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Analysis: Somalia Piracy Began in Response to Illegal Fishing and Toxic Dumping by Western Ships off Somali Coast - DemocracyNOW
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While the pirates story has dominated the corporate media, there has been little to no discussion of the root causes driving piracy. We speak with consultant and analyst Mohamed Abshir Waldo. In January, he wrote a paper titled “The Two Piracies in Somalia: Why the World Ignores the Other?”
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In another story on the show, Amy Goodman interviews Father Louis Vitale who has been in Nevada protesting the use of the Predator and other unmanned aerial attack vehicles recently in Afganistan and Pakistan. The military operators who fly these robotic war machines never leave the US, and many are now coming to realize that this is no arcade game. The innocent lives lost are real. Watch it Here.
Along with Father Vitale on the show is Jeff Paterson of Courage to Resist. He talks about his organization and why they are refusing to fight America's Imperial Wars anymore.
04/14/09 03:50:22 pm •
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