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US Going After Pirates' Loot

Clinton announces plans for 'War on Piracy'

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 15, 2009 8:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Hillary Clinton plans to go after pirates' bounty as part of a multi-pronged effort to tackle piracy, USA Today reports. The secretary of state said finding and freezing the pirates' assets and property will make it tougher for them to collect their ransoms and buy new ships and surveillance systems. The US also will try to crack down on companies doing business with them.

"We may be dealing with a 17th-century crime," Clinton said, "but we need to bring 21st-century assets to bear." Clinton said a key to solving the problem of piracy is to eliminate their bases on land, and she promised to press Somali leaders to do so, notes Bloomberg. She also pledged to step up international efforts to tackle the underlying instability in Somalia.

African Union tanks patrols the street in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. Hillary Clinton has promised to help tackle the instability in Somalia that lies at the root of the piracy problem.
African Union tanks patrols the street in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. Hillary Clinton has promised to help tackle the instability in Somalia that lies at the root of the piracy problem.   (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about piracy and Somalia, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the State Department in Washington.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks about piracy and Somalia, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the State Department in Washington.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Suspected Somali pirates charged with piracy within the Indian Ocean are seen in a Kenyan court last month.
Suspected Somali pirates charged with piracy within the Indian Ocean are seen in a Kenyan court last month.   (AP Photo, files)
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COMMENTS
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jaguarj
Apr 16, 2009 12:25 PM CDT
You go girl!!!
riffran
Apr 16, 2009 7:35 AM CDT
hot damn...can't wait for the peg legs to hit e-bay..rofl.....all kidding aside,it makes sense, if they have no home to go to, it will make it very difficult to do business....Ruin the financial incentive
Mad
Apr 16, 2009 5:08 AM CDT
Only as president could Hillary be more of an asset to America. I (heart) Hillary

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