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UK PRIME minister David Cameron’s announcement that the UK will now support the deployment of armed guards on board UK-flagged merchant vessels will only affect around 100-150 ships in practice.
However, it has added to the growing consensus that a lethal approach to piracy is required.
Statements arguing for the use of armed guards, including Mr Cameron’s, are usually qualified by the proviso that the armed guards are only part...
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