Subscribe to RSS feedCalls mount for naval forces to use lethal force against pirates
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Michelle Wiese Bockmann, London
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Jan 29, 2010 12:39 PM
CLEAR SIGNAL: Pirates take aim with their rocket launchers on the deck of a Chinese ship off Somalia in 2008. A lack of clarity in international law has emboldened pirates.
THERE are growing calls for naval forces to use lethal force on Somali pirates by sinking vessels and staging land-based attacks on those returning ashore with ransom money.
Sandeep Gopalan, head of the law department at the National University of...
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