Democracy Now!: Attack of USS Liberty & Mavi Marmara

Democracy Now! looks back at the 1967 attack by Israel on the USS Liberty and covers the recent hijacking and takeover of the Mavi Marmara as it tried to break through the blockade around Gaza.

[Video] Democracy Now! USS Liberty and Mavi Marmara - Attacks by Isreal

Pirates of the Arabian: The real Somali Pirate Story

They won't tell you the real story of the Somali Pirates.

Now that shipping rates have dropped like a rock, ship owners are looking to cash out their insurance policies with some assistance from the Somali pirates. The insurance companies like it because they sell more insurance policies. It's a win-win for everyone involved, shippers, insurance, and the Somali pirates.

[Video] Somali pirates just pawns in a global business


The pirates started out protecting their coast from Western ships that would illegally overfish their waters and dump industrial/nuclear waste, which would then wash up on their coasts. They were the Coast Guard of their country. Then they got greedy.

[Youtube] Report on fish depletion and industrial/nuclear waste.


[Youtube] Somali rapper K'Naan talks about his country Somalia and the pirates.