An armed suspected pirate looks over the edge of a skiff, in international waters off the coast of Somalia. The vessel opened fire on the U.S. Navy after this picture was taken- November 2008
Source: Public Domain-United States Navy
Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, President of the Puntland region of Somalia since January 2009
Source: Open Source-from the U.S. Government
Bosaso City in the Puntland region of Somalia, 2004. Now Somalia's largest city
Source: Creative Commons License (user Scoobycentric)
Coat of Arms of Somalia
Source: Public Domain
The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150), established to stop piracy and terrorism
Source: Public Domain-United States Navy
Explorer Richard Burton
Source: Open Source-copyright expired
Pirates holding the crew of the Chinese fishing vessel FV Tianyu 8 on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 as the ship passed through the Indian Ocean
Source: Public Domain-United States Navy
The remnants of a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) shown after striking the cruise liner Seabourn Spirit during a Nov. 5, 2008 attack by pirates near the coast of Somalia
Source: Public Domain-United States Navy
Mohamed Siyad Barre, President of Somalia from October 1969 to January 1991
Source: Public Domain
The Liberian-flagged oil tanker MV Sirius Star off the coast of Somalia, November 2008. The Sirius Star was forced by pirates to anchor near Harardhere, Somalia
Source: Public Domain-United States Navy
The ruins of Castle Taleh, the stronghold of Sayyid Mohamed Abdille Hassan, in Northern Somalia
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Statue of Ahmed Gurey (Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi), who invaded parts of Ethopia in the 16th Century
Source: Public Domain
Flag of Somalia
Flag/Logo of the EU operations against the pirates
A collage of pirates from the attack on the MV Faina
Source: Public Domain
