This is the third post in nearly as many days on this topic, but what can I say…I’m intrigued.  Here’s some headlines that have been running about the Somalia piracy event…

Elizabeth A. Kennedy, ‘US Navy says crew on hijacked ship off Somalia OK,’ Associated Press, 2008-10-07

The US Navy requested to see the initial crew of the Faina – and photos are circulating that show them on deck in good health.  One of the crew died early on in the hijacking from a reported heart condition or hypertension.

‘Somali pirates seize Greek ship,’ Agence France-Presse, 2008-09-19, p. 12

Somali pirates have boarded a Greek ship, the Centauri, off the coast of Mogadishu in the Indian Ocean.

‘US aircraft carrier in SAfrica amid piracy fears,’ Agence France Presse, 2008-10-07

The US nuclear powered USS Theodore Roosevelt has docked in Cape Town to visit South Africa and assist with problems including piracy, illegal fishing and oil bunkering.  It is to conduct some exercises at sea with the South African Navy.

Mohamed Olad Hassan, ‘US: 4 failed Somali pirate attacks in 24 hours,’ Associated Press, 2008-10-05

There have been four failed Somali pirate attacks in the past 24 hours, even though there are six US warships proximate to the Faina.

Edith M. Lederer, ‘UN seeks new fight against Somali pirates’ Associated Press, 2008-10-04

Lastly, the UN has drafted a resolution for maritime states to deploy military ships to Somalia to fight piracy.  The resolution allows for ‘the neccessary means’ to deal with piracy and only applies to the area off the coast of Somalia.