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ABC-CLIO. "Piracy Throughout History." __World History: The Modern Era__. 2009. ABC-CLIO. 30 Apr. 2009 [|http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com].
This article was helpful because it provided some brief background information for me on the history of Pirates. I think that it is helpful to learn at least a little about the history of pirates and see how they may or may not relate the Somalian pirates today. This article was an overview that discussed piracy dateing back to the 16th and 17th century, and also dicussed how the U.N. has forbidden piracy in the Law of the Sea (1982), but pirates continue to roam the Indian Ocean and the seas around China, and the Caribbean. This article is informative but breif, for someone who wanted and quick understanding of the histroy of Pirates.

These are just some fast facts I found about Somalain Pirates from Student Research Center, EBSCOhost.

SOMALI PIRACY: TO DATE
code format="ct" Attacks, 2008: 95 Vessels taken: 39 Vessels still held: 16 Hostages still held: 300 Ransom paid, 2008: $30 million Largest captured ship: 318,000 tons in weight

code Simone, AbdouMaliq. "Pirate Towns: Reworking Social and Symbolic Infrastructures in Johannesburg and Douala." __Urban Studies__ 43.2 (2006): 357-370. 30 Apr. 2009 .

This artcicle is helpful, from AbdouMaliq Simone who is in the international Affairs Program at the New School in New York. It is from JSOR which is a very scholarly web site. This article was a little longer giving specific information about towns that have high pirate rates. I think this article will be useful because it will show the background or home life for pirates living in a specific areas and what drives them to become pirates. This article also explains how pirates act and what possibly drives them to become pirates. Because this article is longer and well-researched and it is a journal this article is for someone who has a greater understanding of piracy and the history behind the towns where many young men travel down this devient path.