Somalia: "pirates" or struggling fishermen? http://www.voltairenet.org/article168525.html

While the media has focused attention on the plight of the hostages, a look at the living conditions of the Somali "pirates" quickly reveals that they are pre-eminently fishermen struggling against the plundering of their coastal waters and the dumping of toxic wastes by Western countries. According to this article listed in the Censured Project ’Top 25 of 2010’, "piracy" is not the only aspect of the impact wrought by the continuing political chaos in Somalia. Even the UN has long neglected its obligations under the treaty on hazardous wastes.