HI127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Siad Barre, Piracy In The 21St Century, Mohamed Farrah Aidid
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There will also be a bunch of identification questions. Smaller navies, less protection of international water. Change of political philosophies in uk and us, margaret thatcher and ronald. Most merchant ships were lightly armoured, very large but had next to no protection. Pirates also have access to technology to track down ships. Gun trade provides somali pirates with deadly weapons. A collapsed state, or very weak states. Piracy is almost a form of organized crime in this area, much more sophisticated. They do not take hostages, they take the entire ships. Divert it to a pre-arranged destination where the buyer is located. Did reduce the amount of piracy in the area but it only shifted to a different location. Was the most homogenous society in the continent, no separate tribes like other countries. Colonialism entered in the 19th century by the italians and british and some french. In 1969, the president was assassinated (coup) and siad barre took power.
