont really think anyone has a real interest in making those water save unless theres money to be made in doing it. Of course,we could make a"War on Jack Sparrow",but will it be worth it?Will it save lives/money?

[@ziegle9876]

Looks like you are from a country with a tradition to send weapons to terrorists under the cover of "development aid". Are you actively involved with arming the Somali pirates?

[@StripesReaper]

I'm moving nowhere, I'm living where I was born.

[@TheCrazyFinn]

@chrisdef15 I've no idea what post this was a response to. I haven't commented on this video for the past year. I haven't been to Somalia, yet, but I do know some Somalis in Finland. Maybe I will go there to fight with them. :)

[@production2023]

Somali Pirates Long life Long Life Love them so much. Everyone gotta duty to defend it's own sea.

[@fasterthenyou39]

we're lucky the french navy is over there capturing some of the pirates that try to hijack any ship..

[@betterworld1]

really? what about before the 90s?

[@gino2nino]

And on top of all that, We have the common sense to realize how to take what is ours from the men at the top who orchestrate these types of criminal activities. Would you be angry? Would you consider yourself to be a pirate protecting your own land and resources? And after hijacking ships for over 3 years, my Somali brothers have no incidents of murder, nor do they hurt any of their captives. Does these brothers sound like terrorists/thugs/pirates?

[@DaniboyBR2]

How naive a question can be?

[@DeanMonio]

...deny those cats their food, and they will fight as desperate as a lion...but a good point u have there, its quite possible some firms with big insurances on their goods exchange info with those pirates...a lion who is fed isnt dangerous, but those rich men, they re just greedy...

[@dreamEternal]

Somalia's problem is not only it's own, read Somalias history, it was ok in 1980s to some extent till american aid agencies went there, messed it up, kept a dictator in power and left, foreigners then went back and messed up their fishing livelihood...tell me what else do you expect them to do? It's not just their fault, Africas problem is never only its own,

[@AskariWaryaa]

Indeed it would be great if America and Europe did not interfere in Somalia. But sadly nothing could be further from the truth.

[@zorbaknecromancer]

put he's a pirate music

[@distorbia20]

Lol thats what i call easy money........my somali brothers are teaching these rich companies some lessons...."dont use somalia Sea if you dont want your ship to be taking.......(Respect)

[@cutegual]

I am proud of them :)let;s do that to those selfish ppl who created the war in them and ignored them.

[@Xaaaxi]

Question.. why do not you talk about these European Companies dumping NUCLEAR on our land everyday? I believe they're defenders and heroes. And however this land is... its ours and if you want to know what we're come our area! From Somalia

[@importedmusic]

I give up, at 4:45 - why on Earth should America or the UN have the responsibility of sending troops and ships (and presumably spending alot of tax payers' money) to 'deal with' the somali pirates? Yet another charity case from Africa where their own irresponsible politics and arrogance seems to place the ownus on Europe or America. I simply have no time for this man's argument which strikes a resemblance to viewpoints expressed in the Middle East

[@LydmusicInfo]

Islam in its finest

[@YouSirAreNoob]

"They will fight on till death" well hopefully that comes swiftly for them

[@YouSirAreNoob]

@The Meek I regret not necro'ing more posts over this time. Thanks for asking

[@Epimpin101]

these pirates are such posers, no swords, no parrots and no eye patch = not a real pirate imo.

[@y2raza]

i thought all the somalis were driving cabs in chicago, there are still few left!!

[@dukenukemthreed]

I would not want to be a pirate when the worlds Navies have nothing better to do than test their guns on pirates!